{"id":17339,"date":"2021-10-11T16:17:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/?p=17339"},"modified":"2021-10-27T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T10:18:14","slug":"volunteerss-voices-2-2021-what-drives-people-to-volunteer-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/volunteerss-voices-2-2021-what-drives-people-to-volunteer-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers&#8217;s Voices 2\/2021: What drives people to volunteer abroad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?d=maailmanvaihtoa-2-2021&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;u=maailmanvaihto\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the magazine as <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/maailmanvaihtoa-2-2021.pdf\">pdf version.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>In this issue<\/h2>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong> P\u00e4\u00e4kirjoitus \/ Editorial<br \/>\n<strong>6<\/strong> Kutsu syyskokoukseen \/ Invitation to Autumn Meeting<br \/>\n<strong>7<\/strong> Kuulumisten vaihtoa<br \/>\n<strong>10<\/strong> Tule mukaan toimintaan<br \/>\n<strong>11<\/strong> Hallitusty\u00f6ss\u00e4 oppii monenlaista<br \/>\n<strong>12<\/strong> Join Our Activities<br \/>\n<strong>13<\/strong> Terveisi\u00e4 maailmalta! Greetings from Abroad!<br \/>\n<strong>17<\/strong> Developing skills with ICYE Kenya<br \/>\n<strong>35<\/strong> Tapahtumakalenteri<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Theme<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>20<\/strong> Volunteering at the Maailmanvaihto Office<br \/>\n<strong>22<\/strong> V\u00e4livuosi vapaaehtoisena<br \/>\n<strong>26<\/strong> Erilaisten kulttuurien ymm\u00e4rryst\u00e4 ja ammatillista osaamista<br \/>\n<strong>28<\/strong> Lehtim\u00e4en opistossa vapaaehtoisia tuetaan kertoen ja kysellen<br \/>\n<strong>31<\/strong> Uudella stipendirahastolla tasa-arvoisempaa vapaaehtoisty\u00f6kentt\u00e4\u00e4<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial: Why leave the comfort zone?<\/h2>\n<p>Interest in different people and new cultures, taking a gap year, learning new skills, broadening one\u2019s worldview, learning a language, experiencing a sense of community, doing hands-on work, clarifying future plans \u2013 these things, among others, are emphasized when the people participating in international volunteering through Maailmanvaihto discuss their motivation to volunteer abroad.<br \/>\nThere are certainly as many reasons to leave the domestic comfort zone and slip into a daily life in another country as there are volunteers, but those who go on international volunteering seem to agree that a period of volunteering abroad is a growing experience that you may, in one way or another, carry with you for the rest of you life. Living the everyday life in a different cultural environment far from home widens the world around us while also significantly affecting our inner world and ability to reflect on our own as well as others\u2019 actions. For many, what they learn and experience during international volunteering becomes part of their identity, which is why the volunteering period is often seen as a significant event in their own life story.<\/p>\n<p>In this issue, several people who have gone abroad or arrived in Finland for volunteering through Maailmanvaihto shed light on their own motivation to participate in international volunteering. You can, for example, read about <strong>Roos\u2019<\/strong> European Solidarity Corps volunteering period at the office of Maailmanvaihto or find out what <strong>Anu\u2019s<\/strong> experience of ICYE volunteering for a social organization in Bolivia means to her now, seven years later. There are also various other ways of getting involved in Maailmanvaihto\u2019 activities in Finland \u2013 some of our former volunteers, for example, make school visits to secondary schools, act as support persons for foreign volunteers, interview applicants for international volunteering and participate in the board\u2019s activities. In this magazine, <strong>Venla<\/strong>, a board member responsible for support for foreign volunteers, discusses her motivation to join the board.<\/p>\n<p>There are many motivations to change your world, so read more and come along!<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you inspiration and enjoyable reading moments,<\/p>\n<p>Elina Villberg<br \/>\nBoard member, Team of outgoing volunteers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Read the magazine as pdf version. 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