My volunteering started on 5 th November with MI Association Split. It was unforgettable experience during seven months living in Split. Katarina and Tanja met me at the airport and from that moment I had support, and I didn’t feel like I was on my own. Our activities included planning and participating in creative workshops, culinary workshops, cultural evenings with our dearest beneficiaries in stunning Golden Age Cente. We were also in charge to motivate young people to involve in European Solidarity Corps Program through workshops and presentations in high schools and colleges.
All the activities were enjoyable, and we were given a lot of control over what we wanted to do. It was a low stress environment By volunteering in the association, I got one in a life time opportunity to travel all around Croatia and neighboring countries. During the 7 months I travelled within Croatia to Zadar, Orahovica, Tučepi, Zagreb, Brač, Hvar, Ploče and Drvenik. I went to Bosnia and Herzegovina with other volunteers that I met in Croatia at a training, Slovenia and Hungary.
Through this experience I had the opportunity to meet amazing people that I wouldn’t have had the chance to meet otherwise. It gave me a lot of time to think and reconnect with myself and to find and define what I want to do in a future. I’m so excited to return to Portugal and start to fulfil my plans and dreams.
I would recommend anyone to do join European Solidartiy Corps opportunities as I loved every part of it!
Program Regionalnog volonterskog centra Split sufinanciran je od strane Ministarstva rada, mirovinskog sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike.