Volunteer of the year!!

       Happy Thursday everyone! Hope you're having a great December, and even a greater Christmas and New Year's Eve in the days to come. I apologize I've been a lazy girl during the last month, but here is one reason I've been taking a break from posting- volunteer activities.
       This year was the first Romanian edition of the Volunteers' Gala, on December 12th, organized by VOLUM, a federation comprising the organisations which promote volunteering. I was nomineed by Save the Children to the Youth category, and I won! :D Although it crossed my mind for some moments the fact that I could win, it seems incredible to me even now. I would like to thank everybody from Save the Children, so inspiring people, awesome friends and a great team who's always so involved in every project and action! Special congrats to Ioana and Ina, who also won that night to their category!
       I've been volunteering for already three years, and it's been the most amazing thing I could experiment as a teenager. Working with and for kids allowed me to grow so much as a person, and be able to do things I never dared to do before.


       I encourage all of you to volunteer, make a change in your society, and bring people a smile on their face. Cheers to all the volunteers!!!

'Portrait of a volunteer'- ProVobis magazine about volunteering  (Portret de Voluntar- also available at http://www.provobis.ro/)

Below, I post several pictures from some of my activities from Save the Children :)

Volunteers monthly reunion, November 2011

Anti-smoking campaign, 2009.

 Theatre Forum play, March 2011 (I am the Joker-coordinator of the play)

National Children's Forum, June 2011 (I coordinated the workshop on Participation and Volunteering)

 The above and below photos are from the summer camp, which comprised 250 children plus volunteers.

 The above and below pictures and from the Children's Carnival- 2010 and 2011, respectively.

Project on the simulation of the decision-making process in the European Parliament- Sicily, November 2011.

Have a great Christmas holiday, you all! Feel happy, and make the less fortunate feel the same!
Keep on Fire,
Andreea Hash :)