Hello everyone!
Last week was actually the first real week of our project.
On March, 15th the state of emergency in Romania got cancelled and successfully transitioned into the state of alert. Until now, the curve is still flattening, which might be viewed as a sign of positive changes. I am finally able to hang out with other members of our team in the Youth House as well as around the town. I was extremely happy to meet people in real life and also (re-)meet Timisoara, which is not anymore limited by the nearest supermarket.
After a few months of isolation and waiting, we got to work at our youth centers, which have not really been touched by anyone for about half a year. That fact brought us (me and my teammate Arus) to meet some (not at all) unexpected inhabitants of our place, such as spiders, which are peacefully doing their spider business, and grapevines, which are trying to break into the building through half-open windows.
Besides, we met some people from the neighborhood who have already offered some donations. We got to know people who administrate thermal stuff and I have even made an attempt to have a small talk in Romanian (which is quite big achievement for me). Next week we are planning to make our youth center look ready for upcoming events, even though in the nearest future all activities with young people around have to be conducted online.
The week ended with a workshop on conflict management where we met some guys from the local theatre group. We discussed some plans for the future work and maybe it will work out (together with young people from the community) after this whole covid thing passes.
Looking forward to (more) new people, places and experiences,
Katsia