Off to Camp!

Today was the last day of training that will be done at my site for the camp that I am participating in. It's an ambitious and important project that has about 20 international students participating in three different weekly camps all over Ukraine. I am doing this first week and perhaps the third week, which is in the west, in a city called Ternopol, near where one of my linkmates lives.

This camp focuses on teaching civics, debate, and country studies, and has the students participate in a mock European Youth Parliament debate where they have to study an issue from their country (in my case, I will teach students about Sweden and its position on Ukraine's potential venture to join the EU) and then discuss and debate it and come up with a resolution. Most of the international students are also from FSU countries, although there are two Americans.

Should be interesting and fun, of course.

Life has been difficult as of late, and I haven't figured out if it has been a lack of having alone time or time at home. My language has gotten the worst it's ever been and I'm tired and frustrated a lot more easily lately. I'm in need of a pick me up for sure, so I'm trying to think creatively about how I can treat myself when the camp is over.

I should be back home in a week, so again, there will be silence on the site. When I come back I should have time to talk about the language refresher, Kharkiv, and the camp!