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\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
International student (left)<\/strong><\/td>\nMona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
International student (middle)<\/strong><\/td>\nHAMK 2nd year student<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finnish local (right)<\/strong><\/td>\nHippu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Year when friendship started<\/strong><\/td>\n2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matching type<\/strong><\/td>\n2 international students + 1 Finnish local friend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NB:<\/strong> HAMK Friend Family programme has been officially renamed as International Friendship Programme since autumn 2023.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\u201cOur first date was in Albertin Kellari where we enjoyed a live music together. We were getting to know each other, and we ended up dancing and having many laughs.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes, a lifelong friendship starts in a bar where you dance and laugh together\u2026 and it happened.<\/p>\n

Our foreign students meet their Finnish local friend at a bar for their first meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cCooking, Finnish dinner, nights out, hanging out, day trips, and a 4-day trip to Italy.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We do what friends do.<\/p>\n

In the friendship programme, matched friends can cook and eat dinner together, go camping, hiking, cycling, and shopping, watch a movie or an ice-hockey match, participate in concerts, or go to a Finnish cottage together. It is all up to you to decide!<\/p>\n

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\u201cI enjoy the fact that she makes me experience things in a Finnish way and explore places that only locals know.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI get to build connections while everything is new for me, and I try to make the best out of the journey by experiencing the routine of Finns\u00b4.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Having a Finnish local friend is like owning a key to the \u201cmysterious\u201d Finnish culture. What is a Finnish way of doing things? What are those mummo-like secret places that only locals will go? What is a Finnish local\u00b4s everyday life like? What might surprise us? There is not any more direct way to find out then having a local friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a great opportunity to get a closer look at the Finnish culture and engage with it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really good program to get to know locals at the first year and blend in the culture of Finland by knowing more aspects about it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Friendship programme (known as Friend Family programme before 2021) connects foreign students studying at HAMK\u00b4s English taught degree programmes with Finnish local families, friends, and company representatives. It is a great opportunity for Finnish locals and foreign students to learn about each other\u00b4s culture. It is also a key programme offered by HAMK to support foreign students\u00b4 integration into the Finnish society and culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can truly make friends through this programme, and it is a great way to learn more about Finland.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

International Friendship Programme 2023 will be open again in autumn this year. Stay tuned by following HAMK\u00b4s social media or website at https:\/\/www.hamk.fi\/friend-family-programme<\/a>. Sign up for the programme when the registration link is open.<\/p>\n

— Share your friendship story with us! —<\/strong><\/p>\n

Share your work or frienship story on HAMK\u00b4s blog! HAMK talent boost encourages foreign students to inspire, encourage and empower one and another through their own work and everyday life experience.<\/p>\n

For work stories: Fill in My work\/volunteering\/project experience in Finland survey.<\/a><\/p>\n

For friendship stories: fill in My friendship story survey (for students)<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact qingyang.li@hamk.fi<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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Friendship story of <\/a><\/div>
Mona Achaaoud from Smart and Sustainable Design English taught degree programme &
\nA second-year student from Construction Engineering English taught degree programme <\/div><\/div>\n\n
Editor<\/a><\/div>
The story is edited by Qingyang Li, Talent Boost Mentor from HAMK International, based on student\u00b4s answer to the My Friendship story survey.<\/div><\/div>\n
Editor\u00b4s notes<\/a><\/div>
I met Mona in one of our campus tours and Mona was happy to share her contact information with me. I contacted Mona about half year later and asked her to share her stories with us. Mona was really helpful and fast in replying to my emails. Her friends also shared their experience and thoughts respectively.
\nThank you all for sharing. <\/div><\/div>\n\n

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