Voluntary work has always been a vocation that I have
wanted to develop, and which has become a reality by working with Red Deporte y
Cooperación during a year, on collaboration programs with Cáritas Madrid, and
the Centro de Acogida al Refugiado
(C.A.R.) in Alcobendas.
In the first center we spent our evening studying, doing our English,
French, Math, Science homework and
having fun playing outdoors sports,
craft workshops, and carrying out ludic activities, playing, and getting
enriched mutually. We can learn a lot about children and giving them love makes
us feel that we receive double. The experience of working with other volunteers
has been great, sharing our knowledge with vulnerable children from Madrid,
being able to understand and feel the meaning of San Juan Bosco´s words: ´No basta amar a los niños, es preciso que ellos
se den cuenta que son amados´(It’s not enough to love children, its necessary
that they notice that they´re loved)
At the C.A.R. in Alcobendas we had yoga, pilates and dancing classes with
the residents. The residents
participating residents ranged in age from 4 to 65. As a sport and physical
activity, it was very gratifying to carry out these sessions to observe how
people improve and feel the beneficial effect both physically and mentally
, of these activities. We also organized outings for the people, for the
purpose of getting to know the city better as well as the province of Madrid.
We also carried out various nature outings which deliver a lot of peace to
the children who participated.
It has been a very valuable year as a life experience which has offered me a
lot, as it was a period full of challenges, great experiences, others not so
much, but which I have learned a lot. I feel grateful and enriched for living
the encounter with different people in every sense of the word, which has
widened my horizons.
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