Hello everyone, I am 20 years old. I flew from Turkey to Italy for 1 month for this project. I am delighted to be in this volunteer project that will encourage people to sport. We encouraged the Italian people to play with both Turkish volunteers and Italian volunteers. I discovered that these events are regular every week, volleyball, bocce, boxing, pilates, yoga, and badminton. I woke up early in the morning and started the day with sports, giving people fitness and an understanding the importance of sports for health.

We mobilized our motionless bodies due to Covid-19. I used bicycles as a means of transportation on the way to these active sports. We had good communication with our friends in the Italian association so we discovered the possibilities in the city more quickly. We made the food ourselves and so on I got it in skills such as cooking and dishwashing.

Apart from these events, we were provided with the Italian-speaking club. We socialized more with the English-speaking club and improved our language. I met many people there because of these activities and social activities, I learned about new cultures. I learned to be a team spirit in team sports and to work in harmony and use communication skills effectively. During this time, my self-confidence increased. The sports we did with the Italian volunteers and the Italian people outdoor discovered the environment and created new experiences.

The fact that we held the events in various parts of the city aimed to encourage the local people against sports. In our spare time, I visited the beauty of Italy and various cities. Learning about the culture of Italy and witnessing its historical structures excited me. I tried new flavors and saw that our food taste was close. There was only one problem for us that the room was to be there in the hottest and humid month of Italy.

I think that I have developed myself and created a sensitivity to the environment in this project, which you participated in with the opportunities offered by the SORGED association. I would like to thank the SORGED association, which gave us this opportunity, and thank you to the Scambieuropei association that has been visiting us in Italia. It was an experience I will not forget in my life. I owe this experience to the volunteer project. Stay healthy and sports.