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“In Arrels we craft with our hands”
Marta Olaria
Street Social Educator

In Arrels we craft with our hands, and we especially craft with time. Working with time, instead of goals, gives you such confidence and security that makes it possible to assist people from a position of closeness.

I think big goals are frustrating, and that in here we can adapt to people and follow their own pace. Everything I have experienced here has made me a better person. I have had, and still have, moments of happiness. I’ve frequently felt off-guard and am often affected emotionally, and yet I generally feel welcome, cared for, and loved by many people, amongst them, some that need this company and affection much more than I do... In the past, I used to work in a hostile world to which I adapted assuming values that, deep inside, I knew were not mine. This for me, was a constant source of suffering and was an inner struggle. But, here I am now!