Knowing a first volunteer worker with digital inclusion

by isac dos santos lopes (Brazil)

I didn't expect to find Brazil

Knowing a first volunteer worker with digital inclusion I got in Brasília city that time in march’s begin, to participate in a conference about the rights of Quilombolas Communities for 5 days. That time, I’d stay in a house from some friends that I met before in another event in Brasília, they were a group that support persons like artists, leadership, and other persons that need help to stay there. After I went to the event for three days, I had gotten in my friend's house, we used talking about the day and things were happening in Brazil those times. I used to wash the dishes, prepare some food or clean the house to pay for my hosting in the house, was just a fair way to thank for they'r hospitality. On my fourth day there, I started to post some pictures from my activities on my social networks to show my exciting experience to my friends. Then, someone start talking with me on facebook. Was an interesting lady, who said that was from a city closed to Brasília. The woman told me that she knew me from an event that we had participated in Brasília a 1 year past. Was an event for volunteer workers with community telecenters, “digital inclusion”. The woman knew me, but I didn't remember from her. Then she explained that was another woman that was girlfriend of her son. Her son's girlfriend had knew me and talked with me a lot on the event, then she had spook to a lady about me and my job with other communities. The lady had stayed amazing about me and wanted to know me when it was possible. She told that she was happy about my presence so close of her city. Cocalzinho do Oeste was the city where she used to live with her family. That city was just eighty Kms from Brasília. She proposed I go to her house to know the city and the people from Cocalzinho. When I told that I don't had money to go and don't knew how to get there, she told me that her husband and she could go on my friends house and bring me to Cocalzinho, to I be there for some days. I stopped a time thinking about that strange thing, cause I didn't remind that lady. But she told me that she and her husband were so old, they'r sons don't used to stay at home cause they used to work a lot. She told me that she don't knew if I’d get to see they in another time, cause they was a bet sick and she wanted so much to know me, to talk with me and change experiences about volunteer works. Then, I told that I'd enjoy that time to know a new city and get some more advises to help my activities for the communities, and they could going get me in Brasília. Next day, she called me on the phone and said that they're closed of our court, and asked me to hope they out of the house. I hoped they and when they got, the car stopped and she got out from the car. Then, I saw a small lady with a happy smile and open arms to give me a hug. I fall in her hug and we talked a little like we're oldie friends a many years ago. I get in the car with they and we went to Cocalzinho. She show me your city, and other cities closed there. She introduced me to her sons and made a big lunch to us on a Sunday. Before I go, 2 days later, she told me that she was a first woman in the volunteer work with digital inclusion and was very famous in all Brazil, she had started the first community telecenter on Brazil more then 15 years ago. Then, I gave she a long hug and got in the buss to go back to my community. After that, I always tried to visit she again when I was back in Brasília. Sometime I got, and every time is amazing when I remember how was the first time.