The goal was to raise people's awareness of different ways of contributing to the society and about doing volunteer work. We wanted to give international students ideas of how to contribute to the local community.
We wanted to take part in the social inclusion days, but since there were Covid-19 restrictions during this spring, we decided to participate in it online making our own 11 minute podcast to Spotify. We then promoted it on other social media channels such as Instagram and Facebook. During the podcast we described what the project is about. Then we explained what ESN Lapland has done towards societal contribution in the past, and most importantly, what activities international students can do to volunteer and make a difference in local society, which in this case is Finland and Rovaniemi in particular. We all gave examples of volunteer work that can be done in the city for the benefit of society. We also gave information about inclusivity in the University life and what kind of things to consider. We talked about serious topics but we also wanted to keep the podcast light-hearted and fun to listen to.
