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Act for inclusion

2019-1-PL01-KA105-0638642019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: PL|RO|TR|HU|LT · Grant: €16,407.89
Inclusion - equityCreativity and cultureRomas and/or other minorities

Objectives

Our project intends to put together participants from 5 countries which will work together in order to understand better the prejudices and stereotypes in their communities and learn to overcome them. By having as participants youngsters with a different background a safe learning environment will be created and a unique opportunity for everyone to share ideas and learn from others experience in order to see which is the best way to fight exclusion. They start from own experience and the methods used are very interactive: forum theatre, work in teams and in pairs, individual reflection, debate, role play, negotiation, simulation. The presented performances will provide viewers the opportunities to learn how to be tolerant with others, how to behave in conflict situations in multi ethnic/multicultural communities. We aim with this project: • to make the 30 participants aware about their personal and cultural identity; • to make the 30 participants recognize prejudice and all forms of discrimination; • to develop empathy, critical thinking and communication skills of the 30 participants; • to create an inclusive environment for the 30 participants; • to make the 30 participants to develop actions which deal with discrimination; • to enable the 30 participants to use theatre as a tool for education, communication and affirmation • to increased self-empowerment and self-esteem of the 30 youngsters The project objectives are that at the end of the project the 30 participants from Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, Turkey and Romania will be able to: • speak before groups in public spaces • be more aware of discrimination and prejudices in their everyday life, the local community and society they live in • better understand other youth groups in their community, especially youngsters from rural areas, Roma youngsters but also non Roma in the case of the Roma participants or youngsters coming from poor families • use forum theatre as a tool to fight discrimination, • understand and accept easier the intercultural differences from the community where they are living • become promoters of tolerance, understanding and human rights;

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