AIESEC in Ukraine Newsletter for interns, issue 1| Aug 15, 2011
IN THIS ISSUE: International summer in Ukraine
BeachCo 2011 Uzhgorod International Unforgettable memories and absolutely no regrets Best summer of my life I really love my exchange Spasiba Ukraine
AIESEC in Ukraine Newsletter for interns, issue 1| Aug 15, 2011
There were more than 80 applications for BeachCo, however only around 50 could come. Anyways, those who happened to spend July 19- 24 in Odessa really enjoyed the conference! Delegates arrived by 15:00 and spent the first day with getting to know each other and teambuilding. Extensive learning continued during cultural simulation near the sea and informal communication. If you were on BeachCo and didn’t get to swim after midnight in nice, fresh waters of the Black sea, you must come back to Ukraine! Anyways, it was nice to sing Denza Kuduro with the girl from Mexico.
The second day will be remembered for rainy weather and sessions in our lovely bar. That day we learned about training skills, feedback and broke 3 chairs why playing the game “During my internship I…”
Best delegate award, Jarren Tam from Malaysia Hopefully, you also remember BeachCo 2011 for…. dances, parties, international atmosphere, learning, people, sea.. <add own>.
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On the 6th of August AIESEC Uzhgorod organized a really cool Festival Uzhgorod Internation that took place in a club. 11 interns presented their culture to locals of the city and had fun together. Want to know details? Be friends with AIESEC Uzhgorod Ukraine on facebook. Abdullah Çördük from Turkey on Uzhgorod International
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Story from Carson, Canada ow can I begin to summarize my experience here in Ukraine?
Whatever expectations or preconceptions I came here with were quickly lost as I was taken into a world beyond anything I could prepare for. While I thought that I would only be in Kyiv for a couple days before going to my summer camp, I soon found out that I would spend three and a half weeks there before beginning my work. While this didn’t fit with the plan, I soon became extremely grateful to have this new opportunity. By far the greatest part of my internship has been being able to meet as many great people as I have. In addition to all the great members of AIESEC Kyiv, I also lived with other interns from over 15 other countries (to be honest, I’ve lost count now). Not a day was to be wasted, as we explored this great country and began making memories we would never forget. After a couple days of sharing this experience together, these people began to feel like old friends. After two or three weeks together, this friendship would reach new heights. To quickly summarize my time in Kyiv: I spent hours walking around getting lost exploring Kyiv, was around to experience Constitution Day in Maidan, went to the Tripilske Kolo festival, helped prepare interns from AIESEC Kyiv to explore the world, taught at a day camp, participated in a global village, and much, much, more. Yet, my favourite times were often much simpler; walking through Mariinsky Park with new friends, sitting in a sushi restaurant playing games, and the enjoying many evenings in an apartment that I was first worried about, but which soon became one of my favourite places in Kyiv. Soon it was time to head to the mountains and begin my work. I was lucky enough to work at two different camps. In the first, I taught to intermediate English-speaking teens, and was able to teach about public speaking and entrepreneurship. This would turn into a great experience to share my knowledge and learn more about Ukraine. In my second camp I was to teach beginner English to younger kids. This was something that I feared I would to do at some point. How am I to teach a language when I can’t even speak to the kids? However, by this point I had been in Ukraine for 6 weeks and had faced numerous challenges. By the time this camp started, I saw this as a unique challenge and had no fears. With all I had done already, I would have no problem figuring this out. In the end, it all worked out, and it was a great opportunity to learn now only about Ukraine, but about myself as well.
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Now, as my experience winds down to an end, I look back on an experience where I visited Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, and numerous small towns, and I will go home with new friends, unforgettable memories, and absolutely no regrets.
