INCrEAsE Interview – Raimonda MICO
Status: Albanian working and living in Greece
Culture: Albanian
Country: Greece
She is of Albanian origin, leaving in Greece the last years. Coming in Greece she could not speak any Greek. Now she has learned enough Greek to be able to communicate in Greek, to work in Greece and to feel equal part of the Greek society
INCrEAsE Interview – Aneda MERE
Status: Albanian working and living in Greece
Culture: Albanian
Country: Greece
She was born in Albania, Tirana, and she came in Greece several years ago. She learned Greek in order to communicate in Greek in her everyday life. She is used to live in Greece, she married in Greece and they all leave in Athens.
INCrEAsE Interview – Albania XIFI
Status: Albanian working and living in Greece
Culture: Albanian
Country: Greece
Her home town is Argyrokasto in Albania. She came to Greece a couple of years ago. She is learning Greek and she is starting to integrate the Greek society and get used to the Greek way of life. She would like to stay in Greece with her family forever.
INCrEAsE Interview – PATRICIA CARBAJAL
Status: Working in the beauty sector
Culture: Latin America
Country: Uruguay
Uruguayan immigrant. She moved to Spain 18 years ago. She had no problems in validating in Spain the training obtained in Uruguay. Without any problems regarding integration, she says that there are not many cultural differences between the two countries.
INCrEAsE Interview – MARIA ESTER PEREZ
Status: Self-employed worker in agriculture
Culture: Latin America
Country: Paraguay
Paraguayan immigrant. She came to Spain 21 years ago. She has taken many courses and training workshops, evaluating them positively.
INCrEAsE Interview – Anamika Jain
Status: 4th year student, UMF Iasi, English section
Culture:
Country: UK
Being exposed to an international environment helps the student learn about various domains related to the personal knowledge during the accumulated experiences.
Status: 5th year student, UMF Iasi
Culture:
Country: UK
The main benefit (compared to UK universities) is the variety of student backgrounds, creating a unique experience. The personal drawback is the early class schedule, although in the long run this also comes as a major preparation element in the carrier of the future physician.
INCrEAsE Interview – Ali Cheaito
Status: OB/GYN Postgraduate Medical Trainee
Culture: Romanian / Lebanese
Country: Romania
Ali Cheaito shares his experience with the University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMF) from Iasi. He comes from a mixed family, his mother is Romanian and his father is Lebanese. He talks about adapting to life in Romania from a social, cultural and academic perspective.
Status: Student
Culture: Singaporean
Country: Romania
For me, in my own personal experience today, I’m really, really happy, and every day I’m enjoying the learning experiences, getting to know people, getting to know friends and getting to know the culture, be appreciative of the travel experience around Romania.
INCrEAsE Interview – Joel Theoway
Status: African student moving to Europe
Culture: Liberian
Country: Liberia
In this interview, Joel Theoway describes the “cultural shock” students experience while moving to cultural contexts which are completely different from their own.
INCrEAsE Interview – Sayan Chakrabarti
Status: Student of German language at SIH
Culture: Indian
Country: India
Sayan talks about his experience of coming to Lithuania, challenges he faced, and how he overcame them. He also talks about his German language course, his relationships with other learners and the teacher, and the language barrier.
INCrEAsE Interview – Nicholas Rogerson
Status: Student of Lithuanian language at SIH
Culture: British
Country: United Kingdom
Nick talks about his personal story of moving to Lithuania and his experience of living in Lithuania and other foreign countries. He talks about the language barrier and his language learning experience at SIH.