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IN THIS ISSUE: WHO ARE ZATOKA RS 2016? 3 PHOTOS BY MATTHIJS QUAIJTAAL

THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN 4The media team write about how they see our world

INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT 6Terje Sõelsepp talks about timekeeping, lychees and dinosaurs

WHAT MADE YOU STAY IN EYP? 10Why EYPers are freaks and what makes them addicted to the sessions DIARY OF A FIRST TIME EYPer 14First time EYPer Markian Bilas writes about his experiences at Zatoka RS and pancakes

ALL INFOGRAPHICS IN THIS ISSUE WERE MADE BY ADELINA NICULA

The Media Team are:

Matthijs Quaijtaal (NL/EE)(Editor) Ksenia Revenko (UA) (Video Editor)

Adelina Nicula (RO) Markian Bilas (UA)

Sophia Pylypyuk (UA)

EDITORIALHello from the Dutchman who moved to Estonia, the Dutchman who came to Zatoka to edit the fourth regional session: of EYP Ukraine. That is my personal story of globalism. Globalism is part of the world that we live in, and it is a part that I have come to love incredibly much. In my two short years in EYP I have met an stunning amount of lovely people, from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds. These people have broadened my mind, fed it with their views and opinions, and it has led me to believe that today’s world is one of cooperation, mateship, and mutual understanding. Of course this does not come easily. It is something we all have to work for, even when it seems the world is against us. It is my hope that you, those who have just started your EYP journey, will travel the globe, meet new people, get to know them, and say: I wish to be part of this world that we live in.

Find the session photos and videos on: VK: http://vk.com/zatokars FB: http://bit.ly/EYPRegionalsUkraine2016

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CHANGING PARADIGMS by Sophia Pylypyuk

Describing the world we live in, I would say it is changeable, yet breathtaking. We are flooded with the news reporting the recording numbers of ongoing conflicts and displaced people, terroristic attacks, natural catastrophes, crowning it with political clashes. Sometimes you can become apathetic and try to avoid seeing our world. But consequently, you are closing eyes to marvelous discoveries and inventions. Human nature is constantly willing to go beyond its limits, as proven by the successful landing of the SpaceX-rocket. Societies are striving for truth and transparency, recalling the recent case of Panama papers, which made some politicians resign, or at least excuse for their unlawful actions. We are challenging the stereotypes, concerning gender, race, and religion. Canadian prime minister Trudeau formed the first gender-balanced cabinet, which is also reflecting the ethnical diversity of the country. What’s next? Stop watching the world you live in and start shaping it.

WE DON’T NEED A PERFECT WORLD by Markian Bilas

We will never make this world ideal. Being a utopia might put an end to our civilization. Does the discourse between two opposites make a sense? Yes, it’s the key to progress. Even if this is a bloody discussion between right and left wings, like neo-fascist parties and anarchists, or liberals and conservatives. This conflict still provokes social and intellectual development. It sounds strange, but the world without these problems will not be better. Social conflicts like this make a special platform for improving the world, platform for our self improvement, platform for our meetings. We shouldn’t try to avoid these problems, we should solve them. Having solved the one, you will find another one. In problems we trust. But we still can hope, that the next issue won’t be so serious. We should hope.

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STOP AND OBSERVE by Adelina Nicula

From the moment we are born, our life is a routine. We start with having a routine made for us, but as we grow older, we form our own. We wake up, go to work, come back and repeat. In the rush of respecting deadlines we tend to see the world as a horse wearing blinkers. Do you stop your daily routine to see what is happening in the world that we live in?Me neither. But when I do, there is so much happening that it’s hard to decide what to begin with. Should I read about a new scientific discovery? Or about a

new programme helping people? Whatever I choose, I enrich myself. So take my advice, stop, take a breath and

ask yourself: what is happening now across town, across the country, across the globe? You cannot fully live without getting a

taste of everything that is happening.

CHANGE THE WORLD by Ksenia Revenko

Morning… You haven’t opened your eyes yet, but you are feeling the warm sun rays on your face, and at that particular moment you understand that you’re a vital part of this magnificent world. Then you come to the window and see overwhelming view of the rushing city, where birds are singing songs, people are hurrying to their work. Everything is alive. What can be more beautiful that our world… Suddenly, you hear the news: the threat of ISIS has been increasing, lots of people have been killed, women in Germany have been specifically targeted, green house gas emis-sions have been affecting our environment… And that is just the small part of the

utterly terrific changes in our world. You are scared that your universe

can be destroyed in a second. Do not be afraid, do not give up, you can change everything… Change yourself - change the world.

