text: So, why volunteering and what motivates me to do it? Well, different reasons I must say. This is not my first volunteering experience, as I’ve done it back in Porto, also with a group of children. I always wanted to do a similar project but on a bigger scale. The mere feeling of being able to “make a change”, help somehow and have someone appreciate the work you do is truly something amazing. In this case, it becomes even more special due to the target group: children with and without special needs. To see their happiness when you come join them for activities, to be actually able to teach them something new, to somehow make them see the world with a little bit more brightness, regardless from who they are or where they come from.
  I had the idea to do a project like this for quite a while but never quite new how or when to do it. Upon completing my course and when I needed the most to do something different I found this opportunity, and a golden one it was for sure. I had seen a couple of projects and even contacted a few of them but this one in Romania definitely was the right one for this moment.
  It would be wrong to say that this experience is a pure selfless act as any of us has different motives and reasons to be here. In my case I have to say that I needed a break from the world I was used to before. I had one path and that one path was somewhat scaring me. I needed to see something different, experience something new. The passion for helping and receiving smiles back was another thing that surely helped. Plus, to the a project of this magnitude actually helps in the creation of a bigger and better CV, which will be surely used in my future attempts to continue studies in my area of expertise.