Not enough words to describe everything that happened on the 8th of December. But not only the eighth! All the previous week! We were celebrating the 5th of December – the International Volunteer Day, combined with the reception of visitors. And what visitors!
The General Secretary of the YMCA-Belarus Alexander Artyuschenko, the General Secretary of the YMCA Europe Johann Wilhelm Eltvik,
The Deputy of General Secretary of YMCA Europe Michal Shimanchak
and the Regional Secretary of the YMCA Europe Mikhail Guskov!
Of course, if not of their arrival, the holiday will be held in any case - just look everything is different: less solemn, less anxiety and fewer people.
A collection of our volunteers, we paid special attention.
- So, Zhenya, you ring up all the multiplicaters, do you understand? - For such cases Kristina typically uses a baritone and bulging eyes (see photo).
- OK, - Zh
enya keeps calm ...
- You're phoning all. Personally. – Kristina intently looking at her.
- Yes ..
- Personally. Phoning. Everybody.
- ...
- Warne them that if they do not come, we have them ... they will be ...
- Well, I understand, understand! - Does not stand Zhenya. – I’ll call! Just let them not come!
And so Kristina processed each leader. Will it work? Well, yes and no. Yes - because there were 40 people - so many at once, we probably have not seen (domestic programs), no - because if everybody went, it would be, at least twice.
The idea of event - "Time Machine" - came at once and somehow was easily accepted by all. But the realization of this idea generated controversies.
- In 2003 there came to us Norwegians ...
- No! It was later, in 2003 we went to Prague on the Festival ...
- Yes, the Festival - but our - Belarus, in Minsk ..
So, with gre
at difficulty we reached the 2009th.
Talk about showing our videos, too, took a lot of time: show all together in a solemn part (according to Nadya) or during the interactive part (as suggested by Kristina), diluting with the games and songs. We Adopt option of Kristina.
Well, as soon as it came to preparation of the Belarusian meal our leaders do forget about everything, and dropping saliva, enthusiastically discussing the recipes of patties, potato pancakes and other Belarusian delicious. Me, Kristina and the male half of our group for a long time and patiently waited as our beautiful girls finish discussion of this this "tasty" topic. But when Kristina Goldina handed to Tatiana a paper and a pen to write the recipe, and Nadya for the tenth time repeating the word 'halva”, we did not stand and bro
ke their fascinating conversation. Had to interrupt several times, once in the conversation sounded the word "table" or "food", the girls woun
d up in the new.
And the most pleasant part of our meetings were, of course, rehearsing of songs. When the main part ended and the most serious leaders: Vika, Nadya and Zhenya - fled to their serious cases, we took a guitar and began to sing. Will we sing these songs at the our programm, we do not know, but what a wonderful cause! ))
The 8th of December. The preparation.
o carry it home and light the lamp at home.
mised from himself only "a couple of words. But after a couple - "Good evening" - followed by a long, but no less interesting and warm speech.
l if under the feet do not get the boy in the striped red and white blouse, also actively waving their limbs! However, this boy - Lesha - was not even completely useless to our society. He spent his "crown game" - "A Pizza Hut" . No less fascinating held their games and our other volunteers: Eugenya Pochepko - "History in Prague”, Kristina Mirsalimova -" Do you like a neighbor? "Andrew -" Western ", Krystyna Goldina -"The song with gestures”, Misha Shikun - stories about international projects and Alesya Meleshko - about the social direction. My videos, though hastily made, too,
was impressed.
rent dishes!
enya keeps calm ...
at difficulty we reached the 2009th.
ke their fascinating conversation. Had to interrupt several times, once in the conversation sounded the word "table" or "food", the girls woun
d up in the new.
fficult to carry out the action! Here are a people - frozen, hungry, with bags, and here – we are with our slogans and appeals. All right already, if they even look, better - if they stay or fit, and really quite wonderful - if they connected and involved. And what to do to be heard, to inspire with our words, to understand the meaning of the action?
1st of December - Day of AIDS prevention. A few words about the seriousness and the globalism of this problem - quite a bit: people are demanding a performance. And the first was the performance of the team of students from the school number 7, which became the winners in the contest of propaganda team. Come on! And why not use ready-made material, besides not the worst of the possible? We have used and do not regret it. Bright, lively performance, the naive school initiative, so sentimental for the older generation.
ship of the same leading the crowd gradually moved to the site for the interactive part of the action. No, not so gradually: young people ran when they heard about the opportunity to paint graffiti. And cans of paint were a lot, and large sheets ... Oh, sorry, can not paint the walls of the Palace! The children so enthusiastic about the process of creating masterpiece
s that spoiled the poster, designed for the final part of the event. This event is very upset head of the event, unsuccessfully tried to drown the crowd in regular unset microphone. Tatiana wanted to explain to people "what to do," but they thought that she hiccups. Someone even laughed that the more upset our Boss. But we know that laughter is not only prolongs life, but also warm - it is so necessary in the first winter day!
generation did not even try to get the graffiti place. Adults were playing darts, wrote their promises to fight AIDS, testing our volunteers with questions.
stands as a virus ... uh .. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome – answered Andrew.
e distribution of prizes and the launch of red balls in the sky. Not new, but each time - as the first. Fascinating and touching!
Ah, what we once were foolish and inexperienced. You know how we made the presentation of Scouting? "We have fun! Interesting! It is difficult, yes - but insanely fun and extreme! Friends, travel, adventures ... How things have changed since then. Now everything is different.
Gone 2 trainings on positive thinking "Targeting". During the training we fed our sub-personalities, made posters of desires ....and fun chatting! all the guys really liked it, and now we are waiting for the execution of our desires and the successful achievement of goals. With many of the guys we meet at the circle to study psychology.
