My name is Maja Golubova and I come from
Kochani, Macedonia. I am 25 years old and only a month ago I took the most
exciting and challenging trip of my life – exploring who I am.
My life so far is the same as of any other
25-year-old. Following the rules of the society I graduated from high school of
Economics just to find out that I am not much into accounting. The next thing
to do, to satisfy my parents and everyone else except me, was to enter a
university. This time I`ve decided to be more honest with myself and follow my
interests so I chose to study English language. Now, you think that that I`ve
finally found my passion, but you are not even close. The university only made
things worse. Although I enjoyed studying English, I have been studying it
since I was 8, I did not get clear idea how to turn my knowledge into profit
because that is what the university diploma`s for, right? I`ve tried to keep up
the pace with my age group and found a job as a waitress just to play the
“independent” role. But, if you are from Macedonia you know that here the
independence costs a lot of “MK Denars”! I quit my job and I was about to give
up everything, get a backpack and become a Nomad when a friend of mine came up
to me with a suggestion. He said “Why don`t you try volunteering in Romania?
I`ve been there, I liked it and it helped me to move on with my life.” And
score!!! I needed no more explanations. I asked my boyfriend if he wants to be
my companion on this “adventure” and when he said yes I knew that Romania is my
next destination. We send our application to VCS, they forwarded it to EVS and
after few days we were chosen for our volunteering mission in Arad.
After a month spent here in Arad I can say
that so far I don`t have any regrets. We were well-received by the hosting
organization and accommodated in an apartment with two amazing guys from Spain
and Italy. Here we`ve also met many other volunteers from around the World that
work on different projects what makes our stay even more exciting. Now let me
tell you about our project – OLE. OLE or Outdoor Leisure Education is a project
that involves the children with obesity. Our goal is to show these children how
to lead healthy live and be physically active. As in any other country in the
World the children in Romania are also the greatest clients of fast food stores
and the problem became so big that the authorities couldn`t solve it by
themselves. In the next 10 months 9 volunteers from Macedonia, Spain and
Portugal will give their best to promote healthy eating habits and physically
activity as a way of life among youngsters mainly through outdoor activities
such as horseback riding, bicycling, hiking and organizing sport tournaments.
I am really optimistic about the project and
I promise I will keep in touch with any updates about it.
Till then, stay well and do something good
for the mankind.
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