In contrary to my previous plans I
did not write the closing article of this blog.
As a result of a memorable coincidence occurred in the summertime, my
Italian experience was prolonged with an extra two months. This is what
inspired me to continue the roll.
After having graduated in
International Relations MA in my hometown in Hungary, I suddenly found myself in
Italy again. However this time there is a little alteration in the story, since
I changed Milan to Rome, in order to start an internship at the International
Relations Department of Unione Italiana Sport Per tutti (UISP)
which is one of the largest European „sport for all” organizations. If you are not familiar with the non profit
sport sector and haven’t heard about them, I will give you some help right away:
UISP is the father (or mother) of various sport related campaigns like Vivicittá and the
Antiracist World Cup (Mondiali Antirazzisti), while these events represent just
small parts of its activities.
The activities if UISP’s International
Relations Department are those ones with which I always wanted to deal with. The
profile of this office unites three important components: the social, the
international and the sporty. Being an active NGO on international level, UISP
has already contributed to several international/European sport related
projects which made them so attractive to (ex-)university students of social
sciences like me. This time I took advantage of the Campus Hungary grants
in order to deepen my knowledge in the field of international project management.
Not giving up on sporting activities
I joined the football and touch rugby teams of Liberi Nantes (http://www.liberinantes.org/), an amateur
sport club managed by UISP. To be clear Liberi Nantes is not a regular sport
club. It’s also a great social initiative which provides meaningful free time activity
for political refugees and asylum seekers in Italy. At the moment (not counting
the Italians) I am the only European member of the football team which is
mainly composed of Africans. Instead of words I attached a video, which tells
the story of these guys. Even though it’s in Italian and French You can easily
get the story just by watching it:
Since I only have about one more month here, I will follow up soon with some stories and pictures which might be interesting for you. Take care :)
