Volunteer Voice
Volunteer Life
Do you want to hear a story? by Eirini Daskalaki
“Having graduated from the department of Philology on July 2019, asking myself “What do I
want to do with my life?”, I decided to look for an experience without books, exams and stress, through which I would gain some working experience and change on a personal level. Thanks to United Societies of Balkans, I finally found the volunteerism project that I was looking for, and without second thoughts, I decided to go to Italy!”
I welcomed the “happy” new year of 2020 while
ed to learn about the African culture, and Sicily I was preparing my suitcases and my boarding seems to be more easily accessible than Africa! passes with my final destination being Palermo of Sicily. Why Sicily? Because I was curious From January 2020, I started to volunteer in the about the “peculiar” socio-economic and politi- organization Per Esempio Onlus, where I met cal background of southern Italy and I also want- my supervisor Anna, my mentor Myriam and the
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