"In the beginning of May we were sent by Shokkin Group Estonia to the Black Sea coast in Turkey, where a week-long training course on the topic of social entrepreneurship in youth work took place. It was a super-informative week full of hard work that was also really fun. We covered thoroughly the topic of … Continue reading Experience: The World of Social Enterprise (Turkey, May 2018)
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We did it again! As some of you know, for couple of months we have been preparing Conspiracy in Soviet Tallinn: a city game with couple of people connected to Shokkin. Conspiracy in Soviet Tallinn is a city game inspired by mechanics of escape rooms. It will take you back to the late 80s and … Continue reading EVS Blog: All conspirators welcome
We are proud to announce about something that we have been working on for a long time. And it is a youth camp that we are coordinating at Ole Lukoe summer camp! The idea of organizing a camp was growing inside of Shokkin Group for a few years now. Since we have been cooperating with … Continue reading Youth Camp by Shokkin & Ole Lukoe
It‘s coming! Hi, Filip here again, the EVS volunteer in Shokkin Group Estonia. During last couple of months a great lot of things happened and I finally found time to write a bit about it. So let’s jump right into it and let me tell you why last few months have been really exciting. Estonia … Continue reading EVS BLOG: Filip’s EVS in Estonia – Part III
So 1/3 has been done and mentioned in the previous blog post, let’s summarize the last 3 months here in Tbilisi. Time is still running fast. I am starting to feel that I would like it to slow down. There are still so many ideas that are not made real and the summer feeling starts … Continue reading EVS BLOG: “Do it your way” – February – April recap
COworking and COoperation: Youth workers and youth leaders from 8 countries, from 9 organizations met last February for the Contact Making event "Shokkin Therapy" with the aim of building a worldwide network of active, motivated and creative young people, who are ready to create a better world for youth. This brought the opportunity to celebrate … Continue reading Experience: We call it special COnnection. Shokkin Therapy in Denmark
"Making up games comes so naturally to children and youngsters, but as adults we tend to loose this playful and fun approach to life. On 10th of January youth workers and youth leaders from eight countries gathered in the small Georgian town of Rustavi to relearn the excitement of playing games. This Erasmus+ training course … Continue reading Experience “Games 4 Learning” in Georgia
"In January I packed my bag and boarded a flight to Portugal, Lisbon, in order to attend the Erasmus+ training course "From Protection to Promotion". I arrived a few days earlier to explore the city on my own and it was a really good idea, as there was no time for this later on. Our training … Continue reading Experience: “From Protection to Promotion” in Portugal
Here is a blog post summarizing all the things done in the past 3 months. One third of the EVS is already done and it flew very fast. If the next two thirds will fly this fast it will be a sad situation as only now I start feeling that the adaptation successfully past and … Continue reading EVS BLOG: “Do it your way” – 1/3 done…
In this post I would like to share my emotions and thoughts about my adaptation period in Tbilisi. I have been to Georgia several times before and I thought nothing will surprise me here. But I was wrong! One person told me: “one thing is to visit Georgia and it’s totally another to live here”. … Continue reading EVS BLOG: “Do it your way” – adaptation period