Şemşule Ertaş, who went to Romania within our European Solidarity Corps Project “Tell Your Story”, has returned home. Şemşule participated a lot of activities of our Romanian partner, Asociatia Forumul Cetatenesc pentru Actiune Sociala si Educatie Civica, in Dragaşani and Ramnicu Valcea’da for 6 months. She had online lessons with children and young people. She participated in conferences about environment. She met the local people. She introduced our culture. She learned Romanian language and you can learn more of that in her article below. We are so glad that we made a difference in the life of a young person. Many thanks to European Commission and the Turkish National Agency for giving these opportunities to the young people.
Here is Şemşule’s article:
*Due to pandemic, we couldn’t have an on-field activities. However we had work on online seminars and presentations in Dragaşani in order to be useful according to pandemic. We worked for the students and the local people to be more conscious about the environment such as plastic and waste management (long lasting textile bags, recycling bottles, insulated cups, etc), participating in the conferences (education on ecology, presentations on inclusion and solidarity), researching on the problems and livelihood of the villagers, (treasure hunt Project) work on intercultural actvity (food, music, dance, etc.).
*I helped as much as I can to the hosting organisation with my previous experiences. Also I had an opportunity to present the rich cuisine of Turkey and made people taste it.
*This Project taught me a lot of things that I had never experienced before. It made me to meet a lot of people from all over the world and make a lot of friends.
It gave me the opportunity to see the ability to feel my presence in a foreign country and in the languages I am foreign with, with the difficulty of expressing myself. Most importantly, it broadened my horizons to learn a new language and to educate myself.