{"id":7439,"date":"2018-03-13T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/?p=7439\/"},"modified":"2018-04-22T18:39:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:39:50","slug":"volunteers-voices-1-2018-60-years-of-making-a-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/volunteers-voices-1-2018-60-years-of-making-a-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers&#8217; Voices 1\/2018: 60 years of making a difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html#2545200\/59192038\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Editorial: 60 years of experiences<\/h2>\n<p>The 6th of August in 1958 was special for at least two Finnish young people. On that particular day two students, Kaija-Liisa K\u00e4yhty and Markku Pohjola, took step on an inter-Atlantic ship. An exchange year in the United States awaited on the other side of the ocean. Kaija-Liisa and Markku were the first students that Maailmanvaihto (then International Christian Youth Exchange) ever sent out to the world.<\/p>\n<p>After their return the pair had a lot to tell as in the 50s gaining information on foreign countries was somewhat challenging: The Finnish Broadcasting company (YLE) had only recently started regular television broadcasting and the internet was only discussed behind the closed doors of the Pentagon. Holidays on the Canary Islands or Spain were a rare treat. In addition to all this, the walls of the cold war had risen to cast a shade on the world and made it hard to see what life somewhere else could actually look like.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s fast-forward six decades further, until 2014 to be exact. The 6th of August is once again a special day for at least one Finnish young person: me. This time though there was no boat trip or school year across the seas waiting, but a morning flight towards Asia to start a volunteering period in Nepal. Unlike Kaija-Liisa and Markku, I had plenty of resources to help me prepare for my trip. I followed local media on Twitter, TripAdvisor gave me tips on the best tourist attractions, WikiTravel instructed on local etiquette and a handful of online articles described the main plot line of religion and politics in Nepal. I got to know my host family in advance on Facebook and snooped around my volunteering project through the satellite cameras or Google Maps. One could easily imagine that I knew everything there was to know even before my travel. Nevertheless, in 2015 I returned a hundred times wiser.<br \/>\nNothing beats the authentic experience.<\/p>\n<p>Maailmanvaihto is turning 60 years old this year. This magazine is an ode to those six decades of making a difference. I wish you enjoyable reading moments!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7437 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/roosa-kontiokari-1-e1520950856913.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roosa Kontiokari<br \/>\nThe chair of Maailmanvaihto<\/p>\n<h2>In the issue<\/h2>\n<p>2: P\u00e4\u00e4kirjoitus 60 vuotta kokemuksia \u2013 Roosa Kontiokari<br \/>\n6 Kutsu kev\u00e4tkokoukseen \u2013 Kokous pidet\u00e4\u00e4n 22. maaliskuuta.<br \/>\n7 Ajankohtaiset uutiset \u2013 Kes\u00e4ll\u00e4 valmennusleirille ohjaajaksi tai keitti\u00f6ty\u00f6ntekij\u00e4ksi!<br \/>\nTEEMA: 60 vuotta vaikuttavuutta<br \/>\nTHEME: 60 years of making a difference<br \/>\n&#8212; 12 Maailmanvaihdon historiaa \u2013 Pikakelaus 40-luvun lopulta t\u00e4h\u00e4n p\u00e4iv\u00e4\u00e4n.<br \/>\n&#8212; 14 40 vuotta Maailmanvaihdon matkassa \u2013 Outi Pesola kertoo vuosistaan ICYE:n mukana.<br \/>\n&#8212; 16 Mit\u00e4 j\u00e4i k\u00e4teen? \u2013 Maailmanvaihdon toimintaan viime vuosikymmenill\u00e4 osallistuneet kertovat.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maailmanvaihto.fi\/en\/tackling-racism-requres-common-acts\/\">19 Tackling racism requires common acts \u2013 Ana L\u00f3pez Carlassare<\/a><br \/>\n22 Vapaaehtoisty\u00f6 ja rasisminvastaisuuden edist\u00e4minen? \u2013 Alma Smolander<br \/>\n24 Reittej\u00e4 maailmalle \u2013 Kaksi vapaaehtoista kertoo arjen vaihtamisesta.<br \/>\n26 Feeling young in a youth organization \u2013 Haastattelussa ICYE Ugandan Semakula Stuart George.<br \/>\n28 Tule mukaan toimintaan \u2013 Tutustu mahdollisuuksiin Suomessa ja ulkomailla!<br \/>\n29 Arkea ja juhlaa tukiperheen\u00e4 \u2013 Tukiperhe tukee auringonpaisteessa ja tuulisilla s\u00e4ill\u00e4.<br \/>\n34 N\u00e4k\u00f6kulma: Kis\u00e4lli ja Euroopan kokoinen yst\u00e4v\u00e4piiri \u2013 Mauri Pajunen<br \/>\n35 Tapahtumakalenteri \u2013 60-vuotiasta Maailmavaihtoa juhlitaan elokuussa.<\/p>\n<p>ISSN 2342-2629 (Printed)<br \/>\nISSN 2342-2637 (Online publication)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial: 60 years of experiences The 6th of August in 1958 was special for at least two Finnish young people. 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