an article by Lucrina Ștefănescu
A few things about me
My name is Lucrina Ștefănescu and I have been volunteering for NUCA Animal Welfare since 2013. I am researcher and freelance translator. I like to read, sew clothes, knit, ride my bike and spend time with my friends and my cats. I listed all these not to brag about my numerous skills and activities, but to discourage any comment of the type “This woman doesn’t have an occupation!”. On the contrary, I have lots of things to do, but I also choose to be a volunteer because:
We have to contribute to change!
We keep hearing Mahatma Gandhi’s words everywhere nowadays “Be the change that you wish to see in the world!” Although this seems to be a sterile motivational or personal development phrase, I believe it is true. There are so many thigs to do and we are all waiting for “somebody” to do it. This collective “somebody” may be the authorities, the neighbors, people from other countries, others, superior beings. I think this “somebody” is us: me, you, my sister, your brother, our colleagues, all of us. If each does something, we all make a difference!
I love animals!
People keep asking me why do I get involved in this thing with animal welfare? Why not in child care, old or disabled people care? Just because I love animals and I have decided to contribute to their welfare. But my volunteering activities are not limited to NUCA. I am also a volunteer translator for Translators without borders, where I translate texts about environmental damage, health care, humanitarian aid, emigrants, etc. The problem of stray animals touched my heart and I chose NUCA because I saw that my contribution […]