The Start of my Journey

My name is Karlina Feduschak and I am an 9th grader at Eagle Valley High School. This will be my third year traveling with CGA. I went to Nicaragua for a week when I was in 7th grade and I traveled to Cambodia last year for three weeks. This summer I will travel to Tanzania for two weeks. In Tanzania I will be working with 11 other student volunteers, we will work in a school that has about 300 students. While in Tanzania we will teach the students and go on home visits providing children and their families basic necessities. On my trip my biggest goal is to help the children and make an impact on their lives. While doing this I believe and hope that I will learn about myself and learn more about the culture and people in Tanzania. Ever since I traveled to Nicaragua I fell in love with helping children and people in need and Cambodia solidified that. Helping people has become a part of who I am and who I would like to be. I would like to continue my journey on discovering my true self. I have many passions, I love to be active and be in nature. I play soccer and will participate in high school Nordic. I also love skiing as well as kayaking and rafting. I love to be in nature and be isolated from the real world and reality for a while. I enjoy places where I can focus on what is happening in the current moment and not be worried about what is next, it is hard to do that in the real world where everything is so fast-paced. That is why I like to escape and go on backpacking trips or rafting trips. I am extremely thrilled to embark on this new journey and experience with these other student volunteers. I cannot wait to meet all of the children at L.O.A.M.O. (the school in which we will be teaching) and help them as much as possible. I will prepare as much as I can in these next months and be as ready as possible for this incredible experience.