{"id":1211,"date":"2018-10-02T18:27:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visfoundation.org\/nuevo\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2018-10-02T18:28:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:28:14","slug":"cronica-de-las-misiones-humanitarias-en-india-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/2018\/10\/02\/cronica-de-las-misiones-humanitarias-en-india-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronicle of Humanitarian Missions in India 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&quot;Giving makes you truly happy&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Also in 2018 a group of volunteers of VIDA (VIS Foundation for India) has dedicated a good part of the summer period going to Calcutta to participate at the humanitarian mission and to serve the poorest of the poor.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1211 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39094926_2006072259423166_3338856878116438016_n.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39094926_2006072259423166_3338856878116438016_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39094926_2006072259423166_3338856878116438016_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39094926_2006072259423166_3338856878116438016_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39094926_2006072259423166_3338856878116438016_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39094926_2006072259423166_3338856878116438016_n-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39094926_2006072259423166_3338856878116438016_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/37160874_2011475742216151_1747693922991210496_n.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/37160874_2011475742216151_1747693922991210496_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/37160874_2011475742216151_1747693922991210496_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/37160874_2011475742216151_1747693922991210496_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/37160874_2011475742216151_1747693922991210496_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/37160874_2011475742216151_1747693922991210496_n-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/37160874_2011475742216151_1747693922991210496_n.jpg 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>My experience in Calcutta has been very rewarding; feel all the love of so many people who fill you with much more love than you can give them: they convey their gratitude and kindness to you \u201d, said Ana Mar\u00eda, a volunteer from Barcelona, at the end of her days in Calcutta.<br \/>\nIt's true, you go to give; But you come back with more than you took with you. You return with a heart that explodes with happiness and gratitude for the wonderful experience. This underline all volunteers returning from Calcutta.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visfoundation.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1213\" src=\"https:\/\/visfoundation.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/38872967_2000963276600731_6672135255140335616_n-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The group consisted of 27 volunteers from Spain (the largest group), Italy, Mexico, France and the United States. This year there were many!<br \/>\nRebeca, from Mexico, wanted to leave her testimony: \u201cBeing a volunteer in Calcutta has been without a doubt one of the strongest but comforting, difficult but satisfying, tiring but heart-healing experiences that I have ever experienced in my life. Finding Jesus in each gaze of my brothers was the most wonderful thing I experienced in India and serving others without caring about anything else is without a doubt the best experience of my life. \"<\/p>\n<p>\u201cServing others no matter what else\u201d is what all the volunteers have done in the three centers of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa (\u201cShihu Bhavan\u201d, \u201cPrem Dan\u201d and \u201cShanti Dan\u201d), in one of the Missionaries of Charity (\u201cNabo Jibon\u201d), in a center of VIDA (managed by the Missionaries of the Word) \u201cNirmal Niketan\u201d and, finally, in  \u201cMother Teresa vocational training center\u201d (also of the Missionaries of the word);  to paint some of the classrooms of the vocational school.<\/p>\n<p>An immense work that wasn't so hard because it was done with love and with so much joy. Every day you had to get up early and go into the chaos of the city to get to serve in what you could, usually in simple things, but that are of great help to the missionaries who dedicate their entire lives to these poor people. , abandoned and sick.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1211 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/41162407_2043722308991494_6975796632742789120_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/41162407_2043722308991494_6975796632742789120_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/41162407_2043722308991494_6975796632742789120_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/41162407_2043722308991494_6975796632742789120_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/41162407_2043722308991494_6975796632742789120_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/41162407_2043722308991494_6975796632742789120_n-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/41162407_2043722308991494_6975796632742789120_n.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39169696_2009237775773281_1557840309625290752_n.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39169696_2009237775773281_1557840309625290752_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39169696_2009237775773281_1557840309625290752_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/39169696_2009237775773281_1557840309625290752_n-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The fruit of this dedication is happiness. As \u00c1lvaro from Seville told us: \u201cGiving makes you truly happy. Give a laugh or lend a hand to connect with a person, who receives your energy and at the same time transmits it to you with an empathetic hug in which you even look vulnerable. It is a recommendable experience! Thank you VIDA! \"<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the work in the centers, one day the volunteers visited a lepers center; another day they took the children of \u201cNirmal Niketan\u201d for a walk to the zoo; without forgetting the distribution of food, clothing and hygiene supplies to hundreds of people who live on the streets and in the poorest slums of Calcutta that we organize one of the mission days. In addition, finally, the solidarity projects of  \u201cColores de Calcutta\u201d foundation that VIDA has also supported for several years and visited.<\/p>\n<p>One of the last days we were able to enjoy a  festival that the disabled children and adolescents of \u201cNirmal Niketan\u201d offered us and for their families. What tenderness and what emotion to see so much affection and gratitude!<\/p>\n<p>We end these brief lines about the mission that VIDA has carried out from July 30 to August 15, 2018 with this testimony from Sol, one of the volunteers from Seville: \u201cMy experience in Calcutta has been intense but enriching. I would love to collaborate with this NGO in other of its many missions and projects such as \u201csponsor a child\u201d. Thank you very much VIDA! &quot;<\/p>\n<p>May there continue to be people available to serve others next year and may the mission not be reduced to a few days of summer, but to a lifetime!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/visfoundation.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1216\" src=\"https:\/\/visfoundation.org\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/10\/40646975_2039480272749031_5121942740375961600_n-66x66.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDar hace verdaderamente feliz\u201d Tambi\u00e9n este a\u00f1o 2018 un grupo de voluntarios de VIDA (VIS Foundation for India) ha dedicado una buena parte del per\u00edodo veraniego a ir a Calcuta para participar en la misi\u00f3n humanitaria y servir a los m\u00e1s pobres entre los pobres. Mi experiencia en Calcuta ha sido muy gratificante; sentir todo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.visfoundation.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}