I want to see the world with other eyes

Someday I wanted to be out of my bubble, out of my comfort zone and I found One World Center (I did the 18 months program and I went to Mozambique for 6 months to work as a volunteer in “Food For Knowledge” project) that period changed my mind. I’m going to open my heart and tell you how much this experience change my life and let me be on a beautiful journey, which I won’t forget never.

Do you want to see the world with other eyes? I had been traveling in some countries as a tourist but I never imagined myself traveling and working as a volunteer in Africa, I never really see myself playing in the ground with kids who barely speak Português and they just talked in their native language (Xichangana) which I wasn’t able to understand; at that time I was getting into the community and thinking about How different is to share my time with them, as a modest people living in difficult circumstances because of the poverty and using all the resources they have to learn how to write the vowels. I was there learning from their culture, their customs, their happiness especially, their humble, their experiences which were teaching How beautiful is the life if you looking at from another angle. From the solidarity and humanitarian angle. I’ve learned this solidarity when I trained myself in the first period of the program in Michigan where the campus is, and where you are going to share many learnings that you maybe thought you will never need. That was an excellent cultural immersion and an experience that became more important for me to give than receive.

This program is about to grow up as a person, to get into humble personality comprehending another necessities, to be tolerant and open mind to learn from another culture and people who can teach you many things you don’t know even if you are older, to get into yourself and identify your strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities to help others and contribute making a difference in the world, to learn another languages, to share your life with others which have the same desires as you do, to be passion and do things from heart.

In this months I learned How to build playgrounds and I did it in poor schools where the kids never could imagine to have one; how to teach maths, Português, English in schools where the kids have barely their desks or in some cases just a board under the trees; where the teachers doesn’t have methods and equipments to educate with a good quality; where the population struggle with many diseases and lack of access to clean and potable water… There are many opportunities for you to be more productive, helping others may just be the secret to living a life that is not only happier but also healthier, wealthier and meaningful. I had the most wonderful time in Mozambique I can invite you to do it as well.

Actually, I didn’t tell you How beautiful are the Mozambican beaches, but this is something you have to see with your own eyes! Because always there is time to have fun in a country with the kind people that you are going to met there.