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Refugees have no option, you do!

2019-1-EL02-KA105-0049372019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: EL|ES|TR|RO|IT|UK|DE|SE · Grant: €28,470
Integration of refugeesMigrants' issuesSocial dialogue

Objectives

Our contemporary world is experiencing a period of great change, where next to the ongoing social transformations are needed parallel personal paths of evolution. Alongside the social policies to find the balance, we need to carry on a process of personal growth and awareness that starts from each individual. Photography, as a medium, can contribute to this process of identification and personal evolution, becoming an instrument through which to look, and see the world, helping to create the basis for a more conscious and active attitude. Photography can become a bridge-contact between us and others as well as being an authentic communication tool; tool that can give voice to our thoughts, putting us in connection - human – in an authentic. way Than Photography is a universal language, without linguistic and geographical boundaries, suitable for intercultural experiences between people from different countries. This project, entitled "" Refugees have no option, you do" is a project that uses the photographic instrument as a tool like a “bridge" between each participant and what is the thematic reference: migration policies that are literally transforming our world and bringing to the surface fears and limitations to which all of us we are living. There is a fundamental work of sensitization and integration that we should to do. Objectives of the project are: -To promote EU values and Erasmus + programme -To encurage partecipation to organize different actions and projects to reacg the awareness in the community of social problems on local, national and international level -To recognize, value and celebrate young people's positive contributions to society -To create intercultural dialogue -To learn more about issues of migration, of Dublin Convention, the human situation that migrant find themselves, but above all on the awareness that being a refugee is not a choice, but a consequence of very complex economic and social balance -To understand that "the other"is never different from us, a reflection on how to live responsibly and not ego-centred, making them aware of what aspect of our lives can make the changes so that have a benefit for the whole community -Discover different opinions and point of view about contemporary social problems -Building critical thinking and observation skills thanks the Photo Voice Method -Spread the use of the Photo voce method (that has a lot of benefits: it can be used with any target, and at any age, the basic level of Photography is easy to learn and is accessible to all, through the photos people can communicate and share easily, take pictures can change the perception that people have about their social and physical environment, Photos can be a clear representation of what exists at a particular time, and are tools of great emotional impact, etc.) -Empowering to articulate interpretations about a social problem with the Photographic tool -Start to use a Digital Media as Facebook for social purposes. The Photographic portfolio relized will become awareness material on the net, through the creation of a visual storytelling -Raise awareness about problems by organizing local event and create online campaign -To overcome the language barriers -After the realization of the project, participants will have the opportunity to discover and explore similarities and differences between cultures and it has developed a process of awareness and empathy about people came from other country, about migrant issues. -The youth exchange will also provide the opportunity the participants to create New friendships

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