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INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENTTerje Sõelsepp talks about timekeeping, lychees and dinosaursBy Adelina Nicula

What is the best advice you can give to delegates?Challenge yourself! The same thing I said during the opening ceremony. EYP is the perfect opportu-nity to go and try something that you have not done before. So, if you are afraid of something, that is exactly the thing that you should be doing because that is what is going to develop you.

And how are you challenging yourself?For the first few days, I had the challenge of training the Chairs Team on my own since my lovely vice-president, Halyna, couldn’t come for the beginning of the session due to university stuff. So, I challenged myself by conducting the entire Chairs’ training alone. And as for tomorrow, I have a challenge to brush up on my drawing skills for illustrating ideas on flipcharts.

Tell me a story from EYP that you will never ever forget.I was 16. I was at an International Session, I think in Poland. I felt really small and insignificant, as if I really didn’t matter that much, because there were so many people and they all seemed smarter than me, or better at something, and I was young and I was shy. I did not really know how to talk to people much. But then we were walking to the evening event and the president of the session decided that he was going to join me. So, he walked next to me and he talked to me the entire way to the venue. And I felt valued. I felt like my opinion mattered because he did not treat me like some kid who was 10 years younger than he. He treated me as an equal. That memory has stuck with me and it is something that I have tried to do as an official during my own chairing and presiding. Just talk to the delegates because it means so much more to them than you can imagine. The events are for them, you know so much more than you can imagine and you have so much to offer to others, so don’t let shyness or thinking that your English is not good enough stop you from talking to other people. You have so much to learn from people and they can learn from you as well.

What do you remember from your first session?My first session was a tiny regional in southern Estonia, in the middle of nowhere. The main thing I remember is a lesson in time keeping. We had to go out for the evening event, and the transfer

was supposed to be at 17:45. So, we had to leave at that time. I was there at 17:40. I was alone. The pres-ident came there as well. I asked her where the oth-ers were and why there was nobody there. And she just smiled and said, “The time I mentioned is not the right time. Leaving is at 18:00. You always say an ear-lier time, so those who are late, will make it as well.” It’s unfortunate that this thing is needed, but people have different attitudes towards time. So, with big groups of people we have to get creative.

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INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENTTerje Sõelsepp talks about timekeeping, lychees and dinosaursBy Adelina Nicula

What is your least favourite part of EYP?The ending of the session because all those emo-tions. All the things that you have accomplished, they are wrapped up. The session is done and you are left with all those wonderful memories and no energy to do anything. The days after the session, you need so much sleep to catch up with everything and there is also school work and all that. But de-spite that I keep coming back because that tired-ness is totally worth it.

How do you deal with PED (post EYP depression)?I sleep a lot. I re-watch session videos, read the session newspapers, look at pictures and tag everybody and at some point I start looking for a new session to apply to.

If you could have personally witnessed anything, what would you want to have seen?It is going to be really weird, but the birth of a baby dinosaur. It is something that nobody has witnessed. You see this big, scary creature at its conception. It is small, it cannot really harm anyone, it needs to be taken care of, but it has the potential to become something really big.

What is the best compliment you ever received?It is kind of a compliment and kind of something that I need to actually work on. I care too much. It is good that I care because caring keeps the world going and that’s what creates the connections between people. But it is also bad because you spend so much of your own energy on other people and then you do not have much left to deal with your own problems. It was a good compliment, but at the same time it taught me something that I need to improve, to challenge myself.

If you could trade lives with one person for an entire day who would it be and why?I am not sure I can say a specific person, but I think it would be interesting to be a man for a day. Just trying out to be someone completely different would help me understand others a bit better as well. Also, a man with completely different life experiences from me, so I could just see life through their eyes. I could pick up a celebrity or something like that but I think that life would be a bit too much. I just want to see a normal day.

What fruit would be and why?This is the most difficult one, so far. A lychee. It is kind of an odd berry. It seems odd on the outside; it has a nice soft inside. So, you get the soft personality after getting through the initial thorns, but inside there is still the hard centre which you cannot really get to. So, it is kind of a mystery.

