visakhapatnam yet to get used to being stared at these youngsters from different parts of the world are on a six weekinternship programme in visakhapatnam not only to make a difference to the lives of the underprivileged but also to garner an important learning experience barely two weeks ago these eight youngsters from six different countries not only did not know each other they had no clue about the place they were headed to visakhapatnam but today they are not only bonding with each other but also with differentlyabled children at leibenshelfe in the city mehemet temel and elif iyigon of turkey mandy from china yuna from taiwan alaa and mareem amer from egypt omka from kyrgystan and olga of russia were selected by the vizag chapter of aiesec international association of students in economic and commercial sciences to work with underprivileged children in visakhapatnam we are being trained by the teachers and trainers at leibenshelfe and are interacting well with the differentlyabled children here also the good thing about our group is that we have some sort of expertise to offer in various fields as we are all from different disciplines said mehemet temel an engineering undergraduate from istanbul turkey if i had come here as a tourist my experience would have been totally different and more importantly superficial after interacting with these underprivileged and differentabled kids i have realized that there is much more to life and this is turning out to be a true learning experience especially during the pious month of ramzan the children and their innocence is truly remarkable we thought we were here to make a difference but it is actually the kids who are making a difference in our lives it is truly humbling temel said according to ch ashwin coordinator aiesec said all of them are from varied groups with specific skills and abilities more importantly all of them have one common trait the ability to relate to children with ease during the selection process we ask them various questions on how they will deal with different and difficult situations and it is only after that that we give the nod and their involvement is already showing results what they have managed in the past couple of weeks cannot be ignored the kids love them and the way they communicate with each other through gestures said ashish menon of aiesec visakhapatnam pointing out that group had its work chalked out for the next four weeks they will be interacting with more children at various ngos in and around the city we are also organising a sports event for orphans apart from conducting medical camps at other homes for the underprivileged and conducting a sketching competition menon explained on the other hand the interns too are excited about exploring the place apart from working with children alaa mandy and yuna are all excited about their proposed trip to araku while alaa feels that she should be working on her telugu of course