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we can see now point. both the months of democracy. and is still with us after a short break our special report on the volunteers getting ready for the two thousand and fourteen olympics on the russian city of sochi. the world of. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the huge earth covered.
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from many different places and backgrounds to live in isolation here spiritual life it takes up many hours on the road to becoming a monk requires both hard work and religious tele cation. alexei wants to become and has cattle as part of this preparation. however these beasts get a musical company. they can remember sound sequences you know they react to the sound signals the flutes the herders had in the old days they needed them it wasn't just a fun but these meadows didn't come naturally the current decades of composting to bring the soil up to farming standard this island is mostly rock. the soil here is very thin on the monks can't just get more of it because they're surrounded by the lake so they have to work very hard in order to provide whatever food they need. they grow their own crops found their own fish and repair their own churches
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. but the central purpose of alarm has always been religious the main ministries surrounded by smaller priories spread through the many archipelago the monks here know their existence is a little different from that of other modern streets here we are out of the way and we do have. bill creams and sometimes tourists as well but only. tranquility base is hardly. the. combination of high religion and down to earth hard work that motivates these men. russia's black sea coast resort of sochi is busy working towards the twenty fourteen winter olympic games the city is preparing for an event that would welcome
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hundreds of thousands of visitors from all across the world and when they arrive they'll be greeted by the faces of the games sorties olympic volunteers. there are hundreds of volunteers lined up to take part in sochi twenty fourteen but it's fair to say that some of got a bit of a head start and i'm about to meet two who got a taste of the real thing at london two thousand and twelve. constantine and christina were among a very select few chosen to head over to the u.k. . just in the last you know they had to become division between. us from russia it was in russia have to say it's a centrist. group for us from such an. event like competition in which skills to check our skills and. skills and other
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personal qualities and they learnt plenty of things that should be of great help for the sochi games but has links. from time. to stand always so. we saw the competition with their. dance floor. by twenty feet seeing they could be up to twenty five thousand volunteers ready to join them in sochi so what sort of people do the organizers want. to see be kind. to you through your country and their presence in the last year. i was so ready to go. and there's no shortage of applicants wanting to prove themselves especially here in the host city. now looking off for all the visitors to sochi twenty fourteen is obviously going to be a massive job but that doesn't mean that everybody makes the cut i'm going to meet
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one man who thinks he's got what it takes bloods nice to me you're ready for this yeah excellent nineteen year old flood is a student at sochi university and understandably he's nervous about the recruitment process my time i have long since these questions finally today. i don't know what to expect so what sort of things do you think they're looking for maybe they will offer some questions about my previous one theory could spin room. something like details of my private life i really don't know wildlands settled down to his interview the head recruiter showed me around to university was one of just twenty six higher education facilities in russia picked as a recruitment center for more than one hundred fifty choices many of their interviews are done over the internet but those who do come in for a face to face may just have a little luck on this saw it. on the seventh of february twenty twelve two years to
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the day before the start of the twenty fourteen olympics we let this volunteer heart in krasnaya polyana. each aspiring volunteer is asked to touch the heart to symbolize that all of their volunteer dreams will come true. and that means at the shore one hundred percent to become volunteers at the twenty fourteen olympics going to yourself. and you know you're a volunteer with feeling the love that i gave you around half an hour later it was finished and in confident mood they asked about my previous experience in hearing my previous experience in team building things like that. so what had. a little experience all there was no problems. it's questions so confidence that we didn't. yeah we were in the volunteers i hope so it's my dream it's going to take a while to fill all the available spots but those who are hoping to be selected
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a really getting into the spirit of things the olympic volunteer movement in sochi isn't just about the olympic games many of the people here want to serve their community and leave a lasting legacy and i'm here to see. what they're up to. in the sort of high school a group of young people are preparing for a generations for peace conference. set up by prince faisal of jordan it's an international organization dedicated to developing youth leaders. and peace building is being run by philip and pavel who are putting together a whole days of activities. everyone's must. press conference where the organizers are hoping to get the g.s.t. message across to the media. and to teach people skills so that before these buildings they move to. the dialect of the kitchen through the preschool. was with these teach them what these guys will be working
