AEGEE-Kyiv presented "Pay it forward!"

Pay It Forward event , that was held in Kyiv from 26 June till 2nd July, was dedicated to volunteering and the great movie that has the same name.
Those who know it will definitely agree with me, those who don't - I strongly recommend to watch. The idea of the film is that if one helps you, you help three in return.
This way you make whole world a bit better, brighter and happier. That's what we tried to do during the event. With a big group of AEGEE people we visited orphan house, brought some presents like fruits, pencils and papers, shampoos and toothpastes to children. And of course we made some entertaining program for them including show of a popular Kyiv singer and some handicrafts workshops. Children enjoyed it a lot, actually we also did.
Accept the idea of volunteering of course we had excursions all around Kyiv, boat trip along the Dniper river, active day on the beach, some games in the entertainment center and, of course, parties every night in the best Kyiv clubs! Participants were great from all over Europe and more: Paris, Barcelona, Moscow, Saint-Petersburg and even from Australia.
Some participants wanted to stay in Kyiv so much, that they even missed there planes or were trying hard to be late on it. But we managed to send them home - happy and excited!

“SOME CALL IT EUROPE,WE CALL IT HOME!” contest++OPEN CALL++

Dear Network!

AEGEE25 Team is glad to announce the first edition of the contest “SOME CALL IT EUROPE,WE CALL IT HOME!”

After enjoying our promo video here

, ask yourselves what AEGEE means to me?

Choose the section- snapshots or video- you prefer the most, unleash your creativity, get inspiration from your AEGEE experience and from your friends from all around Europe ! :)

If intercultural learning and understanding is part of the answer.. If you are going to enjoy a Summer University , or an exchange or an international event…

well bring your camera with you…make the best video ever, or the best photo ever and send it to aegee25.celebration@gmail.com

To read the rules of the contest click here: http://intranet.myaegee.net/group_file/view/1558/1948

Looking forward to receiving your inspired works ;)

AEGEE25 Core Team

Alla, Coral, Flo, Irina, Roxana, Sveta, Verena

Back to USSR:before&after AEGEE in Sankt-Peterburg

A few months ago nobody could imagine that 12 unbelievably wonderful participants from Spain, Greece, Finland, Belgium and Serbia would gather in Saint-Petersburg to celebrate AEGEE’s anniversary together! We, the organizers, showed them different sides of cultures in Russia, the cultures that came one after another, enriched our history and changed our identity: culture of the tsars’ time, soviet times and modernity (when AEGEE appeared). We strolled through the picturesque parks of Peterhof, took an imaginary trip on the Russian cruiser “Aurora”, explored the Soviet architecture, dived into the white nights, walked many kilometers to the unknown, became young pioneers for a moment and prepared delicious Russian meals… Of course we could never forget that it was AEGEE that gave us such an incredible opportunity to meet each other. We had a workshop “How AEGEE changed me”, where we played a quiz about AEGEE and discussed what are the new things it brings to our life every day. Another workshop was devoted to the life of Soviet people and the way it differed from today’s life. On the last day of event we blew 25 candles in a huge cake in honor of AEGEE =)
-Tamara Petrova, "Back to USSR:before&after AEGEE" coordinator-

"Many thanks for introducing us to this great city and for all the lovely hot summer days we spent together! All has been excellent and the long walks were really worth it!"
(Alex, Greece)

"I had a great time in this wonderful city. You made my time in the city really beautiful. Now I want to come back to visit you and discover the rest of Russia."
(Francois, Belgium)

"Thanks for everything, for being so sweet to us, for showing us this wonderful country and even for training us and our legs! Besos!"
(Carlos, Spain)

UOZZAP in JULY?