I am part of several organisations that with different hindrances holding back either members from being more active, their services underused, long-term aims unreachable or current processes flawed. Initially my main reason to take part of the TC “Impactor” was to eventually make my own local project idea come true within my sending organization, but … Continue reading Experience: Enhancing the local impact of NGOs at “IMPACTOR”
Category: Experiences
Reviews of local/international projects
“We Are All Timebankers” youth exchange took place in Pontevedra (Spain) from 8th until 16th of May, 2019. During this time, we learned a lot about timebank basics, performed lots of workshops and played games that were not only fun and interesting, but were an educational source. It was the very first project of mine, … Continue reading #TIIIIIIIIME…. BANKERS! Our experience in Pontevedra (Spain)
The training course “Digibox: Enriching Youth workers Digital Toolboxes for Involvement” took place from 28.04 - 05.05 in Trabzon (Turkey). The project was focused on the study of new digital tools and their use in educational processes with young people. During the project we had many different sessions and activities, some of which I really want … Continue reading Exploring new digital tools in youth work at #DigiboxTC (Turkey)
What does perfection mean to you? In April we experienced this in beautiful Scanzano Jonico, Italy. Lovely sunny weather, seaside, sunsets and sunrises, amazing accommodation in a 4-star hotel with pool, tasty Italian food, unlimited amount of sweet juicy oranges, like-minded people around and learning something new every day on topics we were passionate about … Continue reading Experience review: “Visual Dreamers” and the magic of graphic facilitation
Recently, I’ve been lucky enough to take part in ‘European Activist Factory’, a project organised by Shokkin Group International. It was held in Vihi (Estonia) and it was my first project in my home country. Never before had I participated in any Estonian projects, to be honest I did not even know what Vihi was! … Continue reading The #ActivistFactory effect. “European Activist Factory” Part I
From 22nd to 24th of March, 14 youngsters came together to practice their English skills and to learn more about the art of storytelling. The two groups of participants were from Tallinn Linnamäe Russian Lyceum and Tamsalu Gymnasium, where the youth meeting was held. During these three days the youngsters worked on various aspects of … Continue reading Noortekohtumised “Stories of a Generation”
In the beginning of February Anna, one of our members in Shokkin Group Estonia had the chance to take part in one week training in Germany from the Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg. “The qualification concept of Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg is focused on the personal development of every individual by strengthening their social skills, the willingness to take responsibility and the … Continue reading Hello from winter with Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg!
The team of Critical Escape in Shokkin Group has been working on building portable educational escape rooms for a while now. We have been getting on nicely - after some thorough research and brainstorming, the two main topics of the rooms have been chosen and story lines written. The first team works on the topic … Continue reading Critical Escape: Update nº3
Would you like to live in an Utopia, or Reality is enough for you? How does the Utopian education look like and how to get there? Alina, Marina and Ksenia were looking for answers for these questions during a week in Denmark on the training course “European Education: Utopia or Realty?”. They shared and discussed educational … Continue reading Experience in “European Education: Utopia or Reality?” in Denmark
From 21st until 24th February our Message Wear 2018 team had the final meeting of the Transnational Youth Initiative (Erasmus+) with Shokkin Group Netherlands in Amsterdam. During those amazing days we shared the results of each national team, did brainstorming, had a screen printing workshop and even designed our own T-shirts together, combining small sketches … Continue reading MW Amsterdam final meeting