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Seeds of Transformation

2019-3-RO01-KA105-0779992019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: RO|LV|PT|IT|HR|ES|EL|CY · Grant: €5,405.4
Migrants' issuesIntegration of refugeesNew innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Objectives

From one generation to the other, young people keep changing, therefore youth workers need to stretch and adjust according to the new needs that are arising in the youth field. New waves of immigrants, migrants and refugees arrive in Europe, for different reasons (related to important life transitions, such as finding and starting work, obtaining higher education or starting a family), and the need for including them in the society, as well as engaging them in fundamental values emerges inevitably. There is a need for life-long learning and continuous professional growth of youth workers. There is also a need for a constant innovation and adaptation in youth work in order to enrich its arsenal and have a purposeful impact. Youth work can play a significant role in changing the status quo in the field of social inclusion of youth with refugee/migrant background. The Youth Work Report 2014 identified that youth work can result in a range of positive effects for youth which enable them to enhance competences, reinforce their network and social capital, improve particular behaviours and develop positive relationships, elements fundamental for the social inclusion and development of youth with migrant/refugee background. In this context we created 'Seeds of Transformation' that AIMS at enhancing the capacities of youth workers to create transformational and meaningful learning spaces for social inclusion of hard to reach youth (including migrants and immigrants) by using mindfulness through nature-based interventions. The objectives of the project are: 1.By the end of the training, to increase by 75% the knowledge of the 24 youth workers related to mindfulness through nature-based approach and their benefits for hard to reach youth 2.By the end of the project, to improve by 75% the skills of the 24 youth workers in using mindfulness through nature-based approach with hard to reach youth 3.By the end of the project, to increase by 75% the motivation and inspiration of the 24 youth workers to work more frequently and effectively with the hard to reach youth 4.By the end of the project, to implement 24 follow-up action plans with hard to reach youth in the countries involved The training course, which is the only activity of this project, will help the youth workers to improve their work with the hard to reach young people, including migrants and immigrants by incorporating mindfulness through nature-based methods in their work. The competences gained by the participants are meant to be applied to foster the social inclusion of the hard to reach youth, supporting them to reach their full potential.

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