Into the wild
Today we
had the opportunity to explore the forest near Petralia Sottana. The idea was
to invite us to volunteering. It was actually kind of simulation and the task
was clean up an amphitheatre. We all had
different impressions and emotions about this work. Here you have two of them:
"I really enjoyed
doing this task. Cleaning the forest wasn't that hard and we had a big group of
amazing volunteers doing the task some or less doing the cleaning ;) the
influence of the other volunteers by singing, dancing, talking and joking made
it even more enjoyable for me. The task
was completed quickly by the group and it gave me a good feeling".
"I am doing
volunteering for a long time now but this job was giving me a different
feeling. It is maybe because of the company. We know each other for a couple of
days and we had to cooperate so it was a hard job. Most of us were doing a hard
work for the whole time, some of them not, but we felt amazing after the job
was made. We were happy for each other and that we could achieve a goal. It was
hard because we did not do it for ourselves but for a town we do not even now.
And the best acomplishement was that the municipality posted photos of us and
thanked us for the job. This was all we needed, so we went home tired but
fulfilled".
The other
part of the day went fast. We started with discussing the volunteering. We shared our opinions and experiences. After
that we had a workshop on stereotypes.
Orange game! Soooo, do you think that oranges are the same? Well, they are not. So as people. Now we know that not all Latvians have six toes, hungarians are not (that much) alcoholics and so much more.. But the main point is we broke stereotypes and prejudices. And it is a good start for us and for the future. I recommend everyone to meet people and get to know them because it is just so much fun! :)
Orange game! Soooo, do you think that oranges are the same? Well, they are not. So as people. Now we know that not all Latvians have six toes, hungarians are not (that much) alcoholics and so much more.. But the main point is we broke stereotypes and prejudices. And it is a good start for us and for the future. I recommend everyone to meet people and get to know them because it is just so much fun! :)
The last
task was about sandwiches.. Actually, it is like a hamburger sandwich combo and
it is about communication, especially the non-violent one. It is easy, if you
want to say somebody that he or she did it wrong, the way of express yourself
should be like a sandwich; positive, improve, positive.
So keep up
the positivity guys! Life is life.
Aide, Eszter
Aide, Eszter
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