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Fairytale of Erasmus-World

2019-3-CZ01-KA105-0769682019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: CZ|MK|TR|ES|PL|LT · Grant: €20,889.72
Civic engagement / responsible citizenshipEU Citizenship, EU awareness and DemocracyCreativity and culture

Objectives

We wanted to look at fairy tales through the prism of the diversity of cultures and countries and to understand which heroes and why take place in different parts of Europe. We wanted to discuss, how human rights are violated in fairy tales and how can we rewrite stories. Is it ok that the prince kisses Sleeping Beauty without her permission? Was Cinderella cheating by pretending to be someone she’s not? Was Jack justified in stealing from the giant on top of the beanstalk? Was the Gingerbread Man wrong to trust the fox? Should he have assumed that all foxes are bad? How do we decide whom to trust? And we wanted to remind youngsters of how important it is to think critically in all aspects of life, even those which came to us from parents and teachers. Therefore, the aim of the youth exchange was to give the opportunity for youth from different backgrounds to reflect on diversity, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue through fairy tales, to experience different methods of non-formal education in order to raise awareness about human rights and encourage developing soft skills needed in their personal and professional life. The objectives of the youth exchange were: - to raise youngsters’ awareness about European values and to help them to become more sensitive towards the actual global challenges; - to promote inclusion, diversity, equality, solidarity, empathy and tolerance and to foster intercultural understanding between people of different origins; - to equip youngsters with knowledge and tools about creative thinking, storytelling, public speaking, teamwork and other soft skills through non-formal methods of education; - to create space for sharing knowledge and exchanging ideas with the atmosphere of common understanding between peers representing different cultures and backgrounds. - to promote different opportunities under Erasmus +Program and the Youthpass as a tool for the recognition of non-formal competences. - create a video, which displays the value of diversity, multiculturalism and reflection on human rights, which will later be distributed among partners.

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