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Alessia's experience in Budapest

05.11.2020

It’s Monday night, I’m on the balcony wondering about myself and what surrounds me. It’s the perfect time to think and to write. Everything feels so calm, so right. Lot of inside questions though.

Am I doing the “right” thing? Does the right thing really exist?

[…] I’m in Budapest since few weeks and I’m overwhelmed by what surrounds me every day: the city, the people living in, my volunteer service at Filantrópia. At my eyes the city looks so big, so deep in its streets, its quarters: my head is looking at all the palaces, all the buildings, all the bars and shops, all the sunsets through the windows. I always wonder what people do in here, what’s their life, if they’re happy, if they’re sad, if they’re in love. The people I meet at Filantrópia are helping me so much I can’t describe, they offer me new points of view, they are opening their heart to me and I can’t be more grateful for everything they’re donating to me. I think “to donate” is the perfect verb and action to describe what’s happening in Aradi Utca 43 every morning and afternoon”.

These are some reflections that our volunteer Alessia, serving with ESC in Budapest, shared in an article for the hosting organization Filantròpia.
We wholeheartedly recommend reading the full article to understand what it truly means to be a European volunteer and to embrace the values of the European Solidarity Corps.

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