{"id":26039194,"date":"2019-06-19T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T10:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/volunteer-teacher-experiencce\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T14:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T12:59:18","slug":"volunteer-teacher-experiencce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/volunteer-teacher-experiencce\/","title":{"rendered":"A volunteer teacher talks about her experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/metadrasi_volunteer_teacher-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">Matoula<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">Georgedaki<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">, volunteer teacher at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">METAdrasi\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Greek language classes for refugees\u00a0and\u00a0migrants, talks about her experience.<\/span> <span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"6\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><em>What does volunteering mean to you?\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">believe<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">that<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">volunteering<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">is<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">more than just a social contribution. It is a source of human evolution, both in personal and in social level. Society needs people who desire to offer with their <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">hearts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\"> and I am very happy that I had the opportunity to work in this field. Through\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">METAdrasi\u2019s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0activities I have met many such people. People who, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">in spite of<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\"> their routine and everyday problems, find a way out to love, sensitivity and understanding.<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">By<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">offer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ing<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">even<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">slightest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">your<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">personal<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">time<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">order<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">to<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">make<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">this<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">world<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">better<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">you<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">have<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">already<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">taken<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">great<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">step<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">towards<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">preserving<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reproducing<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">what<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">we<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">call<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">humanity<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">is<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">when<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">hope<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">begins<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">to<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">appear<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"4\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><em>How do you feel each time you offer as a volunteer?\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">Every time I finish a lesson of Greek language, I feel the\u00a0greatest satisfaction. All this time, I watched my students develop themselves\u00a0more and more before my eyes: gradually acquir<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">ing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\"> knowledge and gain<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">ing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\"> confidence and will to continue.\u00a0It is a real achievement to know that people who have experienced such bad and difficult situations, see in your eyes one of their own. This is more than enough for me! The help I have offered <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">METAdrasi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\"> is the best thing I have ever done<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\">!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Mainly for myself and then for those I have helped.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/volunteer-teacher-experiencce\">Matoula Georgedaki, volunteer teacher at METAdrasi\u2019s Greek language&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":388575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[541],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-26039194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-volunteers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26039194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26039194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26039194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26039194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26039194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26039194"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=26039194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}