"On assignments it is often scary": Girls about stamina in life
How to cope with difficulties and achieve your goals? Together with the Klorane brand, which keeps hair color stable, we spoke with Ekaterina Fomina, a correspondent for Novaya Gazeta, and Anastasia Cherepanova, director of the Life as a Miracle Charitable Foundation. The girls told us about fortitude and what they say to themselves in moments when they want to quit and run away.
Ekaterina Fomina, correspondent of "Novaya Gazeta"
Not so long ago, I wrote a report on Syrian refugees, who were moving to Germany through South-Eastern Europe. Along with them passed the hauls, dragged heavy things, rode in crowded stuffy trains.
On that trip, I crossed the border between Greece and Macedonia, as well as the refugees, illegally, moreover, without knowing it myself - there was no sign on the border. They naturally tried to arrest me. Physically, nothing threatened my life, but I understood that they could deport me and I would let the editorial staff down.
I called New, but it was already night, no one could help. It was too late to pull ambassadors, it was not necessary to count on anyone but myself. On assignments it is often scary, but there are ways to deal with this. Communication helps me in any situations - this is a kind of rehabilitation, it is very important.
I talked to the Macedonian border guards. It turned out that one of them was learning Russian at school and began reading Lermontov's verses in broken Russian. They all considered Russia to be a friend, so they wanted to help me.
Anastasia Cherepanova, director of the Life as a Miracle Foundation
Every day I work with children who have serious illnesses. These are ordinary guys who love to play and have fun, and you need to communicate with them in this way. The most difficult thing from a moral point of view is talking to parents during a crisis when they learn about the diagnosis of children.
Care and support of strangers means a lot to people. I have been engaged in charity for a long time, I started as a volunteer, so I know this from experience. For example, talking to my mother, who has hysterics, I understand: this is not related to our work, but caused by the circumstances of life.
I try to think in tasks: the main task is to help children to recover and to make sure that the period of illness remains for them only a memory. Everything except death can be corrected.
In difficult situations, I do not feel helpless; rather, I try to point out what needs to be changed in our work in order to buy more drugs, conduct more operations, and help more children.
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