In the past few days, I have had a much better opportunity to settle into the daily routine of working here and to get used to the usual rhythm of life as a volunteer at FITT.
During the week, I was able to get to know more of FITT’s youth centres and help out with various renovations and improvements. We scraped and repainted walls, renovated a bathroom and renewed the roofs.
In addition to the work in the youth centres, we also helped with the construction and extension of a transit centre for refugees from Ukraine, which is now located in the basement of the youth centre. For the facility, we brought in beds and put them in partitioned areas. We also set up areas for eating and a small dining area for children, and cleaned the entire accommodation and put it in good condition.
Besides the work, we also had the opportunity to get to know two countries through organised cultural evenings. While the Spanish volunteers prepared a delicious buffet for us, we learned about traditional dances and were allowed to taste some local food at the Romanian evening.
I also went on excursions with other volunteers over the past two weekends to get to know Romania and the area better. We spent one weekend in Budapest, where we spent our time seeing the city, eating well and relaxing in the thermal baths. The other weekend we rented two cars and went on a short road trip to get to know Corvin Castle in Hunedoara, Sibiu and the regions around Timisoara better.
