I have found my calling.

Now it has been almost 4 years since I started my career in an International Humanitarian NGO called “Action against Hunger”. First I had worked as an interpreter, but then I realized that in a capacity of an interpreter I have no opportunity to express myself. And at that exact time having a certain experience in the humanitarian sphere I felt that I had something to tell and suggest to my society in the frames of my humanitarian activity. And I was lucky since my decision was welcomed by my supervisor and I evolved from the position of an interpreter to a socio-economist in the three-year program called “Integrated Community and Economic Development.

I am living in a post-war region – it has been almost 16 years since the war ended. After the war our society faced a lot of problems such as poverty, chronic unemployment, and economic decline. In this connection a lot of humanitarian organizations launched their activity on the territory of my country in the framework of their humanitarian missions.

In the difficult post-war period the important and significant role of the humanitarian agencies can scarcely be exaggerated. Among my friends and acquaintances there were many people who had benefited a lot from the relief programs of ICRC, ACH, MSF. And according to them dry food distributed within the several years after the war was the only salvation for them. To tell you the truth the post war period was very difficult for all of us. And having seen all these problems around me I was about to run away from them. But something made me change my mind and I could understand that this is a position of a weak person and such a step will bring to no solution.

Thus, upon graduation from my Institute I had no doubt about my future work – I was strong in my decision to start working for a humanitarian agency.

I am really happy that once I had made this decision and now I understand that I have found my calling.
The program we are implementing mainly aims at providing the material support to vulnerable people through income generating activities. Unfortunately all over the world there are still a lot of people who are on the poverty line. And when I realize that I have the opportunity to do something beneficial for the society I live in, I feel a real satisfaction from the work I am doing.
Today in the world there are a lot of problems. And maybe it is difficult to solve all of them, but still I am totally convinced that we should be responsible for the time and epoch we are living in…