{"id":1835,"date":"2017-02-15T18:23:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T16:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/maailmanvaihtoa-42013\/"},"modified":"2018-04-22T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T13:38:02","slug":"volunteers-voices-42013-icye-volunteering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/volunteers-voices-42013-icye-volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers&#8217; Voices 4\/2013: ICYE volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html#2545200\/46929722\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial: Looking for the Happiness Trail<\/h2>\n<p>In August 2005 I stood at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, put my hand in my pocket and realized that I no more had my home keys. Actually I did not even have a home: everything I had was an airline ticket and a red suitcase. My home had been packed into boxes and taken to the warehouse. I had taken a break from my studies and resigned from my job. The freedom felt like lightness on my shoulders. Even though I was nervous, I smiled happily.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to go to Asia; it had been clear for several years. Through long reflections and suitable coincidences a leaflet of ICYE Finland had found its way into my hand. What if I really could? I was chosen to an interview on the day of selections for new volunteers, but almost missed my appointment due to a bus strike on that exact weekend. However, I decided to take control over destiny and drove my bike through snowfall to the nearest train station. When I finally arrived with hours of delay, my name had already been removed from the list of the people to be interviewed. Luckily, I got my chance as the last interviewee of the day. They asked what I would take with me and what I would leave home; I promised to pack my toothbrush and to leave home my mother. It was a peculiar day in many ways. On an impulse I promised to consider leaving for a country I only knew by name: Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>I told my parents that I would become a volunteer only after I had already been accepted to the program. I told them on the way home, just moments before the train arrived to its destination. It was a rather onesided discussion; no questions, maybe slight wondering and signs of approval. Volunteering abroad was my choice. Mine. And then I went \u2013 first home from the train station, and months later towards the South China Sea and another, new home.<\/p>\n<p>I had considered going on a student exchange many times, but I had also felt like I needed something else, a wider prospective into my life filled with studies. New thoughts, environment and challenges, that was what I needed \u2013 and that was definitely what I got. I spent six months in Taiwan as a dance and arts teacher at a kindergarten. There I was Liisa from Finland: the one the local newspaper wrote about and who appeared on television. My Chinese was lousy, but I got through everything with a smile on my face. When the earth shook in the metropolis, I trembled as well, and when the wind was blowing I bowed in it. And yet at the same time I learned to trust \u2013 in myself, above all.<\/p>\n<p>Time has passed since the moments in Taiwan, since the typhoons and even the earthquakes. However, those experiences among many others gave me a positive outlook on life that even the darkest autumn cannot fade out. That is because happiness and strength of will come from inside. And what comes to the memories \u2013 they will continue to bring a smile on my face all through my life.<\/p>\n<p>Liisa Veikkolainen<br \/>\nChairperson, Maailmanvaihto \u2013 ICYE Finland<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>In the issue<\/h2>\n<p>2 P\u00e4\u00e4kirjoitus: Onnellisuuden j\u00e4ljill\u00e4<br \/>\n5 Kolumni: Mist\u00e4 puhun, kun puhun vapaaehtoisty\u00f6st\u00e4<br \/>\n6 Ajankohtaista Maailmanvaihdossa<br \/>\nTeema: ICYE-vapaaehtoisty\u00f6 \/ Theme: ICYE Volunteering<br \/>\n&#8211; 8 P\u00e4iv\u00e4 vapaaehtoisena Costa Ricassa, Meksikossa ja Etel\u00e4-Koreassa<br \/>\n&#8211; 15 ICYE Suomessa ja maailmalla<br \/>\n&#8211; 16 Kaksi kurkistusta Intiaan<br \/>\n&#8211; 22 Life from Costa Rica to Finland<br \/>\n25 Vapaaehtoisten viikonloppu<br \/>\n26 ICYE around the World: Life-Changing Experience<br \/>\n28 Tule mukaan toimintaan<br \/>\n29 Ilmoitusasiaa: Tilaa Maailmanvaihdo juhlajulkaisu &amp; MaailmanVaihtoa-lehti uudistuu<br \/>\n30 Lehden toimituskunta<br \/>\n31 Tapahtumakalenteri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Editorial: Looking for the Happiness Trail In August 2005 I stood at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, put my hand in my pocket and realized that I no more had my home keys. 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My home had been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,25],"tags":[161,77],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maailmanvaihtoa-en","category-maailmanvaihtoa-volunteers-voices","tag-maailmanvaihtoa-lehti-en","tag-volunteers-voices"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Volunteers&#039; Voices: ICYE volunteering | Maailmanvaihto \u2013 ICYE Finland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/volunteers-voices-42013-icye-volunteering\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Volunteers&#039; Voices: ICYE volunteering | Maailmanvaihto \u2013 ICYE Finland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Editorial: Looking for the Happiness Trail In August 2005 I stood at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, put my hand in my pocket and realized that I no more had my home keys. 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