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Dmitriy M. attends Slippery Rock High School in PA. His essay won the CIEE IEW essay contest. Dmitriy wrote:
"You share your culture with other people and learn even more because you get knowledge about your own country and United Sates too. This is the best thing that our placement organization can do for us. To make us think wider, so we an use every moment of our life in the United States. This is a big bridge that connects two banks that are far away from each other and make them as close as possible. It helps us understand each other much better. And I feel like a builder. The builder of very good type of relationship called Friendship." |
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Leylya from Ukraine
Triton Central High School, Fairland, IN
For Global Youth Service Day, Leylya worked with a local church community to organize a support group and conference for parents seeking to adopt internationally. Leylya plans on using this experience working with adoptive parents in the US in her volunteer work with orphans in her home country of Ukraine. She wrote: “The main lesson I learned from this project is that I can make a difference and change to the world around me . . . . It encouraged me to share my ideas with others, to be more active and to search for more ways to contribute to the people around me” |
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Akram from Kyrgyzstan
Speedway High School, Indianapolis, Indiana
Akram worked with a teacher at his high school to present a workshop on Cultural and Religious Exchanges for Global Youth Service Day to give information about Islam to counter stereotypes about Islam to students and to help give a face of true Muslims. Akram wrote: “Islam is not all about killing people, but it’s a faith of billions who want peace; that it is not a faith that American Christians should be afraid of. I hoped our lesson helped some students to understand Islam and to fracture those stereotypes that they had before. Students were so patient and interested, answering their questions made me feel that I am making a difference in many ways.” |
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Merim from Kyrgyzstan
Northwest High School, Justin, TX
On April 14th and 15th, Merim and fellow students at Northwest High School celebrated “Tolerance Awareness Day” by wearing colorful T-shirts with meaningful messages like, “Tolerate diversity," “We are all humans” and “ Respect one another.” Merim wrote: “We were spreading these ideas not only by wearing those special designed T-shirts by LIFT group, but also by explaining the purpose of that day. Being from a different culture and having different values, Tolerance Awareness Day was an incredible experience for me where I played a tiny part in a very influential and beneficial project. Which can lead to tolerance, not only between people, but also between countries and the continents, making the world a more perfect place." |
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