EMMANUEL VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION
The Emmanuel Volunteer Association has been alongside Bambini in Emergenza for many years, thanks to the meeting of our Founder, Mino Damato, with the then Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio, H.E. Monsignor Nunzio Galantino. Many initiatives have been launched, all precious and harbingers of mutual growth for adults and children.
LAST EVENTS
Thanks to the collaboration with the Emmanuel Volunteer Association of Cerignola, Bambini in Emergenza was able to offer their children unforgettable experiences.
TESTIMONIALS
Here are some testimonials from our volunteers who returned from work camps in Romania, where they had the opportunity to be in direct contact with our children.
"There is always something to learn from children, because they are simple but special, small but big... I learned that too many things are taken daily for granted, that we ask too much and that we complain about nothing."
"It doesn't matter to know in depth all the children's stories, sometimes you have to take a few steps back and respect their silence, sometimes the children just need a hug or a smile."
"Bambini in Emergenza is proof that: 'Love is the only thing that is shared with everyone, instead of decreasing it increases.'
"If someone were to ask me what the Foundation means to me, I would say that it is "My home", where things are not done only with the hands and arms, but especially with the mind and heart."
"Children were the music that sings only inside the heart. They were the engine of many dreams. Children were the colours of a grey and dark world. And the world needs more today than ever, their joy and our involvement."
"A holiday in Montegiordano means giving your own time and energy to these wonderful children, in the hope that they will have a future worthy of all their dreams, but it also means being rewarded for the effort made by their smiles and simple gestures, but with a lot of love ".
"When they take us in their arms and take refuge in our arms, every time, even for ten years, I get excited just like the first time. The emotion when the child chooses you and entrusts himself to you."
"The least we can do for them is to give them LOVE, until the day they all have the love of a mom and dad!"
"The meeting with the children gave me the opportunity to return to normal with the awareness that, no matter what problem I have, I have to thank God for the life he has given me.
"I'm starting to be helpful. I'm starting to give thanks. I'm starting to share. I'm starting to smile. I'm starting to serve. I'm starting to hug. I'm starting to connect and understand. I'm starting to amaze myself. I'm starting to be happy."
"The children gave me so much, they gave me a strength that I didn't think I had. Thanks, thanks, now I return to my daily life with a new spirit, with different eyes."
"They have nothing but they give you everything, this is the secret of happiness that I have brought with me since I hugged them for the first time."
"Every time I live this reality, which I like to define as a" magical world ", where every look, every hug, every smile of the children remains imprinted in the heart and is able of transforming and improving your life."
"I met the Bambini in Emergenza Foundation in 2010. As soon as my eyes met the children's, I immediately understood that I would love them one by one with a 'special love', as if they were all my brothers."
„LOVE: the definition of the verb TO GIVE. I did not give myself to you, but you gave me a gift. You gave me your hugs and kisses that cleared up my uncertainties. "
“We have to give him back what has been taken from him, what has been ripped from him, denied. His dignity was taken away, he was denied the affection of a mother, he was denied a family. "
" Quello che mi emoziona di più è vedere felici i bambini con le loro famiglie affidatarie. la chiusura di un cerchio che spero avvenga al più presto per gli altri bimbi.
The work of the Ave Association volunteers from Cerignola does not end with the period spent with our children in Calabria or Singureni in our Centre, but continues throughout the year inside the Laboratory il Grifo, a light source in the area for the benefit of children in need in Cerignola .
The first reason is the inner wealth that remains after having had direct experience with the Foundation. The second reason is that, through volunteering, you get in touch with other people, with a team, with a group of people who are together, who share ideas. This is also a nice way to grow.
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