In this project, which took place in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) last September, we discovered ourselves as listeners and storytellers. During this week warmed by Spanish sun, we learned not only how to tell stories, but also how to organize Human Library events, including those little aspects that we never notice: space organization, advertisement, registration, … Continue reading Experience: To Be a Person is to Be a Story
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During this week in Rustavi Scouts Centre we discovered the topics of radicalization, extremism and what to do to prevent them from taking over our society. It was an amazingly thorough training course full of practical exercises as well as creating educational escape rooms to raise awareness on social problems connected to radicalization. We were … Continue reading Finding our way out in Georgia: Escape Radicalization
"From August 9th to 19th, young people from Estonia, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Italy came together in beautiful A Coruña (Spain) to learn more about the art of storytelling and what importance it carries throughout our lives. During the project they collaborated with local Galician elderly who were happy to share their life experiences … Continue reading “Back 2 the Future”: The best project I have been to
"One day, during an unusually hot summer day in Estonia, I got an email from Shokkin Group. I had never heard of the organization before, and as the email seemed rather appealing, I decided to read it right away. It turned out that they were looking for participants in three different training courses. They all … Continue reading Experience: Rediscovering games in “Game Zone” (Malta)
Last September, Shokkin Group sent three young enthusiasts from Estonia -Greete, Helen and Kasper- to take part in an Erasmus+ training course in Georgia to learn more about getting better visibility for youth organisations, including creating appealing visuals and sharing best practices about social media strategies. The first day was full of energy and exciting … Continue reading Experience:“Show Up! Best practices of Increasing Visibility of Youth Work” in Kobuleti, Georgia
Places: 2 participants (18-40) Venue: Rustavi (Georgia) Hosting organization: Youth Association Droni Project Dates: 9th-17th November 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 360 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 20th September 2018 Description Escape/quest games involve a team of people working together in order to fulfill challenging mental, logical, at times physical tasks. Such games are engaging, thrilling … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Escape Radicalization” in Rustavi (Georgia)
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…
Places: 2 participants (18-40) Venue: Velbert (Germany) Hosting organization: Jubuk Project Dates: 17th- 24th November 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 275 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 30th August 2018 Description This training course is connected to educational game design and game facilitation to address social topics such as migration, inter-cultural understanding, inter-religious dialogue, tolerance, anti-discrimination. The … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Game Time” in Velbert (Germany)
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
Places: 3 participants (aged 18-30) Venue: Dingli Youth Activity Centre (Malta) Hosting organization: Malta UNESCO Youth Association (MUYA) Project Dates: 27th September – 4th October 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 360 euros Deadline to send application form: 23th July 2018 Description The current situation in Europe is deterring in relation to migration waves, long-lasting youth unemployment, economic struggle, … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Game Zone” in Dingli (Malta)