Instead of sunny spring weather, cheerfulness and motivation, March brought moodiness and motivation drop to the ESC volunteers. But, as soon as the sunrays appeared, the work resumed.
The beginning of March seemed hopeful to everyone. Two more volunteers, Fatih and Armando, arrived (you will read about their arrival’s experience soon) and the now four boys thought they could start to work with full steam. But the circumstances were not nearly such excited as they were.
Unfortunately, Timisoara entered quarantine again. Just like the weather and the public vibe had become moody, people’s enthusiasm has dropped as well. Our ESC volunteers’ motivation was minimal. They continued to work on their daily tasks and attend the Romanian classes, but they were not in the mood for creative activities, which is understandable, regarding the situation.
But the sun rose as a saviour for them. Even though the local quarantine extended at the end of March, the four volunteers immersed strength from the sun’s rays and began to plan. They researched group activities and community engagement ideas in order to prepare fantastic programs and projects for the local youth. They also had a creative and very effective meeting about how to promote a survey among young people. For increasing the number of completions, they scheduled, together with FITT, a giveaway for the local youth.
Compared to how hard things were at the beginning of the month, the volunteers got into the end-of-month project with momentum. We hope this enthusiasm will follow them in April too.