My name is Berche Roxana and I was an exchange participant for 2 months, in 2010, in Izmir, Turkey. During my Development Internship I was part of a local project called Myself My world. My main responsibilities were: organizing learning circles for high school students grades 10-11, encouraging students to speak in English, giving lectures on subjects such as Effective Communication, Time Management, Presentation skills, Leadership and preparing social activities such as art, drama, music, sports related to the previous lectures to make students interested.

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Follow your passion

Right after the intensive leadership experience as a conference manager in January 2010, I decided to go for exchange on the same issue- Corporate Social Responsibility- which completed the whole issue-based experience. I joined the Sustainability Education Program which was a national project in Romania as a developmental traineeship to spread my impact internationally. Following your own passion could help you identify what do you want to achieve in an international internship experience, at the same time, fulfill your internal desire.

Spread your impact directly and indirectly

In Romania, I have directly spread my impact in the local community by conducting workshops on sustainability to the university students in Cluj-Napoca. It was not only to enrich their knowledge and awareness to the issue, but also empowering them as change agents to contribute back to the society. Besides, I have shared my skills and knowledge which I had developed through previous leadership experience to other trainees in the same project, so that more people can be influenced. Apart from learning from other people, I could utilize my leadership experience to make a bigger impact both directly and indirectly.

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