My AIESEC exchange in Italy!

On October I’ve decided to do my exchange in Italy! I can say, for sure, that it was the best decision I’ve ever taken in my whole life!

Torino is simply an awesome town! Everybody has ever told me that persons in Italy are a little bit cold, but didn't saw that in Torino. Everybody was always really open to talk and help me! All the Italians that I’ve met are really nice and open to know my culture and my costumes! I don't know if it was lucky to meet the right persons, but even on the stadium and on the other places everybody was talking to me and been really nice! I can't complain about that!

Another thing is the town! Torino is a beautiful town, with an incredible view to the Alpes. Perfect size, i can walk on the street feeling safe and visit all the touristic points getting even more in love with the town.
When the sun comes out Torino is just perfect, with all the green landscapes and the mountains! The view from Mont Capuccini is just perfect and the best of the town!

The project was really interesting. To talk about environment with kids and teaching them how to recycle it was really nice. When I was doing shopping I figured out that the Italians are not very sustainable persons, and i get the real importance of the project. All the activities we're trying to show the kids that they can change some attitudes to help the environment! The schools were all great with us, the kids really nice and the teachers were learning a lot of things with the kids. That’s already enough to me! If one kid learns something, and tells their parents, it starts to change, and the project gets his meaning!

At the end, I can say that this it was a great experience. I've learned much more in 7 weeks then on 3 months on USA. The Italian culture is just lovely, the food in Italy is just perfect and all the friends I’ve made I’ll be in my life forever! I didn't want to leave Torino, and I've already started to look something to get back soon, to enjoy a little bit more of this incredible town, that had become my second house and my passion!

Torino Without Borders - Internship in Torino

Cecilia Martino, 28, Argentina, Development Internship in Torino, February-April 2011




Teaching in Torino was an excellent experience for me because made me really get in touch with the Italian culture,  think out of the box, adapt quickly  to another environment, be more creative, and change my way of teaching. Thanks to project “Torino without Borders” my most developed skills are enjoying participating, because I’m really enjoyed my time with the students sharing experiences and our own cultures, and striving for excellence because I realized that through me the students were getting in touch with my country so, I always tried to gave the best of me.

However I think that the most important thing is the positive impact that we were making in a lot of a people. I realized that by representing AIESEC and our countries we were “touching” not only the students but also their families, the professors of the schools, our neighbors in the building we used to live, the AIESEC in Torino committee and even people that we met randomly. That is the main goal of AIESEC and I can tell from the interested shown by the students, their questions or when a professor was thanking us a lot for our job, that we achieved it.



But I think that what really enriched me was to live with the others interns, learn from their cultures, habits, religions, customs, etc. Of course that my English has improved a lot but also I developed a lot of empathy and awareness of others. The great thing is that in a very short period of time we were like a family, helping each other, dining together, traveling or simply hanging out . Now I can say that I have very good friends in different  parts of the world that they will be always in my heart.

On the other hand this exchange also made me understand my origins as an Argentinean; from where we come from, our customs, our dances, our food, etc! So, I’m very grateful to have had this opportunity and the only thing I can say now is: Torino I miss you a lot!!!

My AIESEC Exchange Experience of Paola Altoé

On October I’ve decided to do my exchange in Italy! I can say, for sure, that it was the best decision I’ve ever taken in my whole life!

Torino is simply an awesome town! Everybody has ever told me that persons in Italy are a little bit cold, but didn't saw that in Torino. Everybody was always really open to talk and help me! All the Italians that I’ve met are really nice and open to know my culture and my costumes! I don't know if it was lucky to meet the right persons, but even on the stadium and on the other places everybody was talking to me and being really nice! I can't complain about that!

Another thing is the town! Torino is a beautiful town, with an incredible view to the Alpes. Perfect size, i can walk on the street feeling safe and visit all the touristic points getting even more in love with the town.
When the sun comes out Torino is just perfect, with all the green landscapes and the mountains! The view from  Mont Capuccini is just perfect and the best of the town!

                     

The project was really interesting. To talk about environment with kids and teaching them how to recycle it was really nice. When I was doing shopping I figured out that the Italians are not very sustainable persons, and i got the real importance of the project. All the activities we're trying to show the kids that they can change some attitudes to help the environment! The schools were all great with us, the kids really nice and the teachers were learning a lot of things with the kids. That’s already enough to me! If one kid learns something, and tells their parents, it starts to change, and the project gets his meaning!

                            

At the end, I can say that this it was a great experience. I've learned much more in 7 weeks then on 3 months on USA. The Italian culture is just lovely, the food in Italy is just perfect and all the friends I’ve made will be in my life forever! I didn't want to leave Torino, and I've already started to look something to get back soon, to enjoy a little bit more of this incredible town, that had become my second house and my passion!