Catarina Almeida

I am 29 years old and live in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. I am currently a Customer Support Centre team leader – IKEA Portugal. My hobby is travelling. I am married and we have a baby boy aged one year. I applied to the IWitness programme because I believe that every child has the right to have a home, food, health and love.

Going back home? Already?

On our first day, we felt as though we’d been here a week—we were really tired! Now, it feels like we’ve only just arrived, trying to work out if the...

2 mins August 4, 2018

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Who mentioned emotions? (Part II)

In the afternoon, we went to another village where we visited another Child-Friendly Space (CFS). The volunteers were waiting for us to explain what they did and the main needs...

2 mins August 3, 2018

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Who mentioned emotions? (Part I)

Our hearts are bursting! Now we’re beginning to realise how hard it is to put everything we experienced into words… I don’t think anybody really slept well. We were all...

3 mins August 2, 2018

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On the way to Guigang!

We woke up in China! Yesterday really happened, and tomorrow we’ll find out all about our field work. We jumped out of bed bright and early and caught the next...

2 mins August 1, 2018

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Emotion, emotion, emotion!

The IKEA Foundation has taken us to China! It’s only the first day and we’re already feeling a million different emotions. We’ve gone from extreme happiness to discomfort in a...

2 mins July 30, 2018

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