{"id":1850,"date":"2017-02-16T10:21:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T08:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/maailmanvaihtoa-12015\/"},"modified":"2018-04-22T18:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:41:05","slug":"volunteers-voices-12015-host-families-and-support-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/volunteers-voices-12015-host-families-and-support-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers&#8217; Voices 1\/2015: host families and support persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html#2545200\/44452557\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Editorial: Actions worth Gold<\/h2>\n<p>My volunteering period happened already so long ago that I can say it was \u201dabout a decade ago\u201d. My wonderful experience is the reason I\u2019m still active in Maailmanvaihto. I had a good network taking care of me and helping me in adapting to a foreign culture \u2013 my support persons, host family and my hosting organization.<\/p>\n<p>The things that would have taken few minutes in Finland were not that easy abroad without knowing the language. Buying a train ticket, getting a sim card or picking up a parcel from the post office \u2013 everything felt impossible to do and I felt just clumsy. Luckily I got help from my network. I was allowed to ask silly questions and got help with practical matters. I got to see the everyday life and celebrate the holidays with them, and I was notified when I did something strange (for example when I used the wrong greeting or opened a banana from the wrong end).<\/p>\n<p>It made me feel easier because I knew I didn\u2019t have to cope alone. As time passed I got more confi dence in my skills and began to understand the culture more deeply. But in the beginning it was enough just to understand how to get extra credit to my prepaid account.<\/p>\n<p>So thank you, host families and support persons. Even though your actions might feel small, they may be worth gold to somebody. Maybe somebody somewhere far away still remembers them, even after a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Anttila<br \/>\nMember of the Maailmanvaihto board, responsible for support persons 2015<br \/>\nVolunteer in Ukraine 2005\u20132006<\/p>\n<h2>In the issue<\/h2>\n<p>2 P\u00e4\u00e4kirjoitus: Kullanarvoisia tekoja<br \/>\n5 Kutsu Maailmanvaihdon kev\u00e4tkokoukseen<br \/>\n6 Ajankohtaista<br \/>\n9 Kolumni: At home in Finland<br \/>\n10 Uusia tuulia ulkomaalaisten leirill\u00e4<br \/>\nTeema: Is\u00e4nt\u00e4perheet ja tukihenkil\u00f6t Theme: Host families and support persons<br \/>\n&#8211; 11 Is\u00e4nt\u00e4perheiden t\u00e4rke\u00e4 rooli<br \/>\n&#8211; 12 Yhteistuumin is\u00e4nt\u00e4perheeksi bolivialaiselle vapaaehtoiselle<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/saman-katon-alla\/\">&#8211; 16 Saman katon alla \u2013 10 kysymyst\u00e4 is\u00e4nt\u00e4perhe-el\u00e4m\u00e4st\u00e4<br \/>\n<\/a>&#8211; 20 Tukiperheen kokemuksia: kokkailup\u00e4ivi\u00e4 ja kielikylpy\u00e4<br \/>\n&#8211; 22 Iloa ja uusia n\u00e4k\u00f6kulmia tukihenkil\u00f6toiminnasta<br \/>\n&#8211; 26 On the other side of the door<br \/>\n29 Home, away from home<br \/>\n34 Kuvareportaasi Meksikosta<br \/>\n38 Vapaaehtoisen p\u00e4iv\u00e4 Hanoissa<br \/>\n40 A warm welcome to Brazil<br \/>\n42 Kohtaamisia luokkahuoneissa<br \/>\n44 Tule mukaan toimintaan!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/kouluvierailija-katri\/\">45 Haastattelussa kouluvierailija<br \/>\n<\/a>46 Maailmanvaihdon toiminnan l\u00e4ht\u00f6kohtia<br \/>\n47 Tulevat tapahtumat<\/p>\n<p>ISSN 2342-2629 (Painettu)<br \/>\nISSN 2342-2637 (Verkkojulkaisu)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial: Actions worth Gold My volunteering period happened already so long ago that I can say it was \u201dabout a decade ago\u201d. My wonderful experience is the reason I\u2019m still active in Maailmanvaihto. I had a good network taking care of me and helping me in adapting to a foreign culture \u2013 my support persons, [&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":[165,161,166,77],"class_list":["post-1850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maailmanvaihtoa-en","category-maailmanvaihtoa-volunteers-voices","tag-isantaperhe-en","tag-maailmanvaihtoa-lehti-en","tag-tukihenkilotoiminta-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 1\/2015 | 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-12015-host-families-and-support-persons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Volunteers&#039; Voices 1\/2015 | Maailmanvaihto \u2013 ICYE Finland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Editorial: Actions worth Gold My volunteering period happened already so long ago that I can say it was \u201dabout a decade ago\u201d. 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