Midway through the volunteering experience
Before I came to Romania, I thought that one year was too much, but now when I look back, six months have passed so quickly. Even when you move from one place to another in your city, many things change your life. Some of them are conscious, some of them not. So moving to another […]
Make the most of this
So much has happened in such a short time that my head cannot assimilate them all. The permanent roller coaster I am riding on does not give me much respite to stop and think about everything that happened. But I have been in Timisoara for six months now, and the truth is that they have […]
Solidarity for Lugoj: painting the youth centre (by Syed Musaib Hussain)
During the renovation of the building in the 4th week in Lugoj, we were no more working in groups, but rather everyone was joining some company and started to work while laughing and talking to each other. We worked a lot on walls and windows, we cleaned them and started painting, and the colleagues were really […]
SHALL WE GO? –LET’S GO! Change your life
Sometimes, I wonder how something as simple as a single question can change your life that much. -Shall we go? –Let’s go! This is how my conversation with my friend Miriam ended the day we decided to go somewhere else to be volunteers. I have always been a girl who has thought that we all […]
My road back
I’ve always had the feeling that I should do more for the world. I was always interested in helping other people, but until now, I’ve never had the time to think about it and try to research some ways to get into volunteering. I’ve known about Youth Portal for some years now, other organizations were sending me […]
ROMANIA IS HOLDING ME TIGHT
Ciao, I am Fatih from Turkey, and this is my first post during my volunteering experience! They say that every person shapes their destiny. But I think sometimes we just can’t. At least the part of my life in Romania is happening out of my control. My family’s story with Romania began in 1996. I […]