Breaking News: Unemployment falls by 146,000. Who are the lucky ones to be included in the statistics???

I have a degree in Business Law and Marketing, 10 years of vast and diverse customer service experience. I have been volunteering with charities since 2011, have co-founded a charity in 2014 and we subsequently built a kindergarten in 3 months, but I still cannot find a job in the charity sector??? How could one explain this phenomena, when a young, vibrant, determined, interesting and educated person cannot find a job for a long time?? I see it as society's problem, not one man's problem. 

I have interests, and hobbies, I work long hours, I was running between two jobs for many months so that I would have income from something that I'm excellent at - customer service and to gain experience for the future career that I desire - Communications and Marketing. On two occasions I worked 60, sometimes 70 hours a week and still struggled to pay the bills and I placed myself in an extremely fragile financial situation. 
Now tell me, is this fair? 

My own charity aside, I'm wasting my brain and youthful energy. I am stressed all the time and it's not like I have money to visit my family or take a holiday to refresh and rejuvenate to continue the endless search for the job that I know I’d excel at. I'm registered with countless recruitment agencies and many of them haven't managed to put me forward for an interview. They say I have an amazing CV and that I can cherry pick what I would like to do as I have such varied experience and yet they are not the least bit interested why my profile is still active on their database. 

Sometimes I think there are many people in the same situation as I am but often it feels like I'm standing on the battle field all by myself. I'll be turning 30 early next year and I don't have a stable career or income and I'm far, far away from buying a house or starting a family  as I simply cannot afford it! However I’ve worked weekdays and weekends, early mornings and late nights. If that is not determination, devotion and hard work, then I truly don't know what is.  

Now I understated that with these publicly expressed thoughts and "attitudes" I may lose the slightest chance of getting a job, but join me, good people, who else feels the same way?? 

With kindest wishes,
Giedre

The job has been done!!!The skydive went amazingly well!!! Everyone is safe and happy. Although we felt a bit icky afterward... The craziest fun ride ever! All that swinging, up and down and around... :)

The fall itself.. what can I say... Scary! Exillarating! Manic! When you are in the mercy of the wind... you just give and enjoy literally every second! The speed was 130 miles per hour... Rather slow, don't you think? hehe

Thank you everyone who's supported me! You helped me raise £130!!! How wonderful is that?!
If someone would still like to add a pound or two I'd very much appreciate it!! It's not too late! It would help Grace Children's Village project speed up building classrooms.
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=GiedreVasiljevaite&pageUrl=2

An update about the fund raising!

Dear Friends!

So far £50 or £62 including Gift Aid has been raised! Thank you to those who visited my blog, read about the cause and got touched! Your gifts are truly appreciated!! :-)
I'm excited that people are joining Grace Children's Village into this amazing project in Uganda!

7 DAYS LEFT TILL TANDEM JUMP!!!

I'm determined to raise £500! Every donation will go straight to the charity and will be used to extend the school with three more classrooms. Don't be shy, help buy windows, doors and bricks by donating on http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=GiedreVasiljevaite&pageUrl=2

Thank you and all the blessings!! 

Giedre xx

The school!!

Action Dave in action!

Grace Children's Village! Brickwork Windows Doors

Hello Dear Friends!!

It’s been awhile I’ve raised money for a special cause!

This time I’m doing something different, something scary, something exhilarating, something crazy and something I’ll have to take a life insurance for! J

Tandem Skydive was my dream when I was a child and has been one of my biggest nightmares since the day I've realised I’m terrified of heights!

I’ve known Action Dave for some time now and have learned the important work he does in Uganda! He is a co-founder of the Grace Children’s Village http://www.gracechildrensvillage.org/ project that focuses on poverty alleviation and opportunity creation! All of the workers in Uganda are locals and earn their own salary. How life changing is that?!

Since February 2012 around 150 children are being educated in the school and 16 adults are employed at the project. A plan to build THREE more ground floor classrooms is being executed: the roof slab of the ground floor is drying and I am fundraising for the brickwork, windows and doors!

Let’s build walls brick by brick! 

Let’s install doors so children can study in peace and quiet! 

Let’s put windows in so the birds don’t snatch their exercise books!  

Let’s give a gift of knowledge!  

I will create an event on Virgin Money Giving website so you can easily donate money for this awesome cause! 

An article about me on Oasis Global website :)

I was not expecting to find it there!! I didn't know that someone was writing about the trip to South Africa thus it was a pleasant surprise ;-)

By the way, the title accurately represents my true feelings :-) 

http://www.oasisglobal.org/announcements/passion-for-africa

Bake Sale Success!!!

What a blessing to have great friends and sweet tooth colleagues! :-)

A special Thank You to Anna, my wonderful colleague and friend, Amy, my lovely housemate, who baked delicious cupcakes and Debbie, my colleague from Oasis, who offered her services as a baker! Thank you to everybody, who has supported the idea by purchasing the lovely cakes!

We raised £130 in total!!! 30% more than planned!!!

“He opened the rock, and the water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert” Psalm 105:41

I feel this verse fits here perfectly... People as a community, as this tight circle of wholeness, helped me to make my dream/prophesy come true.

We had enough money to pay for fuel, to get tasty snacks, to buy a lovely photo frame and develop a few pictures for Elna and Charl Theron, who generously gave their time for us. The Thaba Lodge that we visited is a private safari park and not available for public, thus we feel very blessed to have had this exclusive opportunity to thoroughly enjoy South Africa’s wild life!

We saw elegant giraffes, fast kudus, Impalas and friendly Nialas, also springbok and massive, slightly scary looking blue wildebeests. Stripy zebras looked chilled in the bush minding their own business. The biggest surprise and amazement was to see two rhinos 15 meters away from our safari van! People were wonderfully amused!  

Absolutely brilliant day!

Thank You all for making this happen!!!!