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Yulia Nagirniak, 2 years in EYP

When I attended my first session, I was the least experienced delegate in my committee. At that time, I felt a bit excluded and I didn’t enjoy it. But 2 months later my friend encouraged me to go to another session in Estonia. For me it was just the possibility to travel, but during the session it turned out that I made a lot of foreign friends and with some of them I am still in touch even today. And I feel like they are my brothers and sisters from other countries. After this experience I finally felt the so-called “EYP spirit” and understood EYP has the unique opportunity to meet

your soulmates. And being an official, you have the possibility not only to develop yourselves, but also to contribute to someone else’s development. Officials can somehow change lives of delegates by only

encouraging them to stay in EYP. Sometimes it helps someone to find his own path or choose the field of studies. Or after the session delegates become involved into other activities, for example becoming eco-friendly. You can feel you make someone’s life different.

Liza Skorobreshchuk, 3 ½ years in EYP

I’ve always stated that EYP is all about people. I prob-ably have such an opin-ion, because of my first session – 7th NSC of EYP Ukraine in 2013. It began with Michael Rozhkov, with whom I was in the same committee during the session. He helped me much and actually made me apply for sum- u p speech. We had an idea of putting tape on my mouth, because we had the topic about free-dom of speech and it was a huge success. I think I wouldn’t have achieved that without his support. Going back to the train station after the session, it was snowing and I was crying all the way. At that moment I realized that I wanted to stay in EYP for the sake of meeting such amazing people. Every person in EYP is a freak in some way. And in each freak you can find something special for you. I wasn’t selected for the IS on that NSC, but after that I started applying to other sessions and even head-organized one. At some point I understood EYP was becoming my life and now it takes at least a half of my free time. While going to at least one session in two months, you understand you are living from session to session and becoming addicted to that. As I said, for me EYP started with people, but then it became much more: fun, ac-ademic stuff, and knowledge, cultural exchange, nice food. It became a complex phenomenon.

WHAT MADE YOU STAY IN EYP?Why EYPers are freaks and what makes them addicted to the sessionsby Sophia Pylypyuk

Aksana Antonchyk, 3 years in EYP

No matter how many sessions you have been to, or how many roles you have taken, you still have some-thing to learn. EYP is something in which you can find challenges for your-self every single time. I am excited to work in different teams, because each time it turns out to be a priceless experience. Especially, I do appreciate the fact that now I have friends all over the Europe. This is something that really benefits any active EYPer!

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Yulia Nagirniak, 2 years in EYP

When I attended my first session, I was the least experienced delegate in my committee. At that time, I felt a bit excluded and I didn’t enjoy it. But 2 months later my friend encouraged me to go to another session in Estonia. For me it was just the possibility to travel, but during the session it turned out that I made a lot of foreign friends and with some of them I am still in touch even today. And I feel like they are my brothers and sisters from other countries. After this experience I finally felt the so-called “EYP spirit” and understood EYP has the unique opportunity to meet

your soulmates. And being an official, you have the possibility not only to develop yourselves, but also to contribute to someone else’s development. Officials can somehow change lives of delegates by only

encouraging them to stay in EYP. Sometimes it helps someone to find his own path or choose the field of studies. Or after the session delegates become involved into other activities, for example becoming eco-friendly. You can feel you make someone’s life different.

Mykhailo Komarov, 3 ½ years in EYP

People are the greatest part of EYP. You can find friends in 3 days – where else you are able to do that? You cannot just make friends with someone, but even best friends. Even after one session you have people you can rely on. For example, I can call them at 7 o’clock in the morning and say, “Hey, I need this banner to be done”. And, surprisingly, they will do that! Of course, swearing, but still doing that. Personally, I am also open to helping, even if someone asks me at an inappropriate time, just because it’s EYP. It’s not about teambuilding, it’s not about com-mittee work, and especially not about General Assembly. EYP is about people who are doing that and for whom we are doing that.

NATIONALITIES AT THE SESSION

Aksana Antonchyk, 3 years in EYP

No matter how many sessions you have been to, or how many roles you have taken, you still have some-thing to learn. EYP is something in which you can find challenges for your-self every single time. I am excited to work in different teams, because each time it turns out to be a priceless experience. Especially, I do appreciate the fact that now I have friends all over the Europe. This is something that really benefits any active EYPer!

