EVS Tale of the Two Cities booklet

viva associaÇÃo:
personal refLections
Sometimes happiness is easy. Sometimes joy lies in small things. And moreover, sometimes
good mood starts from a small motion. And this is what we actually experienced
in organisation called Viva. Small weekly activities booted up by two volunteers until now
activate children and show them how to spend time in creative way.
Last time, we came in a middle of the day, to paint children’s faces. Imagine how the
shyness – after few minutes – turned into sparkling eyes and wide smiles. It worked in
two ways: also our timidity just melted and we started suddenly to try our Portuguese
language skills to communicate better during the activities.
I believe that the communication trough art is one of the best intercultural
way to understand each others. You basicaly don’t need any language, maybe
except…body language. It’s a great lesson to understand how to express
yourself in many different ways.
We spent at that place short time, but the result of the meeting was really great! Few
minutes just turned children’s random day into a fairytale. And who doesn’t like to feel so
special like a hero from a fairytale? Sometimes happiness is easy and starts from a small
step. Small step that brings big changes.
- writes Izabela Puk on the blog Atlantic is calling.