I work as a volunteer at a day center “šviesa” for adult people with mental and physical disabilities.
My primary responsibilities as a volunteer are to assist center visitors with their daily needs, to help them during their classes, to provide them individual attention, and to engage in activities. I have a wonderful time with them, we are drawing, having walks, listening to music, constructing puzzle games, and so on. Especially now, during the summer we have so many exciting outdoor activities, on lakes and rivers. For example, last week we had a trip to the Lithuanian seaside city of Klaipeda, we spent a great time in the hot weather in the cool Baltic Sea. I have never met such warm, honest, and kind people as “visitors” of the center. They like spending time with us a lot. They are always ready and willing to share their emotions, thoughts, and, most importantly their works from the day. They give me wonderful emotions and sincere friendship.
I am going to have a day of presentation of my country and I will definitely try to bake our country's traditional food Khachapuri with my hands and taste it together with my friends at work.
I must mention that this project is a great experience for me, for several reasons: this is my first time to live abroad, the first time I live so far from my family, the first time I live with foreign-speaking volunteers, the first time I get used to create own independent life in a completely foreign country. Huuh… It's a great challenge! I've been in Lithuania for four months already, and when I remember myself in the first days… :))) I see a lot of changes in myself, and I'm very happy about this rapid development.
My sending organisation from Georgia is: Georgian Youth for Europe.
The project is coordinated in Lithuania by: Saltes.
Hosting organisation in Lithuania: Dienos centras "Šviesa".
Many thanks to all of them for such an interesting experience and opportunity.
Warm greetings from Vilnius,
Vakho Inasaridze
