By Joanna Kiernan, Independent
A Vietnamese student, who won a two week internship in Ballymun, has spoken of her positive experience in the north Dublin community.
Tran Thuy An. Photo from Independent.
Tran Thuy An, known as An, visited Ireland last month after winning the internship on Super Leader — a popular young people’s TV show in her native country.
As part of An’s prize, she was offered a two-week internship with Global Action Plan (GAP) Ireland, working in Ballymun.
An loved Ballymun, but did wonder why people reacted strangely when she said she was going there.
“When I first came, whenever I mentioned that I was going to Ballymun, the people would go like ‘wow, really?’ But when I interacted with the local people I found them to be very nice,” she said.
An worked on two GAP Ireland projects in Ballymun, and she said: “One of them is a gardening project for the local people, especially people with disabilities. “
An’s prize was sponsored by the Irish Embassy in Hanoi, as part of their Visibility and Promotion plan.
Read the full article by Joanna Kiernan from Independent.
