I'm so thankful to the YMCA by Etnik
The first training with the YMCA was in
February 2013, many years ago from now, and what can I say except share my story with you...
Our Youth Ambassador Etnik |
I
ejoined this organisation because I was
looking for some new experiences from my daily routine, and the only
opportunity was the YMCA, because it was the first organisation that opened the
doors for young people in our municipality.
Etnik with France participants and Secretary General Johan Vilhelm Eltvik |
The first day at the YMCA is unforgettable,
meeting 20 new people which had different experiences and stories and were
ready to share them with you, experience at the YMCA had its ups and downs,
starting from problems with youth center, which wasn’t always open, and that constrained
the training's to be held in different
spaces, but as a young boy that was looking for new experiences I decided to be
Leadership trainer. From the first session I had to lead a group of 25 young
people and it was fantastic, one year part of the YMCA and I had my own group
in which I could show my leadership skills.
Starting from that time my experience started
to be more beautiful and challenging, because everyday they offered new
opportunities to be part of new programs, and they were really important for me
in my professional development.
In addition to the local programs, YMCA had the international programs too, I was lucky to be part of two of them,
Greece Camp and the training in Lyon, France, we are an isolated country and these
experiences were really important, because it was my first time to see new and
completely different cultures. It doesn't matter the number of countries I’ve
been, what matters is new working methodologies and experience
gained.
I'm so
thankful to the YMCA for one thing, for
enabling me to create new friendship, to share my experience and to express my
opinion freely.
Etnik Dautaga
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