Why did you decide to volunteer with CommonWealGlobal in India?
May: It must have been a matter of chance or destiny because I hadn't even heard of CommonWealGlobal before my trip. Ever since I was a child, I've wanted to travel to India. I finally had the opportunity doing it as volunteer, helping the children at Bodhi Tree School.
What advice do you have for future volunteers?
May: For future volunteers; I would tell them to open their mind and spirit, take everything as it comes and try to learn from everything around you. Living conditions will be hard (you will also feel emotionally weak because of the things you will see there) but it will worth it if you remain there and appreciate all the shining spirits and smiles that surround you in India.
What made this experience unique and special?
May: Children smiling despite of not having any of the "indispensable" material things that we think we could not live without.
How has this experience impacted your future?
May: I work as a psychologist and I always look for the ways to help my patients go further in spirit, to help free them from childhood traumas or fight against cultural conventional structures which block the way their souls grow up. I feel that I am better prepared to help my patients with this issue.
When my friend and I came back from India, we decided to create an organization to keep helping children in Bodhi Tree School. Expositions, talks, informing new volunteers... those are some of the thing that we do. This is a non-profit job, but for me vocation is the most important thing if you’re working on something.