Dear Kamnik,

I’m really alone in here.  The streets are empty. I’ve never seen anything like it. So, I always behave according to feelings of loneliness. It means that sometimes lose my mind and hope. I consider at great length about this feeling. I decide to write open letter in my blog. I’m really in need of explaining my life in here. 

First of all, you know that I’m not only EVS volunteer. However, I’m observer about your culture and life in here.

At first, you always complain about your life. For what complains? ‘Little things’… Please, don’t misunderstand me. Your life is worthy of esteem. I really respect it. But I read an article about Pakistan yesterday. Nowadays, People in there are homeless, hopeless… It’s dreadful. You have to give thanks to your life… Thanksgiving… Are you with me on this? I don’t think so.

Must I paint you a picture?

1) Newsweek, the World’s Best Countries:

24. Slovenia

89. Pakistan

(http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html)

2) ‘Complain’ meaning: to express grief, pain, or discontent.

The Second, about EVS in Slovenia… Let me be perfectly clearly. About our organization, however you try to do it, it still does not work. Because of it is developing organization.  And they don’t have real experience about EVS.  In future, I confident it will all work out. But nowadays… No.

*Austra’s Good-bye note: ‘Don’t lose your hope for the world.

The world hasn’t lost hope for you Cem!’

For example, Austra* and me (By the way she is other EVS volunteer in here and from Latvia), we didn’t have EVS coordinator for show interest in our projects. It was big problem. Now she’s going to her home… And me, I still try to change something lonely. But I saw similar problems in my EVS trainings in this country. In my opinion, SNA** has to arrange trainings for teams of hosting organizations.  Because nobody knows what is EVS.  Ok, maybe managers know it. What I would like to say is… it’s not enough. SNA isn’t reaching your potential.

Let’s call it a day.

Adios.

**SNA: Slovenian National Agency

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