So it’s finished, my nine month project
in Latvia. Country of beautiful nature and amazing sky. It wasn't always so
easy to be amazed about country and people, but time made me understand its
culture, habits and traditions. Now it feels like I am home, another home which
is far from real one. It is so strange how my life changed last nine months, I
learned how to live with less, how to communicate with people better, traveled
more than I expected and meet interesting people.
My EVS project started in October 2012,
for the first time it was quite hard to feel cozy in Latvia, without speaking
language, understanding people and more weird was understanding the weather
which was quite strange for me. It didn't take much time to start to
communicate with youngsters who were coming to youth center, and now after nine
months I feel that they are my friends. Every time I went somewhere for longer
time and came back they were the ones who were asking: Levan where have you
been so long?
My main activity to youth center was
making video workshop, and teach how to make good quality video. It was quite
interesting for starting, we were making short videos on almost every second
class and also in the end we tried to make silent film, which might be
considered biggest challenge of my EVS. Yes, I guess there is not bigger
challenge more than working and filming outside for hours in – 15 or even less.
My planned kind of sport activities such
as tennis and table games competitions, and also cooking workshops were quite
famous between kids. Every Monday and Thursday I was seeing children motivated
faces, and in their eyes I could read one thing, they all want to be winners
and champions. I guess it was good start for them to motivate themselves that
they have to be winners, and all life is fight for success. So, I’m finishing
my project and I have to fight for my own success.
It feels like starting from zero, after
nine months of being cast away from rest of the world I have to go back to
normal life, to my family, friends. I guess the experiences which I
gained from my EVS project, will be useful, especially language skills, but I
feel like it’s not the end. Everything starts right now!
Levan Jugheli
Duration of EVS service 01/10/2012 – 30/06/2013
Sending organisation: Association
"Georgian Youth For Europe" (www.gye.ge)
Project was supported by Latvian National
Agency of Youth in Action programm
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