I should have started this blog by telling my volunteering experience in Africa but I am doing it the other way around. So at the moment I am just going to talk about today.
Today is one of these days that I have to follow my routine, wake up and go to work…. During work of course i work and, twitt, facebook, websites, news… design banners, listen to music everything and anything i can possible do online.
But today was different. 
The reason is because I spoke with the kids from the rescue center. I called one of the volunteers that has a Kenya mobile phone and luckily she was at the center. Straight away she gave the phone to the boys and I spoke with Samuel, Oscar and other boys.. We were so happy to speak and just listen to our voices. I kind of felt that I was there with them, like I pictured myself to the center. They told me they were still playing the flute recorder, which is amazing!! Samuel asked if I was going back and I said maybe in a couple of months, maybe christmas. I really want to go back although I know it’s up to my finance but saying it over and over again to myself I think I might as well magage to do it. That’s getting too personal now. The point is that after that call I felt so happy and alive, it really gave meaning to my today life and encouraged me to do more so I can achieve my little goals in life.
Love
Stella
It’s almost a month now sice I came back from Africa and I have to say my life can’t go back to normal (meaning as it was before I went to Africa).
Volunteering in Africa changed my life. Before I went to Kenya I would go every day at work, make a plan for the week, stress about everything the tube, weather, friends, family, food, clothes, money… Things that you think are important in your every day life -which they are- but not to stress about them.
Now I am back and every day I will wake up the same time, get ready, go to work, stay there until 5:30, come back home with a peaceful mind not to stress about all the above. After work, back at home and I will go straight to my laptop to watch my photos and videos from Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar.. . It does sound pathetic but I really enjoying doing that, it keeps reminding me how different every day was there as oppose to what it is now.
Last year I went to Costa Rica to volunteer and when I came back I had exactly the same feelings but they didn’t last as long. I went back quickly to the London life rythm. There, it was the first time I was volunteerting and it was only for a week so I didn’t realise as much the importance of what I was doing.
Nowdays I have heard from many people wanting to become volunteers. Some say it is partly because of the recession some others say that people have become more aware about the climate change, humanitarian issues and finally some others think is because of the globalisation.
In my opinion no matter what the reason is it’s great that this is happening. The sure thing is that volunteering always has good results and benefits from both sides. When a human beign decides independently to make a difference to the world, help to make it better, it also means that cares about the others and has decided to leave behind the classic pattern (job-career-money-house -family) that most people from big cities live in.
Here are some photos from my volunteering in Africa
http://www.flickr.com/groups/volunteeringkenya/
Love
Stella