Ajuda na Limpeza e Recepção
Organizar Eventos e Festas e Bartender
Sofìa volviò a estar en nuestra familia al finalizar su Viaje , como siempre un placer contar con su grandiosa energìa y disposiciòn en todo momento , Siempre bienvenida a Maui 🌴💙
Recepção, Ajudante de Cozinha, Tarefas Domésticas e Ajuda na Limpeza
A Worldpackers Academy foi criada para preparar os viajantes da comunidade para serem voluntários comprometidos e engajados.
Concluiu o curso “Voluntariado consciente: como participar e colaborar em projetos sociais" no qual aprendeu como se capacitar e planejar para atuações sociais e como ser um voluntário consciente.
Concluiu o curso “Guia anfitrião x voluntário: como se preparar para voluntariar em hostels " no qual aprendeu como ser aceito, o que os anfitriões da comunidade buscam nos viajantes e como se preparar para uma experiência de voluntariado.
Versão em Espanhol
Este curso foi criado para preparar voluntários para viver experiências fora da rotina, incluindo fundamentos da vida em comunidade, as diferenças entre a vida urbana e a vida rural, como selecionar e apoiar projetos a atingirem seus objetivos, e apresentar os conceitos básicos de permacultura para que seu projeto possa florescer!
Como o viajante ajuda a comunidade Worldpackers para além dos voluntariados.
Colabora com o crescimento da comunidade indicando a WP para outros viajantes
Escrevendo artigos para o Blog da Worldpackers
Atraindo novos anfitriões para a comunidade
Produzindo conteúdos sobre experiências para Worldpackers
Hey there! It's Sofia from Spain, fellow volunteer and passionate writer. Half journalist, half traveler. In my different trips I've realized that travelling fills your soul in unpredictable ways: experiencing new things for the first time, connecting with locals, trying new flavors, making priceless friendships along the way, visiting stunning places… I’m here to bring you all these things closer. To go, see, question, understand and ultimately write about what I live so that we all can share the experiences and broad the knowledge within the Worldpackers community. Hope my posts bring you a little bit of joy and enthusiasm to pack your bags and start travelling!
I studied journalism in my hometown, Valladolid (Spain) and on the third year of the degree I went to Zhuhai (China) to study there. In China I took tourism management, advertising and marketing and human resources classes which broadened my knowledge.
I’ve also taken several courses focusing on international journalism, conflict zones coverage and storytelling and two Harvard courses (“Child Protection” and “Religion, Conflict and Peace”).
I speak Spanish (native), English (Fluent) and Chinese and French (basic level)
I work as a hip hop/commercial/reggaeton dance teacher. I started to teach when I was 17, loved it, can’t imagine my life without it anymore. I teach from five year old kids to 50 year old adults and seeing all of them dancing the choreos I teach them is the most rewarding thing in the world. I see my dance classes as a safe space where you can just be yourself, feel the music, let yourself go and move and mostly enjoy and have fun during that period of time (and NO judgment!)
I’m also a volunteer at the NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The latest job my team did was helping dozens of Afghan women journalist and their families to flee the country after the Taliban took over in August 2021. My main task in the organization is managing the social media and website. Together with my team we create new content constantly so that we can keep it updated and fresh. Last Christmas we launched a social campaign with which our follower base increased +1000 in 5 months, specifically reaching a lot of new young people.
I’ve been a worker in a cheese factory assembly line, a waitress, a Spanish tutor for a Jordan Professor in China’s University, an English tutor for Spanish kids and an au-pair for a family in Canada (2019) and now in London (which tasks include: taking care of the kids, help them with their homework, cooking for the whole family, cleaning, laundry, and grocery shopping)
This is my first time as a volunteer in Worldpackers, however... it's not my first time travelling!
My first big trip was when I was 19. I moved to Canada for three months and I experienced my first solo travel. I went to Montreal and there I discovered the wonders of the backpacking lifestyle. In love with it since then!
When I moved to China, I had the opportunity to travel around the country and also around South East Asia. Every single country was a mind-blowing experience. Landscapes are breath-taking and people are incredibly hospitable. But the thing I value the most about those trips is how AMAZING felt stepping out of my comfort zone. You get to know yourself, you grow, you blossom.
I’ve also travelled around some countries in Europe and right now I’m living in London. One of the trips I cherish the most was Barcelona. I went there for work (I had to do some interviews for my degree’s dissertation) and the hostel and the people there were just awesome. We really connected, we enjoyed a lot the city and by the end of my stay the hostel staff offered me to be part of their team during the summer holidays. I was so sad because I was moving to London by that time so I couldn’t do it but NOW IT’S THE TIME!
I didn’t really know how important travelling was for me until Covid happened. During the lockdown, my mind kept going back to all these places where I was genuinely happy and almost 90% of them where the destinations of my trips. I understood then that, for me, travelling is like the fuel that helps me moving forward. Is what inspires me, what gives sense to my life.
WORLDPACKERS IS THE NEXT LEVEL OF TRAVELLING. BEING ABLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WHILE YOU LEARN FROM THE PEOPLE YOU MEET, WORK HAND IN HAND WITH LOCALS, CREATE AMAZING MEMORIES WITH THE FRIENDS YOU MAKE ALONG YOUR WAY… I THINK IS THE ULTIMATE WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF TRAVELLING (NOT JUST BEING A TOURIST) WHILE CONNECTING WITH AND POSITIVELY IMPACTING ON THE COMMUNITY.
