The trip to Brussels was an amazing experience writes Favour Ekengwu, one of the Engage London participants at the Engage Europe media workshops.

Scenes from the photo booth at the IHECS hosted party at Loft 58. The workshop participants were from London, Barcelona, Tubingen, Cluj, Mechlen and Brussels. (c) Engage London/Matt Hardy

From the time we got on the train to Brussels the Eurostar stewards were really outgoing and were able to teach us the basics of French.

Favour Ekengwu during the graffiti workshop (c) Engage London/Matt Hardy

The people in Brussels were very approachable. It was an interesting experience; we received a warm welcome from the professors who prepared the programs. They spoke in English which was very helpful because most of understand (it’s the lingua franca of Europe).

Favour Ekengwu during the photo portrait workshop (c) Engage London/Matt Hardy

I particularly enjoyed the photo portrait workshop because we were outside in the city and I got to see what happened within the community. I was intrigued because the neighbourhood was really friendly and they were patient enough to hear us out when we wanted to introduce them to what we were doing in the workshop.

Favour Ekengwu at IHECS, Brussels at the party to celebrate the end of the workshop. (c) Engage London

Engage London has approx 27 members – a lucky eight were able to attend the Brussels summer school at IHECS from 24-28 June. They were Pilion Trust’s Rahim Amin, Favour Ekengwu, Naomi Gahie, Charlie Tshibangu and City’s journalism undergrads Matt Hardy, Alun Macer-Wright, Diana Serenli, Meagan Walker. Big thanks to Engage Europe for creating this opportunity.