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The world, the team and you!Lisi and her Asia travell!
That could be the headline of the first year in DNS. The first year in
DNS is definitely a big adventure, on the study programme is a four
month travel to Asia. But it is not a random tourist or backpacking
travel, it is a challenging journey to some of the poorest places on
planet earth, it is travel to see the real life, visiting NGO's and also
helping where a helping hand is needed. We went through India, Laos,
Vietnam and China. Who is we? We is my team, so over 20 young people
from Europe with different ages, background, languages and education
level. Sounds multicultural and it is indeed multicultural. The study
methods on the travel are investigations. What is an investigation? For
instance, if you wanna know more about slums, you go to slums, talk to
people in the slums, stay there, visit NGO's.
For an investigation you have about 5 to 7 days time until you meet your
team again and make presentation about what you found out. You share
your knowledge with the team and the team is sharing with you. And thats
a knowledge boosting tool! You not only know how's it feel to live in a
slum, you also get know about the beggar life, the sewage system of
India or the situation of farmers.
As the computer possibilities are rare, you will play theater, write
poems, make songs, make interactive stories to present the result of the
investigation. Yes, that means action.
So what is an investigation? An investigation is learning by
adventuring. I like this way of learning very much. What we have been
studying? The real life, or a mixture of living geography, politics,
culture or social science. To smell poverty, to feel injustice, to live
the culture is a life changing experience. The cold numbers to which we
western people are used every day got now faces. It's a difference now
to read or listen to news, it's a difference now if I hear that the food
prices are gone up. It does not affect really our lifes, but for other
means this to fight for life. It does affect Surak, Ganesh or other
people we got to know in Asia. Many times we got help from local people,
many times we had special moments and great experiences of hospitality.
Many times we were glad to had travel in a team. It's not only to use
the power of community to share housework, it is also to speak about the
experience, to have a shoulder to lean and to learn from each other. Now
I know not only more about the world, I also know more about my
teammates and myself. Getting to know the team with who you life, work,
study, cry and fight the next four years. Often it was a pleasure,
sometimes not. haha, of course there were time of arguing with the
brothers and sisters. Now we know from everyone not only the sugar
sides, also the salty spicy ones. Yes you read right, the team is now
for me like a a big family.
I have been traveling a lot. I thought I made a difference. But then I
started DNS and went to Asia ...
PS: what about the teachers? The teachers are not only teachers, the
teachers are our coach, our mothers and our friend. Something special.
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