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"Estonia is now our second Motherland," says Tahsin Kayurga, who arrived in Estonia with his wife more than four years ago as political refugees. An engineer who once ensured that buildings in Turkey met strict earthquake standards has now rebuilt his life as a math teacher in Estonia. Tahsin is a math teacher at Tallinna Avatud Kool I'm sitting down with Tahsin for a second time. After listening to the recording of our first interview, I felt there was something more he want

Have you ever noticed something curious about people who speak foreign languages? No matter how fluent they are, there's one moment when almost everyone switches back to their mother tongue. It's calculating. Even when it's something as simple as splitting a bill, I can always hear my foreign friends (and myself included) whispering numbers in our native languages. That's why I was curious to meet a foreigner who became a math teacher in Estonia, teaching numbers, formulas, a

This is the story of Nikita, one of the job seekers I've had the chance to help. His journey is an inspiring example of how someone can overcome doubts and achieve their goals with the right guidance and support along the way. The story is told in the first person and takes us back to 2024 when farerahelery.com was just an idea and needed its first testers. The Background Story – Doubts and Setbacks I used to tell myself, “I am not good enough”, and even today, I still have m