{"id":1841,"date":"2017-02-15T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T16:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/maailmanvaihtoa-22014\/"},"modified":"2018-04-22T16:34:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T13:34:23","slug":"volunteers-voices-22014-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/volunteers-voices-22014-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers&#8217; Voices 2\/2014: Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html#2545200\/9858887\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Editorial: Towards the summer<\/h2>\n<p>Red eyes, parents\u2019 serious faces, sad boyfriend&#8230; What is happening, you ask? It\u2019s me, on the way to take over the world! My volunteering period in Nepal started in August 2011. I was nervous. Everyone else was running happily towards the security check with a big smile and one-way ticket in their hands. I on the other hand was dragging myself slowly through taxfree shops, rubbing my teary eyes and thinking how crazy I must have been imagining that I\u2019ll make it outside of Finland.<\/p>\n<p>I arrived to Delhi. There was a long night ahead of me. I had to wait ten hours until my connecting flight to Kathmandu. I picked a chair, tied my backpack to my leg and fell asleep. I woke up at 6 o\u2019clock in the morning to smiley old Indian guy covering me with his jacket. That was my introduction to Asian peoples\u2019 friendliness.<\/p>\n<p>I had a lot of positive experiences in Nepal. I got to know children and learn about their world, got to share every-day life with the local people and saw beautiful and diverse nature of Nepal. I was also lucky to make friends for life. I also met with adversities starting with no hot water and coming to even changing the voluntary workplace. We had three babies in our children\u2019s home, whose diapers I had to change once for the whole morning. Every time I was finally finished with the third baby, first one had peed again. And some people in Finland actually imagined that I was saving the world\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The theme of this issue is Asia. And Asia taught me how to enjoy life. Enjoy this particular moment. Sometimes nothing goes according to the plan, so just relax, ananda! Why to worry over something that you don\u2019t have power to change? But if you just keep changing diapers, the pee will eventually stop coming. So let\u2019s enjoy this wonderful sunny spring days, upcoming summer and small pleasures of life!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6308 size-thumbnail\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_2506-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Kinnunen\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maria Kinnunen<br \/>\nICYE volunteer in the season 2011\u201312<br \/>\nMember of the board of Maailmanvaihto 2014<\/p>\n<h2>In the issue<\/h2>\n<p>2 P\u00e4\u00e4kirjoitus: Kohti kes\u00e4\u00e4<br \/>\n5 ICYE Aasiassa<br \/>\n6 Ajankohtaista<br \/>\n9 Kolumni: Ajatusmatkalla Aasiassa<br \/>\nTeema: Aasia \/ Theme: Asia<br \/>\n&#8212; 10 Monimuotoisuuden kirjoa Indonesiassa<br \/>\n&#8212; 14 El\u00e4m\u00e4nkoulussa Intiassa<br \/>\n&#8212; 16 Volunteering and Learning Swedish in Porvoo<br \/>\n&#8212; 18 Vuosi Japanin j\u00e4lkeen<br \/>\n&#8212; 20 From Taiwan to Finland<br \/>\n&#8212; 22 Laulavien oravien maa<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/uusi-perheenjasen-ugandasta-isantaperhe-elamaa-tuusulassa\/\">25 Uusi perheenj\u00e4sen Ugandasta \u2013 Is\u00e4nt\u00e4perhe-el\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4 Tuusulassa<\/a><br \/>\n28 Ensimm\u00e4inen puoli vuotta Meksikossa<br \/>\n32 Bring your Smile to Indonesia<br \/>\n34 Lehden toimituskunta<br \/>\n35 Maailmanvaihdon tapahtumakalenteri<\/p>\n<p>ISSN 2342-2629 (Printed)<br \/>\nISSN 2342-2637 (Online version)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial: Towards the summer Red eyes, parents\u2019 serious faces, sad boyfriend&#8230; What is happening, you ask? It\u2019s me, on the way to take over the world! My volunteering period in Nepal started in August 2011. I was nervous. 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