Monika and Narcis

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Monika Elend from Poland and Narcis George Matache from Romania are both a part of European Youth North Denmark. What do they gain from being part of an association?

Why and when did you come to Denmark? Monika: I came to Denmark five years ago to continue my studies. Narcis: I arrived in Aalborg during the late summer days of 2009 to study Marketing Management.

Why did you choose to join an association? Narcis: Although aware of the volunteering culture in Denmark early on I first joined an association in 2013. I joined the Social Democratic Youth of Denmark. Being the only non-Dane there has been very hard as the language barrier blocked

me from getting a deeper understanding of the organization. I tried to create an English side of the organization to attract more non-Danes, but the synergy was off and therefore the initiative died after only one year. So I started looking for another place to volunteer that I could really depend on to give me a feeling of “being at home.� Monika: I joined a Danish organization to learn new and meet new people. The first place I joined they would speak English to me but in general they communicated in Danish. So even though you are welcome as an international to join it is really hard without speaking Danish.


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