{"id":13594,"date":"2020-11-17T11:06:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T09:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/?p=13594\/"},"modified":"2022-02-15T14:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T12:00:54","slug":"volunteers-voices-2-2020-returning-from-volunteering-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/volunteers-voices-2-2020-returning-from-volunteering-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers&#8217; Voices 2\/2020: Returning from Volunteering Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23657da7&amp;backgroundColorFullscreen=%23657da7&amp;d=maailmanvaihtoa-volunteers-voices-2-2020&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;showOtherPublicationsAsSuggestions=true&amp;u=maailmanvaihto\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>In this issue<\/h2>\n<p>4 P\u00e4\u00e4kirjoitus \/ Editorial<br \/>\n6 Kutsu syyskokoukseen \/ Invitation to autumn meeting<br \/>\n7 Kuulumisten vaihtoa<br \/>\n10 Tule mukaan toimintaan<br \/>\n11 Haastattelijana p\u00e4\u00e4see peilaamaan omia vapaaehtoiskokemuksia<br \/>\n12 Join our activities<br \/>\n13 Terveisi\u00e4 maailmalta! Greetings from abroad!<br \/>\n16 \u201cLet the world walk into our school\u201d<br \/>\n18 Uusia n\u00e4kymi\u00e4 Boliviasta<br \/>\n33 26 maailmanvaihtolaisen kausi<br \/>\n35 Tapahtumakalenteri<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme<br \/>\n<\/strong>21 Kotiinpaluun kulttuurishokki \u2013 voimaa vertaistuesta<br \/>\n24 From Turkey to Finland<br \/>\n26 Pitk\u00e4 matka kotiin \u2013 er\u00e4\u00e4n vapaaehtoisen tarina<br \/>\n28 The conflict of emotions in the aid work industry<br \/>\n30 After volunteering<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial: A Year to Remember<\/h2>\n<p>The year 2020 shall be remembered by one major global theme: the worldwide corona pandemic. COVID-19 and its consequences have brushed upon peoples\u2019 lives all over the human-inhabited continents. We have seen debates on the usefulness of mask policies, travel restrictions being imposed, recommendations to work remotely from home and keep social distance, and quarantines.<\/p>\n<p>With such great impact on society, the corona virus has most definitely affected the operation of ICYE Finland as well. With slight dread we have been anticipating changes to our Finnish volunteers\u2019 travel schedules, and even possible program interruptions for those already abroad. Also, the situation for foreign volunteers in Finland kept us vigilant on the conditions for continuing volunteer programs during the pandemic and whether those who decide to interrupt their program could even safely return to their homelands. Amidst all this confusion shines a light of optimism: as an organization, this has provided us a test on how we cope with a crisis at such a large scale as a pandemic, and I must say I am very proud of the people working together to make ICYE Finland work. Both our basic functions and our board activities have been taken care of with the swift moves corona has required: activities have been transferred online and our gaze has shifted even further into bettering the quality of our functions and monitoring it even though our participant numbers might temporarily drop. Not everything is at halt, the functions of ICYE Finland keep churning on.<\/p>\n<p>A big part of ICYE Finland\u2019s functions consist of training our volunteers both before their departure to and after their return from their volunteer period. The theme issue that you\u2019re reading focuses on the latter part of the volunteer\u2019s journey: return. On page 22 Liisi Vakkila, who recently went through the homecoming process, tells us what it was for her to return from the bustling city of Tainan to her quiet hometown in South Karelia. On page 28 Joy Martins Branco Correia Lopes shares the conflicting feelings that working in a Red Cross refugee reception centre had evoked. In addition, we have two volunteers share their volunteer work experience under the time of corona: Anssi H\u00e4kkinen who travelled from Finland to volunteer in Argentina, and Ana Costa Machado who came from Portugal to volunteer in Sippola residential school in Finland.<\/p>\n<p>The theme issue in your hands is indeed one packed with big emotion. The moment of return offers us the chance to look back at everything lived and experienced and cherish those experiences \u2013 and maybe even the lessons we learned. Whether the return took place a year ago, a decade ago, or it\u2019s been even several decades since, it\u2019s useful to go over the mental items brought over through one\u2019s journeys and how they live on in us into this day.<\/p>\n<p>I wish you pleasurable reading moments with this issue themed \u201cReturning from volunteering abroad\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>Mia-Elina Aintila<br \/>\nBoard member, Finnish volunteers\u2019 team<br \/>\n(ICYE volunteer in Colombia 2010\u201311)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff In this issue 4 P\u00e4\u00e4kirjoitus \/ Editorial 6 Kutsu syyskokoukseen \/ Invitation to autumn meeting 7 Kuulumisten vaihtoa 10 Tule mukaan toimintaan 11 Haastattelijana p\u00e4\u00e4see peilaamaan omia vapaaehtoiskokemuksia 12 Join our activities 13 Terveisi\u00e4 maailmalta! 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