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Charity shops earn their projects in India and Africa

To make sense of their activities, have a feeling of belonging to something, and I'm helpful. These are the most common motivation of people who decided to spend a certain stage of his life volunteering. Similarly, on thirty (age take with a pinch it's for example) Teresa. It works in the English charity shop in Warrington - a city that lies b
etween Liverpool and Manchester - and is preparing for a six-month project in Africa or India.

"I started to work with the homeless - essentially based on studies of art therapy," says Teresa, how she got to work in the nonprofit sector. "Then I went in the studio and arteterapeutikém Greenpeace. Now I got to Gaia program. He goes to dvacetičtyřměsíčního program, which includes a six-month project in Africa or India. Now, in a charity shop to make my studies, "says Teresa. The shop is already a month. "They sell the different things - especially clothes, brikabrak, books, dvd, cd, records, toys and so on. Mostly it is a donation husband manager of this organization. He is the manager of collecting clothes from donors. "
Initially, man overcomes various minor pitfalls. "I had to get used to working with foreign currency, understand customer in a foreign language, get used to a different mentality. It was also interesting to note that now represent the shop and not behaving itself only for myself, "he continues. Customers charity shop are different age and in teams. "He goes, I some permanent and casual customers. People buy a lot of toys, they are cheap and do not hesitate to choose it, what other times do not have money and come zbytené them, or simple books, for they do not want to spend too much money, I mean fiction novels or routine. "
Teresa works with another girl from England. "We get along well, learn from it and it helps me," says Teresa.
Everyday in the shop looks like this: "I come with a manager, and turns odmkne budget. Tomorrow I will open for the first time myself. April comes up at eleven. We open at 9.30 am and close at 17 pm lunch break I have half an hour, usually around noon. During the day, then I go and I'm watching customers at the register or I'm preparing for clothes hangers and the like. "
With customers sometimes become bicurious stituace. "One day he came to me and the old man told me that I look like I want to give up everything. So I replied that so just look, and he said do not look back so badly ... "