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Exchange between young Moroccans and young French: Taourirt and Debdou, two territories of the Eastern region symbolizing an intercultural heritage to be transmitted

2019-1-FR02-KA105-0156292019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: FR|MA · Grant: €18,176
EU Citizenship, EU awareness and DemocracyGender equality / equal opportunitiesInternational cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Objectives

The French association Compagnons Batisseurs Centre Val de Loire in partnership with the Maroccan association Kasbah pour le développement et l'entraide sociale would like to realize an exchange between French and Maroccan young volunteers. The project will take place in the historical village of Debdou, Marocco. This village used to be the prove that living in diversity is possible in a peaceful way. During three weeks, volunteers will have the opportunity to discover history of the city and the importance of the value of interculturality. The project will allow vunerable young people to travel abroad, make new experiences and getting contact with other cultures. The aim of this project is to increase their personal and Professional growth for a better integration in the society. The participants will work together on this project based on exchange, commitment and multiculturality. International and intercultural dimensions will favour their open-mindedness, collective consciouness and their ability to act. A total of twenty-two people going to share their daily time ; most of these youths are facing some social, economical and geographical difficulties that represent an obstacle to their social and professional integration. This project will help them to remove some of these obstacles thus making them more independent. The main activities, concerning intercultural discovery, are aimed at generating and strenghtening solidarity awarness within the youths. To make this possible, the project will implement collaborative and participative technical and educational workshops and will use non formal educational methods. The participants will learn tranditional and local masonry, participate in the renovation of whashing place and in the embellishment of the most important and historical places in the old area of the town. They will also act in role play, exhibitions, moving debates, theatre, discussions concerning movies. During these three weeks, they will be the main protagonists of the project. Additionally, they will take initiative to propose a project based on common and collective interest (interviews with local inhabitants, photo exhibition linked with the project). This project based on exchange and international encounters will allow the volunteers to share a solidarity experience. Commitment of young people in such project is positive for their way of living and acting. Active involvement enable them to reveal themselves and to get aware of what they are able to do. This experience will develop their self-confidence and stimulate them to have a better attitide about their professional life (looking for a job, education...). Finally, the associations Compagnons Batisseurs Centre Val de Loire and Ibn Khaldoune wish to offer to these young people the possibility to live an experience of mobility and intercultural exchanges, which is essential and beneficial for their empowerment.

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