Carlos and his experience at the escuelita in Chiapas
We share one of the first experiences in the little school in Chiapas with which we have started to collaborate this year. Carlos spent almost a month enjoying this marvellous area of Mexico: "The day-to-day life has been very calm. I, in particular, left the hostel at 9 a.m. and, accompanied by one or more other volunteers, took a minibus to the start of the climb up to the top of the mountain.
Carlos' experience in an integral education centre: "I have been able to get to know another reality on a cultural and professional level".
Carlos is an educator and has worked for a month at the integral education centre we support in Cochabamaba (Bolivia). There he worked with students with different disabilities and with the centre's staff. He himself tells us about his experience: "It has been a very enriching experience and I have felt very loved and valued. I volunteered from Monday to Friday during school hours, which are from 08:30 to 12:00; I also went to the centre some afternoons, but not all of them, to help my colleagues with their work.
Bárbara's experience in Bolivia: "I would repeat a thousand times".
"It has been an experience I will never forget, a trip and a work that I would repeat a thousand times if I had the chance. First of all, I have to say that I feel absolutely enriched as a person and also on a professional level, given that I have had the opportunity to meet two great veterinarians (Aleja and Marta) from whom I have learned in every way, as they have been two great friends, mothers, teachers, confidantes
Paula's experience in Bali: "It's amazing how quickly you adapt to this way of life".
"It is difficult to express in words at the moment what this experience has meant to me: two girls from Zaragoza decided to spend a month away from home to discover a new culture. Although the first day of volunteering was a bit hard for us, it is surprising how quickly you manage to adapt to a way of life completely different from your own. One of the best things about this experience is sharing it with people from other parts of the world: we rely on each other.
Maria's experience in Valle Sagrado ecovillage (Peru): "In this centre children can see that another world is possible".
Maria has spent part of her summer in this centre located in an incredible environment, full of history, magic and very special places. She herself tells us about her experience in this project with which we collaborate and which is located in the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru: "In the mornings we have breakfast from half past seven (not before we all greet each other with a kiss and a hug). Afterwards, everyone does a bit of what they feel like doing: being in the areas where they feel like it.
What if your university internship could change your life? Hear Ana's experience!
Ana studies Tourism and History at the Juan Carlos I University in Madrid and decided to do her university internship with us at the educational center we support in Cusco. From there he tells us about his experience: "It all started through the internship platform at my university. I remember that morning when I clicked on the button to "send my internship application" and a little square that said Viajes Tumaini. I didn't know everything I was expecting. I received an email from Almudena and Mónica
Yaiza's experience in India: "The best thing was being with Tibetan boys and girls"
Yaiza traveled with Tumaini last May to India. He made his Solidarity Trip in the nursery for Tibetan boys and girls. This nursery offers this service to Tibetan families without resources and helps them care for their children while they have to work."What he liked most was spending time with the little ones and what he least liked was saying goodbye. An experience that he values with a 10. She herself tells us about her day-to-day life: Yaiza with some kids from the nursery First thing in the morning
David's experience in a rescued fauna center: "There I learned to be happy and smile more"
The only difference between us was one nuance: they looked a little nervous because they had always heard that these trips changed their lives. I, however, was going to do it because Life had changed me. But everyone's eyes shone with the illusion of doing something nice, selfless and altruistic. It was a Tumaini meeting for travelers going on education projects. I wanted to be there, I wanted to share with them that magical moment of “what are we going to find”. However, and although I always wanted to participate in
Albert in Lamay: "I have learned to live in community, to share everything I have and I have gained a family".
My collaboration during the first two months consisted of volunteering at the Lamay school. My idea was to stay in Cuzco, but the project needed people in Lamay and the coordinator Isabel, without knowing me, proposed it to me and I let myself go. Now I am grateful that she did so because I have discovered where I feel happy. The moment I arrived I knew I was going to stay. It is an incredible place, you can't describe it in words, you have to experience it in person. Surrounded by the Apus (mountains
Experience in Bali: Eva and Alberto share their sensations
A new experience in a Solidarity Trip. This time it is a double one, Alberto and Eva travelled to Bali to collaborate with the educational centre we work with there. On their return they have told us about the feelings and sensations that this participation has given them:Eva explains how the two weeks they spent at the centre went: "My experience has been fantastic in every way. Being able to collaborate with the educational project intensely and to teach classes for them makes you feel that your help is really useful, because