105 days since we all moved away
form our normal life settling in at the Global Platform meeting our new
friends, the trainers, the staff, the program, the new life for the next four
months. We all came with different agendas and now is the big question: did we
met them?
I can only speak on my behalf, what
the others have obtained are their story to tell. Me? I came with the hope of
getting knowlegde, tools and courage to make a difference in society. An
unrealistic goal perhaps but rather aim high then not have any goals.
I felt I was surrounded by
senselessness and injustice mainly created by the goverment and my own lack of
action. So when I took a gapyear from studies it was with the purpose to switch
out the two negative emotions with hope and fighting spirit. A search of the
internet lead me to Mellemfolkelig Samvirke's folkschool abroad. The
description of the program intrigued me where terms as governance, active
citizenship, global citizenship, campaign strategies, human rights and gender
equality (plus traveling) was stressed.
Now the course has come to an end
and now the time is to look back at the four months and decide if the personal
goal has been reached or maybe is something new has been added?
Through educetion, discussions,
meeting different people and experiencing that your voice do mean something I
got the courge back.
My plan is to go back with all I
have learned and involve myself in the refugee situation because I believe that
all humas are equal.
But as my headline suggests there
are always a risk that ones hopes and ideas are not acted out. Life has a way
of not wanting to be planed. But I very much hope that the feeling inside me of
wanting to be an active citizen stays so that this ending will lead to a new
beginning.
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