Last September, our dear member Liisu decided to get a Mediterranean breeze and leave for a 11-month ESC volunteering experience in Terrassa (Catalunya) with our colleagues from La Vibria. We have asked her to share with us some insights of her life in Spain so far, and the result is not dissapointing at all! Enjoy … Continue reading “Adaptation and aha-moments” | Anna-Liisu’s adventures in Terrassa (PART IV)
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Last September, our dear member Liisu decided to get a Mediterranean breeze and leave for a 11-month ESC volunteering experience in Terrassa (Catalunya) with our colleagues from La Vibria. We have asked her to share with us some insights of her life in Spain so far, and the result is not dissapointing at all! Enjoy … Continue reading “Getting comfy” | Anna-Liisu’s adventures in Terrassa (PART III)
Last September, our dear member Liisu decided to get a Mediterranean breeze and leave for a 11-month ESC volunteering experience in Terrassa (Catalunya) with our colleagues from La Vibria. After the first few months, we have asked her to share with us some insights of her life in Spain so far, and the result is … Continue reading “Living in Spain: Culture shocks” | Anna-Liisu’s adventures in Terrassa (PART II)
Last September, our dear member Liisu decided to get a Mediterranean breeze and leave for a 11-month ESC volunteering experience in Terrassa (Catalunya) with our colleagues from La Vibria. After the first few months, we have asked her to share with us some insights of her life in Spain so far, and the result is … Continue reading Anna-Liisu’s adventures in Terrassa (PART I)
In August a group of Shokkin members and other young people from Estonia embarked on the adventure of “Disconnect to Reconnect”, a youth exchange that aimsed to create a space where participants could disconnect from technology to connect again with themselves, offering them tools to focus on their self-development process. Read here below their impressions:
Back in September 2021, members of Shokkin Group Estonia took part in the training course “Leading Ladder” in Portugal, and met with other leaders from Romania and Portugal with whom they had implemented their first international youth exchange earlier that summer. The positive emotions and energy that characterize Erasmus+ activities and successful adventures were still … Continue reading Experience | “StressOff” youth exchange in Estonia
Last April I had the rewarding chance of participating in the “Be Enterprising” training course in Samobor (Croatia) which main goal was to teach how to foster the enterpreneurial mindset in youth and in youth work. The topic itself was personally important to me, since in my line of work fostering entrepreneuership and that mindset … Continue reading Experience | “Be Enterprising”
From 10th to 18th September 2021, Alesja and Anna-Liisu participated in the international Erasmus+ training course “Leading Ladder”, run by Shokkin Group Estonia and Be International and hosted by A Jornada dos Heróis in Aguiar da Beira (Portugal). The project topic was facilitation and leadership, and here they share some impressions about their learning and … Continue reading Reminiscing about “Leading Ladder” in Portugal
This summer I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to take part in the training course “Breakout” in Borgo Incoronata (Italy), after being away from the Erasmus+ world for what felt like an eternity. The topic of the project? Creating and testing portable educational escape rooms. I’ve been working as a social studies and … Continue reading Of how we went all the way to Italy to discover educational escape rooms
Last August I had the chance to take part in an amazing training course about leadership that was hosted by MUYA (Malta UNESCO Youth Association). The main objectives were to give participants a better understanding of a leader’s role (in youth exchanges) and to equip them with different tools to use in the future … Continue reading Our leadership adventure in “LEAD” (Malta)