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Resilient Visual Tales

2019-3-IT03-KA105-0170222019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: IT|NL|PT|CZ|BG|EL|ES|DK · Grant: €15,253.46
Migrants' issuesIntegration of refugeesYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

Resilient Visual Tales is a project born with the aim to address the problem of refugees inclusion in non formal education context in youth work. The aim of the training was to train youth workers in the creation of participatory photography projects with refugees and migrant, including practical experience involving a group of local refugees and migrant to give the participants the opportunity to really experience the theoretical contents dealt with during the first days of the mobility. The project was born after a careful analysis of the psychological situation that characterizes many refugees in our countries. One of the majorities seems to be to rebuild self-confidence and to face often latent traumas, in order to allow a healthy integration in the new community. The use of photography in a therapeutic way helps to do this. Thus, the project proposal aimed to strengthen the competences of youth workers and youth leaders in finding creative approaches and know new methods using photography and video, for fostering the inclusion of refugees and also marginalized young people with migrant background. More specifically the project's objectives were: -To share experiences in the field of participatory photography with migrants, refugees and displaced people -To empower reflections on different dimensions of migration and mobility -To strengthen the understanding of inclusion and its challenges for young refugees and young people with migrant background -To create strategies on youth work context to improve the quality of youth service which are developed for refugees and young people with migrant background -To explore the role of youth work in inclusion strategies on educational services -To create and implement local activities on inclusion of young refugees -To equip young workers with effective tools and methods that also consider the psychological aspect and the inner world of refugees, with potential traumas and difficulties -To strengthen ties between people and organizations engaged in the field of youth work creating an online platform that serves as a platform for the dissemination of the participatory photography project, giving access to multiple threads of stories and photographs. -To let participants to become aware about the refugees situation in the countries and in EU -To reduce racism and xenophobia toward refugees and young people with migrant background -To increase educational services in youth works for refugees and migrant.

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