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which brought together all the Habos from around
the world. I’m sure every movement member
reading this can list off the countries by heart, but
for the parents reading, I’ll give you the list. On
the Eastern hemisphere we’ve got Canada, USA,
Mexico, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina. On the
Westerm Hemisphere there was us, South Africa,
Holland, New Zealand and Australia. There are
more Habos worldwide, such as France, Germany,
and Belgium, but they unfortunately don’t have
Shnat programs … yet. This was an amazing
opportunity. World sem symbolised a reunification
of Habo International, because we saw that Habo
isn’t about politics, money or power, but it’s a
shared idea of how to change the world for the
better and a guideline for how to solve problems
in the generation it finds itself in, whether that be
in the Warsaw ghetto or the alienation of Mauri
people in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We are all so
thankful to be part of a youth movement which is
celebrated worldwide for its shared goals and
ideals, World sem showed us the power of Habo
and the youth in general. We made so many
friends and learnt loads about different cultures
and the ideological similarities and differences of
the Worldwide movement.

Now here I am, only now able to process the
crazy first three weeks that we had, and quite glad
that you get to read it all and are able to share the
experience with me. Well, not quite, you’d need to
go on Shnat for that…