By Keresztes Maria-Gertrud | Projects Coordinator
Care2Travel’s history of organizing Summer Camps began in 2011. This was the first year we inducted a chain of activities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, created a small community and helped them learn english in a fun way. In 2013 we met a very precious future volunteer to our organization: Hanna. At the time she was only 13 years old and was present as a participant from the government’s Child Protection System, and already very ambitious and eager to learn.
She states: ‘The first time I met the Care2Travel team I hoped they can help me, as I was in a difficult phase of my life. Fortunately I got a lot of support from them and volunteering helped me a lot in developing my personality. Now we have a really good relation.’
Fast forward 4 years and she was already volunteering with Care2Travel. Her first task as a local volunteer was to help the organizers with young children from the Child Protection System in the Summer Camps. During the next years Hanna grew to be an active member of our volunteer community and developed along with Care2Travel. She now speaks fluently english and loves to converse with international volunteers.
Hanna’s experiences as a participant helped her have a better view when teaching children and a lot of mutual help went on between her and the organization during the years. We learned a lot from her by getting insight into a participant’s point of view and she learned a lot from us.
She received the title of Volunteer of the Month in the August of 2017, having 94 hours of volunteer work done.
‘I am very grateful for Care2Travel, as they help me create lasting, happy experiences. My english developed a lot and I plan to further develop it and help them as much as possible. Sharing my life experiences and culture with international volunteers made me a better person’ Hanna says.
Today Hanna is in her 11th grade of High School, studying social science. She plans on moving to England, attending an university and later on finding a job there.
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