Cooperation strengthens with every new physical meeting and we had a great opportunity to host Jadyra from the Institute for Youth Development in Tallinn. Jadyra came for her study visit to Shokkin Group for 7 days to discover our game-based learning approach, get insights into the youth work context in Tallinn and continue working on … Continue reading Hosting the second part of #Prospects4Youth @ Tallinn
Category: Experiences
Reviews of local/international projects
This August brought Shokkin Group's team one of the biggest events that we have ever done locally, which was to create and lead our own camp theme for a week. It has been a collaboration with Ole Lukoe Laagrid, who cooperates with us since its beginning. We are very glad to have such great friends … Continue reading Shokkin shift @ Olelukoe Camp 2018!
Quite a lot of things around us could have a second life. Some of them can be turned into a great number of things, including musical instruments. For the second upcycle project we gathered a group of people with skills and experiences ranging from ability to play multiple musical instruments to being good at making … Continue reading Upcycle Your Life – Vol. 2 in Leipzig (Germany)
Hi, dear friend! Let me bring you to the worldwide adventure called “international youth projects” 🙂 I personally really like to broaden my mind every day by reading books, watching videos on YouTube and being connected to people from different backgrounds discussing every topic which is interesting to talk about. But let me tell you, … Continue reading Experience: We are only humans, after all…
Starting in May and until November 2018, Shokkin Group Estonia and Shokkin Group International are part of a very exciting twinning project "Prospects for Youth", implemented in partnership with Institute for Youth Development in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). The twinning program includes two study visits, one in Kyrgyzstan (implemented in July 2018) and one in Estonia (to … Continue reading Twinning Program between Europe and Kyrgyzstan
No way! It’s time to finish it all up and go home. Time flew and 9 months feel like only 2 or 3. It seems that many bullet points of the learning goals were ticked off, while others not. The last three months were productive and adventurous. It’s been more of a busy period for … Continue reading EVS BLOG: “Do it your way”, May-July recap
"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)
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