Lex
Computer Scientist, Musician, Multidisciplinary Artist.
For the past 20 years, I have developed in the arts, including music, performance theater, as well as audio, lighting, multimedia, and technologies applied to performing arts.
For me, volunteering at FM4 is an opportunity to become aware and help people in mobility situations find an empathetic space in the shelter, a safe place where they can rest, regain energy, and continue their journey towards their dreams. I like to feel it as an oasis where diversity can coexist without violence.
Natalia Riaño
I am a Political Scientist from the National University of Colombia. During my undergraduate years, I worked on issues related to peacebuilding, such as memory construction and community productive projects (from the signing of the Final Peace Agreement between the national government and the FARC-EP) with the civilian population, victims, and ex-combatants. From there, I connected with my vocation to support the construction of a world with social justice.
Last year, I studied internal migration in Colombia due to economic and/or political violence contexts. This, coupled with my desire to learn more about the continent I live on, brought me to FM4, a place where, due to its philosophy, I have been able to work on building a space that strengthens the community, empathy, and the sustenance of the dreams that people in human mobility bring. I want to believe that love sustains dreams, and that from FM4 we can keep that flame alive through comprehensive support in the process of people in human mobility.
Montse
My name is M11, and I am a non-binary, bisexual person, Mexican and Chilean, originally from Tabasco. I am a drag queen and have been dedicated to activism for LGBTTQI+ rights for two years. I volunteer at FM4 because I want to help other people who are in vulnerable situations, as I once was.
Julieta
My name is Julieta. I am 24 years old, a recent graduate, and I decided to volunteer at FM4 because I wanted to understand human mobility from a more humanitarian perspective and do something for those who are victims of indifference; doing it from love and empathy.
Emma
I am Emma, a full-time volunteer at FM4. In July of last year, I finished high school in Germany. For many years I have dreamed of going to another country and living there for a season. Meeting new people and their different perspectives on life is what mainly motivated me to go so far from my country, my family, and my friends. Every day at FM4 I come into contact with destinies I would never hear about in Germany.
The service makes me aware of the whole issue of human mobility. At FM4 we can support people who are on a dangerous journey. In the shelter, they can rest – at least for a few days – and do so safely. I believe that in the end, this is what we would all want if we were in that situation.
Alex
Since my high school years, I decided to participate in solidarity trips, especially in India and Vietnam. At the same time, as a youth ministry animator in my parish, I organized various free tutoring classes with groups of high school students. These experiences gradually strengthened my desire to dedicate my career, and even my life, to commitment to serving others, with the aim of contributing to creating a better world.
My university stay in Chile allowed me to discover a new world that I did not yet know, Latin America. Being a member of a migrant family and having grown up and worked in multicultural environments, my interest in the issue of immigration has always been present.
The decision to join FM4 is the result of a long process of personal growth, as well as the encounter with people who desire a better world. Whether volunteers, migrants, or refugees, we all have dreams, we are all migrants.
Lizbeth
As an internationalist, being at FM4 has shown me how international phenomena have an effect on our community, besides teaching me the importance of protecting and embracing vulnerable people regardless of their condition.