Active Youth in Local Community Life
It’s our first Project that serious – four countries, four languages (but if you wanted to count, there was at least 7 languages created for the project), twelve days, more than twenty different personalities and various expectations, and all these things in tiny villages Sielec and Kurozwęki, organized by even smaller Foundation of Youth Activation and Development. But it worked!
Coordinator: Barbara Karaś
The preparations lasted over six months, the fist visit of our foreign guests in February 2005 was an introduction for the summer project. The subsidy won in June 2005 from Youth Programme made it possible for us to organize four-side exchange in the winter. The products of the project are a poster wich promotes active attitude and "The Youth Manifesto".
Preparation visit 22.07-25.07.2005
we were working as hard, as having fun…
A little talk with Martin Popiel, the owner of Palace Complex in Kurozwęki, where the group participating in the exchange was accommodated.
Youth Exchange 17.08-29.08.2005
24 persons from four countries came for the Exchange from youth organizations from Poland (farma), Czech Republic (Hodina H – Youth association from Pelrimov), Slovakia (KERIC – Kuszycki Regional Center of European Information from Cadcy) and Slovenia (MSMOK – Youth City Council Koper).
The aim of the "Active Youth in Local Community Life" Project on the one hand considering youth activity opportunities in local communit life in small towns and villages and to mobilize the participants to further activity in their own environment; on the other hand making some mess in local community of our region and making some influence on local government of all partner organizations, to enlarge young peoples possibilities in creating their reality.
The program was full of integration activities and intercultural learning, we also prepared many attractions for our guests (sport activities, sightseeing, an opportunity to participate in Harvest Festival).
Presenting the organisations: Michał (KERIC), Lumir (Rodina H), Bostian (MSMOK), Agata i Basia (FARMa).
Paweł Szczepański, the Village headman of Kurozwęki showing the most beautiful places in the village.
Sport activities in Sielec; the of it’s kind climbing on the playground!
Mini Championship Sielec 2005; the boys shared their positions very quickly, girls were discriminated, but we didn’t give up ;)
Kickboxing.
In the tree shadow in Sielec.
During our visit in Sielec we were guests of Tadeusz Wrześniak, who cared about us like we were kings. Thank you!
Horseriding In Sielec.
The following activities weren’t planned :)
Day in Staszów. The group with Eloi (EVS Francja) in Staszów Culture Centre during a beautiful concert of young and promising musicians – students of SCC music school.
The meeting with the city mayor Romuald Garczewski.
The project was full of classes, integrating games, discussions about youth situation in our cities and villages, presentations of our organizations, Youth Project, the document "Revised European Charter on Youth Participation in Local and Regional Life" and many others.
Ledder of Youth Empowerment
All classes were lead by us alone, it was a World championship in peer-to-peer education, which means same age education.
Our Project turned up to be an interesting material for TV relation ;)
Intercultural learning ;)
We had a constant contact with nature, chich turned up to be an interesting experience for some of us ;)
Huta Szklana village in Świętokrzyskie Mountains.
Łysica and an international witchcraft convention ;)
Sandomierz, the city we were enchanted by for the whole day:
During these several days we were working on youth manifesto, in which we wrote some points-demands referring to changes with are needed in our local governments to improve youth participation. As an extra we made a poster which promoted our project and and active attitude to reality. The manifesto is going to be pronted in four languages and given to local governments of Staszów, Pelhrimov, Cadca, Koper and Fulnek. The posters will be hung in our hometowns.
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