2013 年8 月通過國際經濟學商學學生聯合會 （AIESEC）澳大分會出國參加海外志願者項目的大 概有30多人，分別去了俄羅斯、埃及、馬來西亞、 巴基斯坦、黎巴嫩等地。澳大學生杜玥則選擇前往 非洲肯亞。 位於肯亞奈洛比市的基貝拉貧民窟，是非洲第二大貧 民窟。面積為2.5平方公里，居民總人口在60萬到 120萬人之間，相當於澳門一至兩倍的人口數量。 此項目為期一個半月，出發前杜玥也在害怕和猶豫。 擔心疾病、擔心治安，像所有不瞭解當地的人一樣擔 心條件太艱苦。可是當她踏上非洲土地的那一刻起， 所有的擔心都消失了：原來非洲並不是甚麼都沒有。 她起初被指派在肯亞的脊椎損傷醫院工作。由於醫院 義工已經飽和，她通過聯繫當地的志願者，選擇去基 貝拉貧民窟為居民提供教育說明、拍攝影片及舉辦畫 展。建在廢物和垃圾堆上的基貝拉非常髒臭，治安也 很差，時常發生志願者背包被偷的情況。 信任，是她在貧民窟遇到的最大挑戰。很多志願者、 甚至當地領事館的工作人員都曾告誡她，不要相信肯 亞人。然而她漸漸發現，很多當地人其實非常友善， 他們會帶領志願者在貧民窟參觀，提供各種資訊。你 對他們報以信任，他們也會將你當朋友。 我在肯亞 做義工的日子 Those Days as a Volunteer in Kenya In August 2013, more than 30 students went to different countries of their choice, including Russia, Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan, Lebanon, and Kenya, to work as volunteers, through a 1.5 month overseas volunteer programme organised by AIESEC UM [editor’s note: AIESEC is short for “Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales”]. Du Yue chose Kenya, where she eventually volunteered in the Kibera Slum. The Kibera Slum in Nairobi, Kenya, with a size of 2.5 square kilometres, is the second largest slum in Africa. It has a population of between 600,000 and 1.2 million, which is more than twice the population of Macao. Before she left Macao, Du was afraid and hesitant, worrying about everything from diseases to security. Like many people who don’t know much about Africa, she was worried about the harsh living conditions. But all her worries vanished the moment she set foot in Africa, and what went through her mind was, “looks like it’s not true that Africa doesn’t have anything.” At first Du was assigned to work at a spinal cord injury hospital in Kenya, but there were already too many volunteers there. So she contacted some local volunteers and from the options they provided she chose to go to the Kibera Slum to educate residents, make videos, and organise art exhibitions. Built on waste and trash, the Kibera Slum is extremely polluted, smelly and dangerous. Security is very bad—volunteers often had their backpacks stolen. Trust is the greatest challenge Du experienced in the Kibera Slum. Even volunteers and those working in the local embassy advised her not to trust Kenyan people. But she found from her own experience that many locals were actually very nice; they would take the volunteers to visit the slum and provide all sorts of information. Du found that if she trusted others, they treated her like a friend. 學生杜玥 Student Du Yue UMAGAZINE ISSUE 10 51 專題故事．FEATURE
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