Second wave – Team 1

Article no.1 from the green team-community engagement week

The community engagement week was really exhausting. For the first time the team had a common meeting with the old teams and we had a nice time together. We heard a lot of good and funny stories. The sad part is that Carmen, a member of our team, left us because she had some problems. 

The next days we had the street action. The first day was difficult because people were thinking that we want to promote some religion. In time we evolved and in the third day people started to greet us. We were surprised that people came to our event because at some point we thinked that nobody will come. The truth been told they were just twenty-something people but for us it was a big surprise. People already came with some donations and we are grateful. About the personal time, we didn’t have so much time so we spent the nights with the rest of the volunteers in the yard of the dorm. The cultural night was a good moment for us to enjoy each others presence and we found new thing about some cultures, we laugh and at some point we had an emotional moment from the Russian team.

Our team has some little problems with communication because we are so distinct and we have different points of view. We have some spicy discussions but is not a problem because at some point we compromise or cooperate. The best part, in our opinion, is that nobody is holding a grudge. I think that this is a good challenge and I’m happy that we learn new things ever day. We had a discussion with Nadia this week about some rules and we clarified some things. I think in time everything will settle and we will be able to build a beautiful and cozy youth center