During
3 months I had the chance to work at the office of Friends of the
Earth Finland in Helsinki. With a bit of fear I left my cozy home in
Belgium to go and discover ‘the wild North’. I didn’t really
have a lot of experience with Friends of the Earth so I knew there
was a lot for me to learn.
Luckily
it didn’t take me very long to feel at home here in Helsinki and
with FoEF. Right from the start I felt part of a team, a team of
great people. I knew that during those next 3 months I would learn a
lot and meet a lot of people inside and outside the walls of the
beautiful Paulig building.
So
what did actually happen during my internship? Well, I got to be a
part of several different subjects. I worked on the Agua Zarca Dam
project, which is a very contested dam project in Honduras. I helped
with the TTIP demonstration. I was able to go to Tampere for the
General Meeting of Maan ystävät.
I got to help with the UNESCO problems around the Tasmanian forest.
There were countless of meetings about different subjects (like
Alternatiba or campaigning) and with different people from other
NGO’s or even other countries (like people from Friends of the
Earth Mozambique
or from Mexico).
The
great thing about this internship is that all these different
subjects are interesting. They matter, and it is great to see
people work on things they believe in. Every day people are trying to
make a change and they take up the fight for a better world. For me
this internship was a great experience that I will always look back
on with joy and a sense of pride.
So, as
a conlusion to this great experience I would like to say one final
thing: Thank you. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Thank you
for letting me be a part of a great organisation with a lot of great
people. Thank you.
Guillaume
Vandenhemel
Intern
at Friends of the Earth Finland
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