Student Local Dreamers Experience
“ An unique experience which made me hungry for more ”
Ecuador ( 2016 ) - Anne-Miek van Steenbergen
“ I ’ ve had an awesome lifetime experience during my internship for Local Dreamers . I ’ ve met great people and did a lot of cool stuff . Thanks to my Ecuadorian homestay , I could strongly experience the culture of Ecuador . For my internship I ’ ve worked with children for a healthy and active lifestyle . Though I was teaching football training to the children of the Local Dreamers football school . These children made my day . I could feel that they had a lot of fun , but sometimes it was hard to communicate because I can ’ t speak fluently Spanish . Because of this I had to think of other ways to make myself clear . Although , with some help of an example , a ball and some pawns , the children understood me very well . At that moment it ’ s fascinating to see that sport is so much more than just moving around . You don ’ t even need to control the same language to understand each other ! I ’ ve also teached children how to swim . They really improved after just ten weeks . It shows the drive of the Ecuadorians , because I am definitely not a great swimmer .
Before this adventure I hadn ’ t went further than Europe . Therefore I ’ ve strongly doubted if I would dare to travel for four months to the other side of the world . But when I look back to this amazing time , my personal development , learning time and the contact with the children , I am so glad that I ’ ve went . I had such a good time in Ecuador that I would love to do again . Maybe somewhere else . ”
Anne-Miek van Steenbergen
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