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My adventure in South-Africa Nienke Aarts August 2016 January 2017 A little bit about me Nienke Aarts 21 years old Live in Venhorst & Maastricht People and Business Management Sorority Missdaad Soccer Why Africa

My adventure in South-Africa Nienke Aarts August 2016 – January 2017
A little bit about me Nienke Aarts • 21 years old • Live in Venhorst & Maastricht • People and Business Management • Sorority Missdaad • Soccer
Why Africa Unite & South-Africa? Africa Unite South-Africa • Anne-Marie thought I would fit • Weather into AU • Improve English • Hardworking en passionate people • Culture & differences • Work with all kinds of different • Beauty of the country people • A lot of students from my school • Active in a different context came here before me
Work at Africa Unite Main projects Other projects Involved with Attempts • • • • Heritage day event Delft Business Skills Sharing Water en Sanitation Project in Europe • • • Leave no-one behind Finance Human Rights • Workshop African Song • • Red Carpet Award School Clubs • • Show Robben Island Teambuilding hike • • Singamakhalipha Spaza Shop Summit fundraising event • Womans day event • Meetings
Things I’ve done and things I’ve seen in South -Africa
What I’ve learned • Work SMART, not hard! • How to count money and give change when you are in a taxibus • You must work with passion • All about challenges in South Africa that • Life in townships is rough still are an everyday reality • Creatively planning my way around • Report writing skills in English problems. • How to not get killed while crossing the • Everything goes, one way or an other streets • Be patient and grateful • Do not ask random • How to work in a diverse environment questions
Challenges I faced • Names with strange consonants in succession • Working with short deadlines • Tea with milk • Remembering Shona words • African Time & people not showing up • Bad WIFI • Difference between: taxi - cab - taxibus • Eating chicken feet and bones
Recommendations • Make a database & keep it up to date • Have a more open communication & more transparent agenda • Urgent emails  read receipt • Evaluate events and work with the feedback to prevent repeating mistakes • Smarter marketing • Clean the Kombi • Keep up the good work with: • Cleaning schedule • 3 months plan each quarter, not only in the beginning of the year
Thank you!
Bonus What I would do about inequality? • Education is key • Let foreign teachers teach • No more segregation • Improve social cohesion by opening a hundred more AU offices!

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