There I back again...

Brief story of the Young International Turk…

When the leaves have just began to falling the ground on the October afternoon, I was the one who cried within passion of breathing on the mercy hands of my nurse. I said “hello” to our present world, on the path of being good, adventurer and the wise one.  Years past so fast and I grown up in Istanbul. While ethernet connections were spreading every house, I was using that technological miracle for my own sake, aim to be ‘the international one’. Thus, since high-school period, I used to have intend to meet with foreigners and improve my mind through exploring their cultures, languages and behaviours as well…

I study at International Relations department in Ege University. But at the same time, I was building international relations around me through AIESEC and Erasmus students who came to study on our faculty. I have been hosted many foreign ones, have had amazing friends who will never be forgotten. During my university period, I was entrepreneur one who found many opportunity to work and earn money. I efforted to get mutual benefits mostly through using English. I was using my energy and potential for those who are not different than I am. But I would like to be different. Suddenly, I decided to participate Erasmus programme to the way of Bialystok/Poland, which I called that period as ‘the renaissance’.

Please assume that, you are a veterinarian who has allergy to any animal hair therefore can not operate on and cure them. Before having an abroad experience, studying International Relations meant the same to me. Erasmus in Bialystok flamed the ember inside me which belongs to the aim of being international one. I have travelled, been in many multi-lingual & multi-cultural athmosphere. All of these contributed positively to my personal skills, self-confidence and passion to explore more. Further, I would not be the same me on the past… During my days on Erasmus, I also travelled to your beloved city, Wroclaw, when I was exploring around Poland on my Erasmus period. Honestly, I fall in love with your pure & natural city. As I observed, it’s less crowded, noisy and fulfilled with colors of student life.

After my Erasmus experience in Bialystok, I back to Turkey. Study one more year, completed my bachelor thesis on the subject of “European Integration”. 

Before I graduated, I have an internship opportunity in Vilnius, Lithuania. So, I participate there to make Musninkai rural area more international. Preventing prejudices against foreigners, improve this area’s social conditions, making the youth ones’ more open-minded were some of my tasks on this internship. At the same time, we organized Youth Exchange Project which purposed to advice participants to live more healthy. I stayed with a Lithuanian family, so I learnt so much knowledges of their cultures and attitudes. Indeed, I still speak Lithuanian and react like one of them. During this internship period, I travelled further. Hitch-hiked from Paris to Amsterdam and only find a place though CouchSurfing. Gained amazing memories and unforgettable moments with my two closer friends. Specifically, I call my Erasmus internship period as a historical fact : my “reform”.

(Last summer, with our dear driver,

while we were hitch-hiking through Brussels - Amsterdam)

When I was in Vilnius, I considered to apply for EVS Project which announced by Semper Avanti. Thus, I would be the one who may organize educating events, workshops and some seminars to the youth who wish to be enlighted. I thought, I will feel like at home in Wroclaw at the same time, due to my previous experiences. So, afterwards a nice interview, I approved by dear Agata. Since then, I am trying my best to improve my Polish skills to communicate within every person whom I responsible to do somethings. There and back again to Wroclaw… Problems will be solved, barriers will be broken and targets will be reached.

The day may come, and I will call that EVS experiences as my “Enlightment period” as a whole. But till this day, I will effort to affect Polish youth’s mind positively to be more international, calm, tolerated and integrated among each other.

Dziekuje…

Hello from Murat!

I’m Murat, I'm 22, and I come from Tetovo, Macedonia.

I studied Medical High School in Tetovo. I decided to participate in this project because of few reasons. One of them is that I never been in Poland, I really like to experience new cultures, cuisines and learn new languages, also one of the reasons that I come to Poland for this project it’s because of the organization, it has a long time working experience in this field it is open to new people from all around Europe and give’s the opportunity to experience something that you will never experience again. My volunteering job back in my home country it was related to Multi-Culturalism and Human Rights and it’s totally what Semper Avanti as an organization is promoting.

I consider myself as open minded person, easy going, living life in my own rules and morals.

In my daily life I really like to listen a good music ex: Jazz, Blues, Soul and Opera, I really like to do movie marathons, walking and tasting and cooking different meals from different cuisines.

I’m going to be in Wroclaw for 1 year and I hope I’m going to learn the language to make my communication easier with the local people and try the treasures of Poland. 

Hello from Guiseppe!

I am Giuseppe Perretti, I come from a small town in the South of Italy called Potenza where I lived until I was 19 years old and I finished the school. In September 2009 I left my city and I started to study International and Diplomatic Science in Forlì at the University of Bologna. During my bachelor degree, I had the opportunity to take part in to an Erasmus exchange spending six months in Budapest in 2011. This was my first experience of living abroad and the Erasmus environment has been the best way to start this adventure knowing a new place, new culture and many people from different countries.

After the bachelor degree and thanks to my previous experience in Budapest I started a two years master focusing on the international relations, economy and history of Eastern Europe and former USSR area and in this framework I implemented another study exchange in Lithuania, at the Vitautas Magnus University of Kaunas. This time although it was a small town thanks to the university was also full of students from all over the world and again this was an amazing opportunity to know and enter in contact with new cultures and costumes and to visit other countries such as Poland, Russia and other Baltic Countries.

It was the study of conflict and international relation and the curiosity of knowing different countries that led me to go in Israel for a master degree in Conflict Resolution and Mediation at the Tel Aviv University. Here I approached the political, psychological and most of all cultural approach to conflict resolution and only living in a country in war I could understand that separation, prejudice and lack of dialogue are a fuel for conflicts.

Principally for this reason I decided to take part in EVS in Semper Avanti Organization, because only allowing to the new generations to know other culture it is possible to fight prejudice, the “fear of the different” and learn how to respect everyone. This is very important especially for the situation that we are living today, in an Europe where the multiculturalism is everywhere and where the overwhelming stream of immigration is feeding social frictions, political instability and most of all cultural separation.

Coming back on me, I can say I am not that serious in real life, I have a lot of hobbies such as playing the guitar, listening music, hang out with friends, cook and most of all to eat every kind of food. I love to travel everywhere and with everyone, I love also sport such as rugby or water-polo, tennis table and sailing.

Hello from Hamdi!

Hello,

My name: Hamdi TaLal Aslan.

Age: 20 years old .

I live in Palestine/Nablus:

It’s a big city in Palestine

 NABLUS famous with :

 1- Soap industry nabulsi. 

2- Palestinian Sweets (knafi).

From the old town:

I’m student in: An-najah national university

I studied graphic design and now I’m studying decoration so I will graduate next year.

I studied music (rhythm) when I was child for 4 years and now I play the drums in Hawia band.

My music band and Taxarango -a band from Spain- were playing in Palestine!

To play together and enjoy cultural diversity.

During my Highschool I won every year our highschool music competitions. This allowed me to play with a lot of bands. In addition I was able to play at weddings and festivals.

* I visited France 5 years ago to play at a Palestinian festival. The festival was 16 days long and it was about palestinianmusic/danceflSDSuklor

Now I teach children in a human supporters association in Palestine the Dabka dance.

This is a photo from one dance workshop 

Something about myself:

I'm volunteer since 7 years on my organization in Palestine and I work with many volunteers from all over the world.