My time in Georgia

I have been living in Rustavi for three months now. I arrived on a cold February morning. Aleks and Nana picked me up from the airport and gave me a ride to my new home on Batumi street. In the beginning, I was a little bit lost in terms of my duties. I did not have much experience in the field of working with youth. But that wasn't much of an obstacle because I had great support from my coordinator and colleagues. Now I can say that I'm very well integrated with the team and, I get a lot of satisfaction from my work.

My daily tasks are mainly, conducting English lessons both one to one and in bigger groups. We also organize various educational and cultural activities. Besides that, I was involved in a couple of Erasmus+ youth exchanges. I'm very grateful for that experience I had now an opportunity to work with groups from Denmark, France, Lithuania and Latvia. Working with people from different countries, cultures and backgrounds brings a lot of diversity to my daily routine and is something I see myself doing in the future.

Besides work, there is also an extraordinary country to explore. I had an opportunity to explore Georgia before on vacation with my parents. I was amazed by both culture and nature here. When I found out that they are looking for volunteers here, I didn't hesitate for a second to send my application. Even though Georgia isn't a big country, the diversification of nature here is astonishing. You can wake up in the desert and go to sleep in a tropical forest the same day. I'm trying to explore Georgia as much as I can, but also the neighbour countries. I had an amazing trip to Armenia which was also my first time trying hitchhiking which was an experience that I'm going to remember for a long time.

I still have almost three months till I will go back to Warsaw. Without hesitance, I can say that decision to take part in the ESC project is one of the best decisions in my life. Every day I learn a lot not only about the work I do here or culture but also about myself. Meeting new people, trying different things and putting myself in new situations is something I think will pay off in future. I can only say that I strongly recommend to anyone taking the opportunity to volunteer in European Solidarity Corps, especially in Georgia.

Szymon