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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.90,0:00:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello! My name is Marlene,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.17,0:00:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My sign language name is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.51,0:00:22.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(birthmark at the chin) and I am from Hamburg.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.76,0:00:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am here through the 'worldwards' volunteering programme.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.67,0:00:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is an umbrella association for many other organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.64,0:00:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a member of one of them:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.08,0:00:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The organization BEZEV (Disability and Development Cooperation).
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.22,0:00:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the organization do, or rather, which responsibilities does it have?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.60,0:00:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a contact point for volunteers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.12,0:00:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who want to support development and work in developing countries in Asia, Africa or Latin America.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.25,0:00:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Surely you have noticed that I am not in Germany?!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.13,0:00:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where could I be, then?...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.48,0:00:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, right, in Africa!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.92,0:01:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where exactly?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.41,0:01:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ghana!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.02,0:01:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How long do I stay in Ghana?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.75,0:01:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For eight months.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.39,0:01:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where do I stay here?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.79,0:01:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I live with a native host family, in the small city of Swedru.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.82,0:01:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what do I do here in Swedru?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.36,0:01:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a deaf school here in Swedru
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.64,0:01:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I work together with the teachers.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.54,0:01:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I teach in German Sign Language, my native language?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.94,0:02:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. The deaf people here have their own sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.12,0:02:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is different from the one in Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.70,0:02:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, the Ghanaian sign language
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.34,0:02:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more closely related to American sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.98,0:02:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The children ask a lot of questions and want to know
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.48,0:02:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it is to live in Germany and how our world there looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.37,0:02:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am having a lot of fun teaching them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.41,0:02:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't only teach, I am on the other hand also learning many new things from them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.76,0:02:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am very fascinated to experience the different culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.81,0:02:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other life styles and the other eating habits in Ghana.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.85,0:02:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also amazing for me to see how smoothly I am being accepted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.66,0:02:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and able to integrate myself into the surrounding as a white person.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.57,0:02:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is very nice to have gathered such experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.88,0:02:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will take these enriching experiences with me back to Germany.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.36,0:02:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, I do not at all want to remain the only deaf volunteer!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.34,0:03:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hence, if you have a big interest and it is your goal or dream
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.86,0:03:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support the developing countries, but you do not know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.24,0:03:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to whom to turn:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.70,0:03:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The organization BEZEV would like to continue working together with deaf volunteers!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.18,0:03:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are VERY WELCOME there!!!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.33,0:03:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can really highly recommend joining the 'worldwards' programme to you and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.57,0:03:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,daring the great adventure- like I did- where you will gather so many precious experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.41,0:03:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this spirit: ILY!!! ('All the best')