{"id":1293,"date":"2011-11-16T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T16:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.voluntariosesperanza.org\/tu-puedes-ser-el-cambio-2\/"},"modified":"2011-11-16T13:12:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T17:12:05","slug":"tu-puedes-ser-el-cambio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ve-global.org\/es\/tu-puedes-ser-el-cambio\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fa Puedes Ser el Cambio"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dennis Vega
\nVE Volunteer from\u00a0Lima, Peru<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dennis volunteered with VE Global for four years. Today, he’s studying his PhD in Germany. To read the English translation of his post, click here.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Llegu\u00e9 a Chile proveniente de Per\u00fa con la \u00fanica intensi\u00f3n de buscar un mejor horizonte, sin embargo mi experiencia ha sido mucho m\u00e1s que eso despu\u00e9s de haber conocido a VE Global. Me un\u00ed oficialmente a VE Global hace un poco m\u00e1s de cuatro a\u00f1os, sin embargo mi primer contacto con ellos fue hace seis a\u00f1os cuando conoc\u00ed a dos voluntarios de Domingo Savio<\/em>, pero por razones que ahora no recuerdo bien, no fue posible pertenecer a VE Global. Despu\u00e9s de un par de a\u00f1os, sintiendo la necesidad de hacer algo en retribuci\u00f3n a la sociedad, record\u00e9 a esta organizaci\u00f3n y decid\u00ed retomar el contacto con ellos y finalmente, esta vez s\u00ed, pude convertirme en un voluntario de VE Global.<\/p>\n

Ser un voluntario de VE Global ha sido una de las experiencias m\u00e1s importantes de mi vida. Creo que puedo dividir mi experiencia en dos campos: Recuperaci\u00f3n de la creencia en los cambios y Crecimiento personal.<\/p>\n

He conocido a muchos voluntarios, provenientes de todas partes del mundo, y en todos ellos existe un denominador com\u00fan: todos ellos creen que los cambios sociales son posibles y que nuestras acciones, por peque\u00f1as que parezcan, estar\u00e1n ayudando a lograr eso. Hab\u00eda perdido esa creencia y estar inmerso en toda esta nueva gran energ\u00eda me hizo recuperarla. Al mismo tiempo me dio la energ\u00eda necesaria para decidirme a realizar mis anhelos personales.<\/p>\n

Lo mejor de toda mi experiencia en VE Global fue sin duda el trabajo directo con los ni\u00f1os, haciendo diferentes cosas, desde asistir a los D\u00edas de Reparaci\u00f3n, para mejorar un poco su calidad de vida, hasta jugar un partido de f\u00fatbol en la Liga de Deportes<\/em>. Aunque a veces lo que hice como voluntario fue un poco cansador, al final, la recompensa en mucho m\u00e1s grande. No hay nada m\u00e1s gratificante que recibir un \u201cgracias t\u00edo\u201d de los ni\u00f1os, ver una sonrisa o incluso s\u00f3lo quedarte con la sensaci\u00f3n de saber que has hecho algo por ellos.<\/p>\n

De todos los ni\u00f1os con los que he compartido en estos cuatro a\u00f1os, siempre recuerdo a Julia*. Desde que conoc\u00ed a Julia, ella mostr\u00f3 inter\u00e9s en aprender ingl\u00e9s. Ahora, despu\u00e9s de haber terminado su escuela secundaria y del apoyo de voluntarios, se encuentra estudiando Ingl\u00e9s en la Universidad. Estoy muy feliz de haber sido testigo de ese logro.<\/p>\n

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You Can Be The Change<\/strong><\/p>\n

I arrived in Chile from Peru with the idea of having a better quality of life. However, my experience has been much more than that after having known VE Global. I joined VE Global a bit more than four years ago. Nevertheless, my first contact with them was six years ago, when I met two former volunteers from Domingo Savio,<\/em> but for reasons that I do not really remember, it was not possible for me to join VE Global at that point. After a couple of years though, I felt the need to give back to society and I remembered this organization and I decided to contact them again, and this time, finally I could join VE Global and become a volunteer.<\/p>\n

Being a VE volunteer has been one of the most important experiences in my life. I can divide my experience in two fields: Recovery of belief in change and Personal growth.<\/p>\n

I have met many VE volunteers, coming from all over the world, and all of them have the same in common: they believe that social changes are possible and that our actions, even the small ones, will be helping to achieve them. I had lost this conviction but being surrounded in this new big energy made me recover it. Also, it gave renewed energy to carry out my personal goals.<\/p>\n

The best of all my experience with VE Global was without a doubt the work with kids, doing different things from attending to Repair Days, in order to improve a bit their quality of life, to playing a football match in the Liga de Deportes<\/em>. Although sometimes my job as volunteer was tiring, at the end, the reward is much bigger. There is nothing more rewarding than hearing a \u201cgracias t\u00edo<\/em>\u201d, seeing a smile or even just having the feeling of knowing that you have done something for them.<\/p>\n

From all the kids whom I have met in these four years, I always remember Julia*. Since I first met Julia, she was very interested in learning English. Now, after having finished high school and with a little help of volunteers, she is studying English at college. I am very happy for having been witness of this achievement.<\/p>\n

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*Name has been changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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