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Story from Gurashish, India My 'AIESEC Experience' started with me taking the bus from the airport to the train station alone :) Not knowing the language and how to pronounce the bus name, i somehow found my way to the bus and started my journey towards the train station where my buddy was waiting for me. After a couple of days i went to my camp in Chernivtsi for 3 weeks. Those 3 weeks, I will never be able to forget. Teaching English to kids, playing with them and learning a few words of Ukrainian and Russian from them, making good friends with the
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counselors, what memories! After my camp got over i had 3 weeks with 'almost' all the interns and members of LC Kyiv. These 6 weeks in Ukraine really opened me up. My confidence level shot up tremendously. I made lots of friends and had an absolute blast. This summer was the best summer of my life. It taught me so many new things and moreover made me see life in a completely different way. I thank AIESEC Kyiv for this wonderful experience and I hope I can visit Ukraine sometime again in the near future :)
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Story from Aldila, Indonesia I really love my internship. I learn many things, I have many new friends, I learned very many cultures from other countries. Ostrov Robinson, Itaka, Beach Conference, Global Village are some part of my internship. That is a good part in my internship. But I also have a most bad part of this internship. The moment I really hate. That moment is when i see my friend back to their country, specially my roommate back to his country. I started my project with him, he taught me everything about his experience here (because he already started project one month before), and really helped me. I did some good and bad things with him. But now he left, and I realized that maybe I'll never meet him again except in facebook or skype. And also another interns here. I started from stranger (didn't know any intern in here), met with interns, became their friend, and then they left. It was very bad moment.
There is no word can express what I feel when I go exchange to Ukraine. I feel more than amazing, more than excited, more than perfect.
One of the best things I get in here is, I have new a brother and a sister. They are kids from my camp. Although they already left the camp, but they always ask me to hang out every weekend. International friendship: D I really love my Exchange.. :D"
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Story from Vungtheiching, India "I looked back at the time when my plane landed in Kyiv. As I stepped out of the aircraft, I couldn’t believe that I was actually alone there, in a foreign land, where I didn’t know anyone in person (maybe a few AIESECers) with whom I’ve been in touch through mail), I was all alone, feeling so lost, looking around everywhere to find someone who’d actually know English and would be able to help me find my way to the train station where my buddy would be waiting for me, the thought did occur to me every now and then -“have
I chosen the correct
country?” And four weeks hence, as I sat down in the waiting lounge, waiting for the flight to take me back home, I reminisce on the most amazing time I had in this beautiful country- Ukraine, the doubts I had on my mind when I arrived here for the first time were no more there! “how I’ll miss this country!” were the last words that I said to myself as I left. It was like a dream, a once in a lifetime experience that for once would I never forget for the rest of my life and of course I went back home with some precious memories to be cherished forever! I met a lot of people and made a lot of friends from all over the world and most of all, I got to enjoy the warm hospitality of the Ukrainian people by staying with them and working among them. What surprised me the most was how selflessly the people tried to make my stay comfortable by making sure that I get everything I need. I literally had to say- “no thanks, I am fine” around 5 times a day as they keep on asking me if I needed anything. Yeah, the language barriers did exist but that wasn’t a problem when it comes to sharing a warm and cordial relationship with them. The whole stay was like an adventure for me, I got to eat exotic cuisines (though initially, I wasn’t able to digest the food quite well as I am so used to eating hot and spicy food. In the first week, I hunted for chilly powders and green chillies everywhere only to end up with pepper which tasted rather sweet than being hot but then, I began to like the Ukrainian food so much especially the salads and meat were my favorite- I miss them now!), I got to work with special kids and
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without doubt I could say that they were the loveliest kids I’ve ever seen in my whole life.. I’d always fondly remember the moment when one of the kids who never talked to me during the camp just came forward and hugged me lovingly as I was about to leave, the walks around Kiev, the travelling around in trams and metros, the exciting trip to Odessa and catching a glimpse of the beautiful black sea, the AIESEC picnics near the river, the list could just go on and on…… Well, last but not the least, the AIESEC members who were like the guardian angel, a friend and a guide, always there for us, ready with solutions for every problem, giving us a sense of security throughout our stay. The experience in Ukraine was incredible!
SPASIBA UKRAINE!!! SPASIBA AIESEC!!
AIESEC in Ukraine Newsletter for interns, issue 1| Aug 15, 2011
Acknowledgements: Thank you AIESEC Uzhgorod for organizing International Festival AIESEC Simferopol & Sevastopol for hosting many interns who travel to Crimea AIESEC Kyiv for receiving many interns AIESEC Odessa and especially Sveta Shevchuk & Viktoriya Gora for BeachCo and Global Village (with 20 countries) and over 90 participants AIESEC Lviv for hosting Lviv International
Since July 01 till August 15 Ukraine realized 200 ICX exchanges!
In the next issue: Autumn projects Act.in.Ua Editor in chief & idea:
Svitlana Kogut National exchange development coordinator