Internship in Sweden For the past ten or so months I have had the wonderful opportunity of working in the organization that I love in the country I previously spent my exchange year in... Youth For Understanding SWEDEN! This has been an enriching, interesting, fun and a year I will take many experiences from and I still have two more wonderful months to look forward till!
decided not just to keep saying "I want to go back", but instead just go back! Then of course I knew it would also be a great way for me to develop personally and uses the experiences I gained here back when I continue volunteering for YFU back home. These are just one of the few opportunities an exchange offers beyond the great experience as a 15 - 18 year old exchange student.
I have been the office intern at the Stockholm offices of YFU Sweden since late January and what I have done has ranged from plenty of administration work to meeting students at orientations to meeting and speaking with volunteers from all across the country. It is very different than being an exchange student as you can imagine, but it is similar in some ways as well. I stay with a host family like I did as a student, but I know get to see Swedish culture as an adult and with the eyes of a more mature me. Working at the office also means I get to see the other side of being an exchange student, which is ALL the work that goes into being a student and the behind the scenes action.
I have had a tremendous time thus far, but I indeed look forward to coming back to YFU South Africa and continuing the great work YFU does all around the world in my own backyard, not literally of course :-). And of course I have to thank these two YFU organisations South Africa and Sweden for sending me and accepting respectively. Thank you and tack! Ngoako Mashitisho YFU South Africa volunteer Intern at YFU Sweden
As an active volunteer for YFU South Africa, I took this opportunity because of course I loved my exchange so much I
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