Hello
everyone! I am Núria, the new volunteer of Filantrópia Charity Shop and this is my first
blog post. It is a pleasure for me to be part of this project because I am
learning a lot of new things and living amazing experiences that I have never
had before.
On
one hand, I want to tell you how I decided to come here. I finished my studies
in Law and Business Management Administration in September and I was lost about
what I could do during the next year. Instead of studying a Master or starting
to work in my city, Lleida, I was willing to spend a year living abroad, meeting
and learning from other cultures or other ways to live… so I was looking for
many projects that brought me the opportunity to do what I am doing now. Eventually,
I found the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) with a lot of projects in
environmental issues, recycling, working with youngsters or elderly people…
Therefore, I applied for Filantrópia Charity Shop, and twenty days later, I was
here.
Another
point worth considering is I consider myself as a brave person, active, ready
for new challenges… but when you are getting out of your comfort zone you make
yourself smaller and you start to have doubts about what you should do in your
future. Nowadays, what is “normal” after finishing University (at least in
Spain) is studying a Master to specialize in some field or starting to work in
what is considered by people as a “serious” job. In my opinion, sometimes it is
difficult to do what you really want instead of what you should do. Anyway, I
am here (luckily).
On
the other hand, I am getting used to this new challenge of learning every day
something new. Moreover, what I like the most in this project is the
possibility to give a second, third or fourth life to clothes, objects, shoes…
avoiding consumerism. Here I realized that we don’t need to buy everything new
because we can reuse it.
Furthermore,
we are carrying out different activities like workshops which
Taking everything into consideration, I feel very lucky to be part of this project because of the people that are around me. For me, the city where you are living is important (Budapest, what can I say? Awesome), the project is also important because I am going to spend eleven months, in a project that I believe in, that I think is good for the society, for the environment, etc. However, the most important thing as I have said before are the people who you are living, working with, or meeting… They spend their time with you, and I appreciate that. I am feeling like at home.
