{"id":3531,"date":"2018-07-04T13:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T11:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sboverseas.org\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2018-07-04T13:49:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T11:49:29","slug":"volunteering-with-sb-espoir-aizhan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sboverseas.org\/nl\/volunteering-with-sb-espoir-aizhan\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering with SB Espoir: Aizhan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tell us a little about yourself? <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My name is Aizhan. I was born and raised in Kazakhstan, a beautiful and enormous country in Central Asia. But it\u2019s been 9 years since I moved abroad to study. <\/span><\/span>Throughout these years abroad I met so many people of different backgrounds and this experience had a huge impact on forming my beliefs and visions<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>As a result of this experience I drew one main conclusion: no matter where we come from and despite our religious and cultural backgrounds we are all people in the end with the same problems, concerns, fears, dreams, needs etc<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Therefore<\/span><\/span><\/span>, the activities of SB Overseas are very appealing to me. <\/span><\/span>We work with young people from all around the world who have found themselves in a difficult situation<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span>I believe<\/span><\/span><\/span> our <\/span><\/span><\/span>assistance<\/span><\/span><\/span> is crucial because these teenagers are in the very beginning of their life journeys and the support of the community is especially important for them<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How did you hear about SB?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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I learned about SB Overseas through a friend of my friend. He invited us to come to a presentation organised by the team in December 2016. <\/span><\/span>So from the very first session at the NOH centre, I decided that I wanted to get engaged as much as possible in the activities run by the SB weekend team<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The youth at the NOH centre usually do not stay longer that 3 weeks. <\/span><\/span>Therefore<\/span><\/span><\/span>, most times we work with different children as they rotate non-stop. Last year there was a boy who stayed at NOH for almost 2 months. So I kind of got used to the idea that he was always there participating in activities. And once we came there to do activities and he was not there as he <\/span><\/span>was transferred<\/span><\/span><\/span> to another centre. So the whole team got worried about him because before we had also learned that he had a serious illness. But two weeks later we saw him at the Croix Rouge centre and a few months later, I saw him in Brussels city center. It was wonderful to see him integrating into a new community and I hope now he is safe and happy.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What do you find challenging?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The most challenging for me was time management. <\/span><\/span>Sometimes it is quite difficult to find time on weekends for personal errands and volunteering at NOH<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Any advice for future volunteers?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Take more initiative! So any new suggestions <\/span><\/span>regarding<\/span><\/span><\/span> activities are always welcome. <\/span><\/span>But also I thinks it is <\/span><\/span><\/span>equally<\/span><\/span><\/span> important to take initiative about raising awareness of the situation of the youth and about SB so the community can be better informed and educated<\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Aizhan is a volunteer for our SB Espoir program\u00a0which is a weekend program run with\u00a0unaccompanied minors\u00a0living in asylum centres in and around Brussels. Interested in getting involved? Click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><\/h4>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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