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I'd say it was the best experience of my life
I can't say in words
How significant it was in my life
And how many benefits it brought me, you know?
Shocking. In a single word I can say the Exchange is a shocking experience.
And I can say it was the best experience of my life
The best experience of my life. No doubts
Bringing together... Being at work, at an NGO
Even though it's volunteer work, it's still work
With the personal side, which is to travel and see new cultures
It was the best experience of my life.
The exchange was the best experience of my life.
My name is Fernando Guimarães. I'm 22
I study Business and I went to Asia. I went to India and China
My name is Anna, I'm 21 and I study fashion design
And I had my exchange to Latin America, to Argentina
My name is Evelyn, I'm 21, and I went to Colombia, in Latin America
I'm currently studying Business Administration
My name is Thiago, I'm 22
I study Management Engineering at the ABC Federal University
And I has my exchange through AIESEC, to Eastern Europe. I went to the Czech Republic
I had two jobs in India
The first was in Northern India, bordering Pakistan
I was working at a slum
To show the kids what the world was like, far beyond the slum they lived at
My exchange in Buenos Aires was 6 weeks long, in Management/Marketing
It's nice because you see a culture you're not used to
You always see series and movies showing more "common" countries
When you live the reality of a totally different country
Which you're not used to
You really understand a bit more how the world works
And how it is to live another culture
I do everything for myself, I wanted to do something open to the world
The point is: when I realized that
The world wasn't just Australia, Canada and The U.S. for exchanges
I could develop my English, which I wanted
I could develop other people, which I also wanted
And I think that, in a conventional exchange, I wouldn't be able to do that
The Global Citizen Program is AIESEC in Brazil's social exchange program
Our main destinations are:
Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe
The duration of our programs varies from 6 to 8 weeks, being extendable to 12.
So it's better to put some effort and change something in your life
Than to wait for things to change by themselves, because they won't
If you're thinking whether you should go or not, go, because it will be worth it