You have probably heard of famous Spanish singer Chambao. She has this song called “Los Sueños”. I was listening to this song repeatedly when I was dreaming of living in Spain back in the days. At some point in the lyrics she says that what you feel and desire can actually happen for you. And here I am, writing this blog for you from Illescas, Spain. Telling you about the greatest possibility that fell down on me – being a long-term volunteer.
My name is Tina and I am here in Illescas with Ecocompartimos to help people practice English. I am a “Profe” now. I love my students who consist of children as well as adults. Who come to my classes with the faith that this girl from Georgia will help them progress in English. And I try my best to not let them down. Me and my students got along pretty fast and not to brag but I think they are happy with what we do.
Along the way I had a chance to enjoy what European Solidarity Corps has to offer. In May I was invited to the On-arrival training for volunteers in Canfranc, Huesca. I met coolest volunteers ever from around the world, spent the best 5 days with them surrounded by the beauty of Spain and learnt a lot about ESC programme. Sounds like a wholesome training to meeee :))))))))
As for the summer, we’ve been very busy at Ecocompartimos, running Illescas Summer Camp for children. Every day for six weeks we took them to the park and to the swimming pool, played with them, practiced different kinds of sports and offered them activities that would raise their awareness about various topics. This experience was fun, pleasant and entertaining, but also filled with a huge responsibility of taking care of kids. We got help from wonderful volunteers from different countries who worked really hard to make the summer camp enjoyable place for kids.
I tried to tell you briefly what I’ve been doing for the first six month of being here in Spain, but this whole experience is also full of other moments that are personally dear to me. Stay tuned, there is more to come. I’m not going yet
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