Mathilde Bussard (Suisse), Huaral, Peru
Le Pérou au mois d’aout, je ne le conseille à personne. Du moins pas dans la région de Lima. Ici, à Huaral, il fait vraiment frisquet. Et comme aucune maison n’a de chauffage, autant dire que le climat est très humide. La grisaille est persistante. J’ai eu le plaisir de voir un coin de ciel bleu dimanche après-midi pour la première fois….Hier soir, je me suis finalement décidée à prendre une bouillote pour réchauffer mon lit! J’ai la chance d’avoir une chambre et une salle de bain pour moi. Les conditions dans lesquelles je vis sont plus que correctes.Dommage qu’il n’y ait pas d’eau chaude au robinet! Pour obtenir de l’eau chaude à la douche, il faut monter le thermostat 30 minutes avant la douche....
Progetto sud
Première et deuxième semaine
Some visual impressions from my internship in Bangladesh
Noah Wong (Schweiz), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Through the following series of pictures I’d like to share with you my internship experiences here in Bangladesh. Those of you who have already followed my earlier blog entries might have a better understanding of the context of the pictures - for all the others I have added short commentaries. I hope you will enjoy the trip. Bon voyage!
Through the following series of pictures I’d like to share with you my internship experiences here in Bangladesh. Those of you who have already followed my earlier blog entries might have a better understanding of the context of the pictures - for all the others I have added short commentaries. I hope you will enjoy the trip. Bon voyage!
Arrivée à Huaral
Mathilde Bussard (Suisse), Huaral, Peru
La première semaine de mon stage à Huaral touche à sa fin. Les volontaires de la ONG Native of Peru se sont très bien occupés de moi. Nous avons préparé, ou plutòt finalisé un événement pour le samedi 13 août...
La première semaine de mon stage à Huaral touche à sa fin. Les volontaires de la ONG Native of Peru se sont très bien occupés de moi. Nous avons préparé, ou plutòt finalisé un événement pour le samedi 13 août...
My fifth and sixth week in Bangladesh
Noah Wong (Schweiz), Dhaka, Bangladesh
During the forth and fifth week I spent most of my time in the office, writing reports and planning events. I didn’t bother much about staying inside, as for most of the days it rained anyway and therefore the roads were very muddy and most of all jammed. It fact it rained almost non-stop during five days. I should add, that the monsoon rains not just created traffic problems, they also caused a lot of heavy floods - especially in the south of the country. Many farmers lost huge parts of land as they where devoured by the overflowing rivers. Newspapers reported day by day about deaths caused by floods in villages, in the fields and on the streets. These seasonal flooding have always been part Bangladesh, but it seems they have increased – not in number but in the flooding dimension – together with the climate changes in the last 10 to 20 years...
During the forth and fifth week I spent most of my time in the office, writing reports and planning events. I didn’t bother much about staying inside, as for most of the days it rained anyway and therefore the roads were very muddy and most of all jammed. It fact it rained almost non-stop during five days. I should add, that the monsoon rains not just created traffic problems, they also caused a lot of heavy floods - especially in the south of the country. Many farmers lost huge parts of land as they where devoured by the overflowing rivers. Newspapers reported day by day about deaths caused by floods in villages, in the fields and on the streets. These seasonal flooding have always been part Bangladesh, but it seems they have increased – not in number but in the flooding dimension – together with the climate changes in the last 10 to 20 years...
My third and forth week in Bangladesh
Noah Wong (Schweiz), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dear friends, more than two weeks have passed since my last blog entry. Well, there are some reasons to it. Right on the beginning of my third week I fell ill and the doctors diagnosed dengue fever. The infection forced me to bed for quite some time and it took me almost ten days to recover. During this period I concentrated my forces only on my health and had therefore to put a short break to my internship...
Dear friends, more than two weeks have passed since my last blog entry. Well, there are some reasons to it. Right on the beginning of my third week I fell ill and the doctors diagnosed dengue fever. The infection forced me to bed for quite some time and it took me almost ten days to recover. During this period I concentrated my forces only on my health and had therefore to put a short break to my internship...
My second week in Bangladesh
Noah Wong (Schweiz), Dhaka, Bangladesh
In this second week I got two main assignments. The first was to assist the planning and the implementation of a meeting on ‘Promoting Volunteerism and Youth Works in Bangladesh and Switzerland’. The meeting started with a speech on volunteerism held by a philosophy teacher, then it was my turn, I introduced my student organization (Kommission für Entwicklungshilfe), the Swiss National Youth Council (SAJV), the ‘Süd Projekt’ and my internship in the National Youth Council of Bangladesh (NYCB), and at last seven youth organizations from all over Bangladesh introduced them selves and their volunteer work. In the whole we were very satisfied with the outcome of the event...
