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.
By the way, I think I forgot to write what we
are doing (even if I have used so many words): we are visiting schools in Baia
Mare and the surrounding rural area to talk to students about our countries,
our experiences, volunteering and anything else they might want to know, hoping
to help them to have new perspectives on the world and to let them know about
all the possibilities they have in their lives. We also hope to be able to
organize some more activities in January, but time will tell.
La revedere!
Riccardo Rocchi - volunteer in the project Volunteering&Sustainable Development III - funded by European Solidarity Corps
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