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FIVE STAGES OF PEDPost EYP Depression, also known as PED,

presented in five stages of griefBy Sophia Pylypyuk and Adelina Nicula

❶ Shock and denial You don’t want to accept the fact that you are pushed out from the EYP-universe to your ordinary life. Eventually, you find yourself missing morning classes, because of expecting the wake-up call. Sometimes you call your class “committee” and look for “point of privilege” placard, when you don’t hear someone properly. You still want to make friends and hug everyone, no matter how long you have known each other.

❷ Anger You still can’t bear the fact that you are back to the ordinary life, but still have some energy to show your discontent. You may demand your parents to have reg-ular coffee-breaks. Every party you force friends to do “Just dance”. You are getting furious, each time someone is doubting the reason to join EYP, or doesn’t want to hear your um-teenth story from the session.

❸Depression and detachment

You feel broken, sleeping most of time, and therefore skip the reality.

Suddenly you feel the lack of energy and start count how many hours did you sleep during the session. Not per night, but in to-tal. You realize the fact that the time flied fast and you are not able to do anything to bring it back. The only solution you see at this stage: sleep. In some special cases, you can even have dreams about the ses-sion. When awake, you keep updating the page of the session, looking for photos and videos.

Stage 2: Anger

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❹ Dialogue and bargain

You spam everyone you know with stories from the session.

After spending hours and hours in your bed recuper-ating sleep hours, the energy is finally back. All you want to do now is find other people and share your experience. You will probably go back to school and I can assure that during the breaks all you are going to do is talk about the session with absolutely every-one. Some of your friends might get annoyed, but that will not stop you. But it is totally normal; it is one of steps of dealing with PED.

Stage 5: Acceptance❺ Acceptance

You finally find peace within yourself and start looking for another session.

Last but not least, the final stage of PED is acceptance. You have already told everyone, several times about your time at the session and slowly you are accepting that the session is over. You look at all the photos and videos, you read the issue, you post photos with your committee and life returns to normal. Still, there is that spark inside that wants more. So, you start searching for another session to apply to because you fell in love with EYP.

13322 KILOMETRES TRAVELLED TOWARDS THE SESSION

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Dear diary,

Truthfully, I’m a little bit excited because I don’t know, what I should expect from the days up ahead. I hope you’ll be friendly to me in any dif-ficult situation. Love you, my diary. Dear diary, 21.04.2016 Day 0

11.00 am. We have arrived. So many unfamiliar people, I can’t remember all their names. What do they actually want from me? I’ve never been a nervous person. What’s wrong with me? Do they perceive me as a stupid one? Hate it. 14.00 pm. Need some coffee. Need some rest. 16.30 pm. Diary, can you im-agine, we crossed a great puddle by us-ing old tires! I am shocked a little bit. 22.00 pm. My head is about to explode. I’m so disappointed. I should run away from here.

Dear diary, 22.04.2016 Day 1.

09:30 am: These were the best pancakes in my life. The first flavour to unfold on my tongue was the sweetness of the syrup, quickly followed by the delicate, buttery taste of the pancake itself. The coolness of the syrup and the heat of the pancake complemented each other perfectly and only served to bring out the subtle flavor of the pancake itself. I scooped up another bite

to replace the one which was quickly dissolving in my mouth, and then another. Before I knew it, all that remained on my plate was dribbles of syrup.

17.00 pm. Working in the committee I’ve decided that good team building is always the key for effective committee work. Chairman Mykhailo said that every serious company should have a team building specialist.19.00 pm. Feels much better then yesterday. Can’t believe it but looks

like these people really inspire me. 23.00 pm. I’m listening to

Chinese rap. The best ending to the day you can ever imagine. Dear diary, 23.04.2016 Day 2.

09.00 am. delicate taste of cottage

cheese-cakes reminds me of my childhood. 15.00 pm. You know what?! I had lunch at the beach! Gazing at the waves, it is so romantic to eat meat cutlets.20.00 pm. To tell you the truth, while coming to this session, I thought EYP was a religious sect. I realize that I was not entirely wrong...

Dear Diary, 24.04.2016 Day 3

What are my expectations for the next day? We will see. At least I will have falafel in Odesa.

DIARY OF A FIRST TIME EYPerFirst time EYPer Markian Bilas writes about his experiences at Zatoka RS and pancakes

AN AVERAGE OF 7 HOURS OF SLEEP PER NIGHT

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