During this
month I experienced a lot of new things that one can only experience by being a
part of a youth project.
In the first 2 weeks, we had the
opportunity to be a part of a theatrical play with a theme for the European
voting campaign.
Each of us was given an interesting
role that was connected with the campaign, and we had to perform in three
places in the city of Resita.
It was an interesting experience and
also made me remember about the past which brought nostalgic feelings from the
days when I was doing similar things.
After our performance, immediately
we were scheduled to do our volunteering work in the places that we had the
right to choose.
In the first week of volunteering,
every volunteer had the right to go to the schools or centers and just to
observe and get used to the new environment.
I was curious to see and be involved
in the activities as much as possible in all of the places that were available
in about that time.
First, I went to the elderly center
and realized how wonderful and awesome senior citizens are.
We were exercising, learning dances
and play board games with old folks in the elderly center which were pretty
fun.
Then I've visited the orphanage, a
place which I loved the most. The children there were very interesting, fun and
full of love that they wanted to share. They were always happy when we were
going there and wanted to hug a lot.
Also, they were willing and engaged
with the activities that we were preparing for them.
The next remaining weeks of the
month I visited The orphanage, ''Bocsa'', ''Mocur'',''Delul Mare'', ''Generala
2'' and'' Trayan Lalescu'' and ''the elderly center''.
On my free time, I was hanging
around with volunteers in our apartments, having fun in Racing cafe where I met
a lot of fun local folks,
partying during the gigs at Leger
event cafe.
For recreation, I was hiking the
nearby hill called ''Stema''. Which is a very interest place surrounded by wild
forests in which you can even encounter wild animals like the Deer.
Also, I was going to the kickboxing
classes provided by Nevo which were free for us volunteers and playing the
acoustic guitar in the youth center.
About the schools, after-school centers, elderly
centers and the orphanage + methods and techniques used for each of them.
Bocsa
In this school, we used methods that
included a lot of physical movement. That means that we played a lot of games
involved physicality and sports like football and basket.
Mocur
This is a school for Roma children
located in an excluded part of the city which is meant to be a place only for
the minorities.
In this school, we also did a
non-formal education which involved a lot of amusing physical games.
Delul
Mare
Literally meaning ''The Big Hill''
This school is located on a stip point in the city in which we had to walk
uphill to reach the place. But once you reach the place you immediately realize
that it was worth the effort for children there are very lovely and always
happy to see us.
We also did non-formal educative
activities with them which involved drawing, arts and crafts and origami.
Generala
2
It is a primary school but our task
is to involve and entertain students after their class is finished. We do a lot
of energizers, games which involved learning English through having fun and
drawing.
Trayan
Lalescu
This is also a primary school
similar to Generala 2 in which we also entertained students after their class
finished by doing a lot of energizers, memory games, games which involved
learning English through having fun and drawing.
Centru Personale
Verstince (The elderly center)
In this center, the senior citizens had already in a very interesting program which involved fun and amusing physical activities
every Monday and Wednesday. The activities helped them a lot with maintaining
their motor functions and preventing arthritis.
They also had traditional Romanian dancing lessons
and for breaks, they played board games. Our task was to include ourselves in
their every-day activities and having fun with them.
Centrul Speranta (The Orphanage)
With the lovely children of this place, we did a lot of
non-formal activities that included a lot of energizers, games, sportive games
like basketball, football, and tennis, also creative drawings with a theme and
arts and crafts by creating jewelry from macaroni and pasta, board games like
jungle speed- their favorite one and etc.
Materials used
papers, pens, color pens, glue, tapes, balls, board
games, pasta, spaghetti, ropes, nets stickers, plastic bottles, and etc.