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during the summer. some of them will. and once the local press is rolled in. his ideas for the next few days. take. the following morning we will split up into three groups and it was time for a few bonding sessions with money to meet. founders this is a town the focus is strongly. it wasn't long before we were moving around. little bits is the key to victory. in iraq. once we don't have
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a chance to get to know each other i wanted to find out what people were hoping to take away from the camp i think a lot of friends and i also. tried. to keep up with and. yeah of course. skills. to help people. i'm some looking to eventually lead conferences of their own. actually what interested me in the mission of generation for peace peace through sport and sport activities and working with people mostly with here with children. promoting tolerance is one of the central ideas behind generations for peace and many of the group exercises focus on conflict resolution by the end of the week my team will be making assess human
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a presentation showing how they feel they can best be achieved. i think even if it's hopeful though moves both at the front of the story. of the past now to the conflict in them saying what issues were raised is one of the major problems how could they be ok that means that there are a number of seminars and question and answer sessions but there's also plenty going on outside the classroom. this is the generations for peace main goal to develop peace sustainable peace and tolerance through sports so all the delegates need support programs to be taught and they will work with children after the camp so now they will have an example of their children that they were implemented in the camp so this is extremely important and they can be many more universal sports . on their watch and. he seems like he knows what he's doing.
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but with the generations of pismo so being policy told him we were certainly playing an appropriate game and philip and pavel house whole series of activities lined up for us home. it's pricing you want to use it. if you have no idea you need to ask the person there's no sleep so i say yes if you have seen about someone as my space or oh yeah ok are experts so good about that but it's the bottom english some should be pretty good at giving the away. and the focus here is i'm guessing everyone involved trolls and competition. as the main goal of our. programs is still. the communicate and
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connect people use each other that on the one team i guess and i'll jump on the mix of teams and all the wanting coming it's just so be destroyed by this between two teams and so is the stereotypes that for both and play on the two teams again that's how it has been along the fascinating day of the g.s.t. come on shouldn't wait to see what else we've got to tackle. culture is that so much
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a given to each musician to find the mark when democracy most of the export of a universal set of values or the means to change and control the border twenty years after the. tsunami speak the language. programs are documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing stories for you to. see been trying. to find out more visit our big teeth don't call. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.
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the world and already making a difference. in addition to my regular work i am also engaged in volunteer activity or building at those volunteers activity is basically focused on old people and orphan children and that's our target. our volunteers take care of people who can't leave home for one reason are they other maybe they're sick or something like that for example. when we help them well go to the shop or just help out around the house or oneself. and i met up with a moment of that home visits. to see that it's so different the truth is. it's become too. late for the larger scheme to help the people. every week the group visit different homes around so she can make themselves useful
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whether it's helping out with the shopping cooking or a few household chores. or your new book the fingerprints of society this. tool. really good held a great deal for your photos nothing better than an old newspaper story which is new certainly the work of the. no modern clean is here. and for valentino that brings its own rewards. it's great to help people who can help themselves through this combination of hard work and a charitable spirit is exactly the sort of thing that generations for peace is trying to encourage us of course they're always looking for support and back at camp the delegates were learning how to ask for backing. so
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this is kareena presenting a pitch as to why some local leaders should join generations for peace and now she's trying to convince the audience here. public speaking is another skill that's developed on the forums encourage the participants to face their fears. i was always the same was speaking to large it's not a large face. but practice makes perfect and the exercises give everyone's confidence a boost and there are plenty of games to break up the day. for celebration. because this is. the kids they were. in the future all the volunteers will lead activity groups for local children and they want to make them as entertaining as possible i i.