In this second week I got two main assignments. The first was to assist the planning and the implementation of a meeting on ‘Promoting Volunteerism and Youth Works in Bangladesh and Switzerland’. The meeting started with a speech on volunteerism held by a philosophy teacher, then it was my turn, I introduced my student organization (Kommission für Entwicklungshilfe), the Swiss National Youth Council (SAJV), the ‘Süd Projekt’ and my internship in the National Youth Council of Bangladesh (NYCB), and at last seven youth organizations from all over Bangladesh introduced them selves and their volunteer work. In the whole we were very satisfied with the outcome of the event...
First week in Bangladesh and first blog entry
Noah Wong (Schweiz), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka. Exactly one week ago I started my traineeship in the BNYC (Bangladesh National Youth Council) and in the HOPE’87 (Hundreds of Original Projects for Employment). Everyone is looking very well after me. I have been received as an intern (not as visitor) of HOPE’87 and some fellow worker even treat me as their family member. So many meetings have I attended and so many people have I met, that my purse is already overflowing with visit cards. I have even been introduced to the Minister of youth and sports of Bangladesh. My biggest problems at the moment is getting around in the city, Dhaka’s streets are so densely populated and so chaotic that even with the craziest rickshaw driver you won’t be much faster than if you were by walk. This is a good reason to appreciate the ongoing strikes of the oppositional party (Bangladesh Nationalized Party), as the streets are much less jammed.
Dhaka. Exactly one week ago I started my traineeship in the BNYC (Bangladesh National Youth Council) and in the HOPE’87 (Hundreds of Original Projects for Employment). Everyone is looking very well after me. I have been received as an intern (not as visitor) of HOPE’87 and some fellow worker even treat me as their family member. So many meetings have I attended and so many people have I met, that my purse is already overflowing with visit cards. I have even been introduced to the Minister of youth and sports of Bangladesh. My biggest problems at the moment is getting around in the city, Dhaka’s streets are so densely populated and so chaotic that even with the craziest rickshaw driver you won’t be much faster than if you were by walk. This is a good reason to appreciate the ongoing strikes of the oppositional party (Bangladesh Nationalized Party), as the streets are much less jammed.
Comme la vie, toute chose a un début et une fin !
Inès Tsakira Gabon
La formation continue s’est bien passé. Tout le monde était content et satisfait de la journée. Le cœur serré et les yeux pleins de larmes, j’ai dû dire au revoir à l’équipe du CSAJ et à Berne pour la seconde partie de mon stage...
La formation continue s’est bien passé. Tout le monde était content et satisfait de la journée. Le cœur serré et les yeux pleins de larmes, j’ai dû dire au revoir à l’équipe du CSAJ et à Berne pour la seconde partie de mon stage...
La deuxième partie de mon stage en Suisse, je la passe à Yverdon-les bains.
Robert Messe Cameroun
Le site Pro-Natura d’Yverdon Champ Pittet
Arrivé à Champ Pittet le 16 mai 2011, je fus accueilli par Marie Garnier, la Directrice du centre Pro-Natura de cette ville. Mon attention fût attirée immédiatement sur l’intérêt porté sur les fleurs, arbres, insectes, animaux etc. C’est le site nature de Pro Natura, cette organisation chevronnée dans la protection et la défense des droits environnementaux en Suisse...
Le site Pro-Natura d’Yverdon Champ Pittet
Arrivé à Champ Pittet le 16 mai 2011, je fus accueilli par Marie Garnier, la Directrice du centre Pro-Natura de cette ville. Mon attention fût attirée immédiatement sur l’intérêt porté sur les fleurs, arbres, insectes, animaux etc. C’est le site nature de Pro Natura, cette organisation chevronnée dans la protection et la défense des droits environnementaux en Suisse...
Du Cameroun à Zurich
Robert Messe Cameroun
Du Cameroun à Zurich, près de dix heures de voyage sans peine marqué par une transition climatique avérée entre chaleur tropicale et froid...
Du Cameroun à Zurich, près de dix heures de voyage sans peine marqué par une transition climatique avérée entre chaleur tropicale et froid...