Cloudera’s August Volunteer Highlight is Thatiane Freire, account govt for the general public sector, positioned in Brasília, Brazil, and one of many firm’s Cloudera Cares Ambassadors.
Thatiane volunteers with a neighborhood group known as Casa de Caridade Inacio Daniel, which started with the objective to fulfill the day-to-day, foundational wants of the homeless group in Brasília. The group gives constituents with meals, heat garments, hygiene provides, house items, cleansing provides, child outfits, and faculty provides. In some instances, they even present cooking fuel, remedy, and medication to households who would in any other case not have entry.
Thatiane, who first heard about this group from a buddy, has volunteered each Saturday for the final two years. When requested about what her position is as a tenured volunteer, she shared that it actually varies primarily based on the wants the group faces that week.
“No two weeks are the identical. When I’m there, I assist with no matter they want—typically I set up provides within the kitchen, different occasions I put together meals, and even once in a while I help the therapists on web site.”
For the group to run easily, and for the wants of the Brasília homeless group to be met, an incredible quantity of logistics is required. Nonetheless, Thatiane believes there may be greater than logistics that retains this crucial group afloat.
Core to their mission, Casa de Caridade Inacio Daniel places love, fraternity, solidarity, and charitable beliefs into observe all of sudden. Thatiane says, “They ship greater than 1,000 meals and three,000 lunch containers a month; assemble numerous children snack packs and a whole lot of hygiene kits per week; most significantly, they provide Brasílians in want with a community of affection and assist.”
As she concluded her reflections on her volunteering expertise, Thatiane shared that though she strongly believes that it’s everybody’s duty to make the world a greater place, what motivates her personally is the sensation she will get afterward.
“I turn out to be a calmer individual and discover myself a lot happier once I might help handle the wants of these round me.”
Thatiane was excited to make use of Cloudera Cares’ latest program, {Dollars} for Doers, to increase her affect past volunteering. Utilizing the {Dollars} for Doers program, Thatiane can report her volunteer time in our giving and volunteering platform and obtain $10 for each hour she spends supporting Casa de Caridade Inacio Daniel to make use of towards a corporation of her selection.
“Donating time, cash, or each solely makes us higher individuals,” Thatiane says. “I’m excited to proceed my efforts to make my group a greater place leveraging our Cloudera Cares packages.”
