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Carlos Ferreira
Porto, Portugal



Nominated: "Best character of the tour"

Introduction Hello, my name is Carlos Ferreira, I'm a medical student from Porto, Portugal and this is my first IPPNW bike tour, although I've already participated in several other IPPNW eventsand conferences.

Motivation
Asking myself years ago if I ever thought I would travel by bike for several kilometer in Europe with a huge group of people from different parts of the world, the answer will probably be no. However, when I ask myself why should I do that, I easily answer: Our vocation can only be discovered taking part in new challenges. This is a continuous and permanent process that builds our personality and role inside the civil society. 

Challenges such as the BAN Tour 2010 represent a unique opportunity to join a group of proactive fellows which wear the same yellow T-shirt and share the same philanthropic vision as me, for a world more safe and less violent. Taking into account the difficulties of a trip like this and also the inherent sense of adventure, I am sure that, in the end,  we will achieve another major goal of this tour: consolidate our ties of friendship and communication and our capacity to change or improve our environment as members of Nobel Peace Organization which aims for a nuclear weapons free world. 

This will be extremely important for the success of Basel Conference and for IPPNW future too.



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