Are you young, adventurous and want to take a
little break from your studies, have a positive impact or an engaging holiday?
This
is what chose to do Vojtech, a Czech citizen, after doing a 4-month internship
at WIF as part of the Erasmus Work Placement program. During his internship,
Vojtech worked as project coordinator on several beneficial and charitable
events. He also came up with a concept of ecological village for
Sri Lanka and Meghalaya.
A
few months later, as promised to his former manager and friend Bremley, Vojtech
took a one-way flight to North East India to work on the projects he had been
part of during his internship. He went for 11 months to Asia and stayed 6
months in Meghalaya in India. Vojtech took part in 7 different projects:
- Sustainable
Village Development Program
- World
Environment Day 2014
- Sohra
Reforestation Project
- Agroforestry
project
- Documentary
shooting for Mawpdai village
- SACMUN
- International
Seminar of Green Economics
After
spending a wonderful hard working time in India, he went to Nepal, Thailand,
Myanmar and then to Sri Lanka at Paradise Farm. During his stay in Paradise
Farm, he was able to drink organic green tea made by the women on the farms but
also planted trees, went surfing etc.
Throughout
these different projects and activities, Vojtech learnt many things but also
transmitted a lot of his knowledge to the local communities. Those 11 months of
unique adventure were full of opportunities to make a difference whether it is
environmental protection, educating people, helping the local communities
create sustainable livelihoods etc.
"This is the moment you need to live your life, accomplish your dreams and do what you love"
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