GoCamp: Olga Rudneva

My name is Olga Rudneva and I, together with my friends, am going to raise 28 000 UAH in 14 days for one more school in a village to have a chance to organize English summer camp. I want the language not limit the choice, but to give new opportunities! I want to see volunteers who can help kids from a small town to speak English. Let’s say there is a certain Olia, who is eager to see volunteers in her small town, who will help the girl to start speaking English. I also want a certain Olia to be able to read English books, watch films in the language of the original, find friends abroad easily and have a possibility to choose in what country to enter the university.

My name is Olga Rudneva and I, together with my friends, am going to raise 28 000 UAH in 14 days for one more school in a village to have a chance to organize English summer camp. I want the language not limit the choice, but to give new opportunities! I want to see volunteers who can help kids from a small town to speak English. Let’s say there is a certain Olia, who is eager to see volunteers in her small town, who will help the girl to start speaking English. I also want a certain Olia to be able to read English books, watch films in the language of the original, find friends abroad easily and have a possibility to choose in what country to enter the university. 

Once, I was that lucky girl! Knowledge of the English language helped me to understand who I am today. I was lucky to have parents who could help me. I would like those who were successful in their lives did something for those who can join our team. I am sure my friends have the same values and I know that we would be able to give a chance for one more school to become a part of this important project.

The GoCamp project is a school language camps involving international volunteers, who, together with English teachers, help children to learn foreign languages. GoGamp is about opportunities which are opening for Ukrainian children (only this year 60 000 children), namely learning about cultures of various countries, developing skills, which cannot be taught at school – critical or global thinking, for instance. For many pupils, it will be their first meeting with a foreigner in their lives. In 2017, 600 volunteers are going to visit Ukraine, 80% of whom will go to small villages.

Volunteers will live with a host family of one of the pupils, which gives a special value to the project and opens the Ukrainian culture for foreigners in depth. As a result, foreigners ruin prejudice towards Ukraine, open it again and become the Ambassadors of our country in the world.

Project results in 2016:
- 120 volunteers from 40 countries;
- 127 schools GoCamps from 24 regions of Ukraine;
- 9000 children.