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thought it wasn't too long before we come up with something called a special. creation a great new celebration so expecting to see this in the premier league. this is going to be close to go viral. you need something to celebrate and we all headed back to the sports field and this song i'm told is on the menu. most people have never played softball and the emphasis is once again on learning how to games and getting everyone involved. to get.
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past the striking. thing the bulls we were using were actually that soft. generations within. a hundred eight on the head. helmet. and brazier. and the rest of. the top performance. a crushing victory for the red team. no poor on films had made up to be the same and there was only one thing to do after that when the.
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time the rest of the campaign hit back and saw it we nearly reached the final day and i caught up with pavel to see what he thought about his delegates progress. while delegates like other programs and where will they be inspired and want your way it's so then we saw them want you ation with all the. help during sports programs they like discussions they have passed. the training. staying here on the finish line of the camp or i can say that i'm proud of them and i like their progress. and a full everyone gets the chance to show exactly what they've learnt presentation and conflict resolution is the. end of three days for the whole world but that's
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that's a lot of coastal. from conflict resolution we also presentations on creating sports programs for children of negotiation. each use different techniques to get their points across with question and answer sessions powerpoint slide shows and plenty of games. clearly put a lot of effort in and it was well appreciated and when the camp drawing to a close holder remained was to say a few words. i didn't really know first of all what to expect when i came here but i think thanks to classes fantastic organization and amazing enthusiasm i've seen a lot of people who always. we really want to make a difference to the communities and it's been fantastic for me to be a part of it thank you. but i certainly wasn't the only one who'd had a memorable experience. i think the most. the most valuable thing is that practice
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and knowledge to build. here and so i share. and j.t. i'm. implementing all my knowledge and in practice unfortunately i think we did a lot of work we did our presentation our projects and our duty is to create some physical activity and know i know how to do it and how did the false feel about everything. myself why a little bit tired because. teaching huge group of people with only to train. it was a great challenge but i think we have done our best and. the program is well done and there was just enough time to create. strong memories will become finally placed in store. for me.
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people like these so choose future it's a limpid movement seem in very safe hands it was almost time for me to head home to moscow but i was going to have one last chance to watch the volunteers put the new knowledge into practice. like all the many better things to do on a sunny summers day them to come out and play with your friends but not every parent has the time to spend to supervise them and that is where people like enough to come in. every sunday they run an open play session for local children of all ages and as you can see it's pretty popular. bones' gold rush and star kobe the problem here is on the biggest. and i was i need to let you know suppose. i'm tired you know by attention to.
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my bowling and children i'm not sure about legal but it was quite a. nasty has been working with them for more than a year and eventually wants to do it full time. for being a volunteer it's a very important occupation like many responsibilities helping people isn't really as easy as he might think i'm starting to be a social worker and very glad to help people i really love children i'm looking forward to having my own some day and well just keep on doing this kind of work. and the kids aside me hoping she does something this is the russian version of the gulf coast quote blind man's buff. vision of course a problem when you try to live with all these children to get the jones to come and play a safe place for all of them given their parents or you don't know where they are not what makes the word. unless it is. the session goes on to
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several hours even if they're a want to bumps and bruises at the end everyone has a great time. but it's not all fun and games it's very educational so. i can swim so you can swim. my name at least. you. know what. all the people. will. say bye bye everybody say by way of the camera and say bye. with english conversations like that to enjoy how could i not feel at home with the olympics coming up i spent a good chunk of the summer seeing what was going on in or around sochi but meeting the volunteers and working with g.f.p. have been the best part of all a really an experience. i've met so many highly motivated young people in the last few days it's been quite humbling to be part of it the volunteers who really do
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want to make a better place and that means even though the winter games are still a way away the olympic spirit is definitely alive and well. commission free credit cation free transport charges free. range minced free risk free. to tide free. download free broadcast clothing video for your media projects and free media and on to r.t. dot com you. wealthy british style sign. on to the title. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global
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