New People in Town

 

This month has been very dynamic. We have new volunteers joining our organization and our activities are very entertaining. It is very exciting to meet such international people and get to know new cultures. In addition, it is a nice feeling to experience Christmas by feeling in another country.

 

Erdem Lel  - volunteer in the project Happy Volunteering, supported by European Solidarity Corps

It is a personal adventure

 

My name is Lau, and I am a Spanish volunteer who has come to Romania to discover a new land, new customs, and new ways of helping people. I am living an incredible experience, both personally and in this volunteering. Being able to meet such ambitious and supportive people makes me want to add even more value to this project.
Our work in this project consists of preparing educational activities and games, proposing workshops and generating content from our experience to raise awareness about our work. 

I learn so many things

 

Last three weeks was fun and tiring. The new volunteers are arrived, and each person has their own unique quality. The students in the schools learning so many things from them. I also learn so many things from the new volunteers. We started to go to more schools with more volunteers. We have met so many amazing students and teachers. My experience as a volunteer become even better.

Gokay Keksin - volunteer in the project Happy Volunteering, supported by European Solidarity Corps 

I got to meet a lot of people

 

This project has been, for the most part, a delightful experience. It had its ups and downs but overall the "pros" far outweigh the "cons". I got to meet a lot of people, some from different countries from around the world and I also got to learn some things related to their everyday lives and traditions.

Matei Boca - volunteer in the project Volunteering&Sustainable Development III, supported by European Solidarity Corps

Time flies during volunteering

Times flies by so fast, I'm in Romania for 3 weeks now. We had time to be acclimated with Baia Mare, go to city schools and also into villages. I really enjoyed all these moments and I'm exciting to continue volunteering in January. 

La revedere, 

Lucille Lamy - volunteer in the project Volunteering&Sustainable Development III, supported by European Solidarity Corps

My first volunteering project

 As this is my first volunteering project and it made me to know about different cultures as the volunteers came from different countries. On project every day is a super surprise for me to see kids and students in schools sometimes in Baia mare and sometimes in villages close to the city. The children and students were so excited to see us foreign students and they were so curious in knowing about our culture, about us and how we came here to be in front of them. And about Baia Mare it's going to be a remember able city in my travel, people, city, ambience every is good.

Manojkumar Pandi - volunteer in the project Volunteering&Sustainable Development III, supported by European Solidarity Corps

Volunteer for me is life experience

 

My name is Indy, from Laos and a volunteer in Baia Mare more than a week now. Personally, I like volunteer life especially in here, people here also nice and curious about my country. Volunteer for me is life experience, you could experience so many things that unexpected and have friends in several countries.   

Seng Ein Phanthajak, 

volunteer in the project Volunteering&Sustainable Development III, supported by European Solidarity Corps

Salutare!

 

My name is Ibrahim Alomari, I came to Romania on December 5, although it was my second visit to this nice country but I felt like the first time I came here; because during my volunteering period with greentin project (As the first participation for me in voluntary projects), the activities, podcasts and more we did in Baia Mare made me happy to work as a team and produce good things as a result. I learned also how to contact with young students and their teachers in different schools in the city and nearby villages and have the opportunity to gain skills and knowledge.

Offering new perspectives on the world

 

I arrived in Baia Mare from Italy exactly three weeks ago after two days spent on trains.

21 days  have passed and I cannot realize it: I feel like I have been here only since yesterday even if I recognize the streets and the places, the weather and the people.

The strangest thing though is that I also feel like I am home even if I can only speak a bunch of Romanian words and I see the sun only once a week.

I have met a lot of wonderful people, both Romanian and foreigners (just like me); people with their doubts and flaws but willing to do something good, something useful, something helpful; from the controllers and the passengers who made me avoid to catch the wrong train and took me to my seat (I was a bit confused after 24 hours without sleeping) to the Romanian volunteers who showed me their incredible work with children in difficult situations, from my mates in the project (and the house) I have been considering friends since after few days our first meeting to our coordinators who manage to organize all this overcoming the several difficulties that each project takes (especially in covid time), from the teachers who were so enthusiastic of having us in the school and gave us all the necessary help and something more to the students who welcomed us so warmly: even if my doubts are so strong they convinced me what we are doing is worth to be done.

 

Working with children has been a beautiful experience

I arrived to Baia Mare 3 weeks ago, it’s my first time in Rumania and I never have thought that I could feel like I’m home. Working with the children at school has been a beautiful experience.

Carme Honorato - volunteer in the project Volunteering&Sustainable Development III, supported by European Solidarity Corps

Volunteering abroad

 

I arrived in Baia Mare on December 2, 2021. It was my first time traveling abroad. The city of Baia Mare is smaller than the city I live in Turkey. One of the most interesting aspects of the city is that the ratio of the elderly population is high and the ratio of young people is low. The city of Baia Mare is very quiet and the quality of life is slow. The most difficult situation in the city and during the activities we perform is the language problem.  Because my English level is at the beginner level and I shared this situation with our coordinators.