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Summer Camp Adventure

2019-2-CZ01-KA105-0615502019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: CZ|SK|ES · Grant: €15,317
Teaching and learning of foreign languagesYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Disabilities - special needs

Objectives

Summer camps are very unique experiences in children's lives and help to form their personalities more than most people probably realize. They experience adventures that stay with them forever. But they also require a lot of work, enthusiasm and patience from the side of the leaders. The youth workers have to be very skilled and experienced in order to be able to handle taking care of children 24/7. Our group TOM Dumánci has been organizing summer camps for more than10 years now. Over that time we cooperated with many excellent youth workers, but we also have many experiences with people who were quite useless while working with children. For example, at the moment we are dealing with the fact that we aren't able to find a skillful youthworker for our summer camp, in fact after two weeks many of them decide not to return. And based on this we realized the importance of "trainings for leaders" and the fact, that the earlier we start turning kids into youth leaders the better. The age between 16 and 20 is probably the best, because the people are already able to take on responsibility, but they are also still eager to learn and improve. Our project will take place in a beautiful campsite next to the river Lužnice. At the same time as the project, there will be a summer camp in the camp, so the participants will experience what it's like to be a leader on a summer camp - they will prepare games and activities for children, they will contribute to their language-learning process. Therefore, during the project, they will turn from only participants into good leaders with their own ideas and experiences. The main aim of our project is to awaken enthusiasm in the young people and show them how magical and rewarding working with children is, teach them different kinds of games and activities they can use any time and also give them the opportunity to experience life at a place in the middle of the countryside where there is forest on one side and river on the other. But at the same time we are going to let them understand that being a youth worker can be very demanding and require a lot of patience and energy, so that they are prepared for that in their future life. Aims and objectives of the project: - give the participants the opportunity to experience what it is like to be a youth-worker - teach youngsters how to cooperate with people from different backgrounds and solve problems together - give the youngsters the opportunity to organize outdoor activities and games for children and learn from their own mistakes - develop creativity of the participants - develop the ability of the participants to solve problems, make decisions and learn from their own mistakes - give the participants a theoretical knowledge about non-formal learning methodes and how to use them - teach the participants how to include children with fewer opportunities and disabilities into the activities - encourage the participants to learn foreign languages - give the participants the opportunity to experience life in the countryside - raise awareness about inclusion of disadvantaged people - promote intercultural learning and dialogue amongst the participants - motivate young people to work with children - let the participants experience what it takes to cook for themselves and the children - promote intercultural learning, break down prejudices - raise awareness about Erasmus+ .... amongst young people - motivate young people to be more active as european citizens - strenghten our mutual partnerships

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