The 5th (and last!) edition of our Shokkin Kamp took place in a new place for us, EELK Laagrikeskus Talu, in the beginning of December 2019. Participants arrived to the venue in the morning of Saturday 7th and had some time to explore the new territory. There we found many interesting things there such as a … Continue reading Shokkin Kamp: Your Decision to Act! VOL.5 – Review
Category: Experiences
Reviews of local/international projects
"Shokkin Kamp: Your Decision to Act!“ is a local ESC solidarity project implemented by Shokkin Group Estonia, funded by the European Solidarity Corps and supported by the Estonian National Agency Noorteagentuur and Tallinna Spordi ja Noorsooamet. The project consists of five 24-hour events which involve youngsters aged 16-24 from Estonia. The 4th edition (and almost last!) … Continue reading Shokkin Kamp: Your Decision to Act! VOL.4 – Review
“COACH‘EM: Discovering Youth Coaching” was an international Erasmus+ Training Course organized by Shokkin Group Netherlands. The main activity of the project took place in Vierhouten (The Netherlands) during the period 27th September-5th October 2019. There were more than 30 participants who actively participated in the program. The objective of this project was to provide youth … Continue reading Our coaching experience in The Netherlands
"Honestly, I was not expecting this project to be THAT good! I knew it would be awesome, but it was more than awesome. Only one week, but it felt like a small-tiny-tiny chapter of your life. It is like you went out to a party, had fun and the next day you try to explain people … Continue reading Of how we became “board builders” in just a week…
This Autumn was very active for Shokkin Group Estonia, with local and international projects taking place almost every week. Let’s come back to mid-september to the project "Cooperate and Escape" with Shokkin Group Estonia and La Vibria Intercultural. The project took a place in the outskirts of Barcelona, where participants from 9 countries came together … Continue reading Cooperate and Escape: My first experience as a facilitator
I've recently been lucky enough to join #Shokkin on a training course called "Eduboards: Exploring Educational Board Games". One, it was an amazing training course, really well prepared, designed and implemented and two, the organisation is fantastic with great members, staff and an incredible amount of energy that I do not understand from where they … Continue reading Remembering “Eduboards: Exploring Educational Board Games” in Estonia
After two successful Shokkin Kamps, this autumn Shokkin Group came with the longer version of 36 hours Kamp from 27th to 29th of September in the midst of Estonian nature at Kloogarana Noortelaager. Shokkin Kamp: Your Decision to Act!" is a local ESC solidarity project implemented by Shokkin Group Estonia where young people can get … Continue reading Shokkin Kamp: Your Decision to Act! VOL.3 – Review
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)
In the beginning of September, the Shokkin team had an opportunity to be part of the Contact Making Event "Connecting People, Organizations, Communities, Europe" in Finland. As one of the organisations from 13 (!) different countries, we could present ourselves and look for new partners for upcoming projects. The meeting was amazingly facilitated by Pavel … Continue reading Experience CME: “Connecting People, Organizations, Communities, Europe” in Turku (Finland)
My goal was to dive deeper into the structure of youth work and understand how this system works, not only in Estonia, but also in other countries. "The aim of the long-term capacity-building project "UPGRADE" is to exchange experiences in working with youth, the creation of new ideas for improving the effectiveness of youth work, as … Continue reading Shokkin experience in “UPGRADE”