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Food Exchange

2019-3-TR01-KA105-0801072019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: TR|LT|PL|DE|BE|HR · Grant: €14,766
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural HeritageCreativity and culture

Objectives

There are a lot of foods still unexplored by young people in Turkey and Europe. Through this youth exchange, we aim to prevent young people from social exclusion by including their active participation in intercultural dialogue via FOOD. The youth exchange created a bridge between cultures where differences are accepted and encouraged, and this happened with the help of food and cooking. Young people shared each other's culture and broke people's mental barriers through food and cooking. Food Exchange increased tolerance and promoted acceptance of different opinions by tasting and cooking different national dishes. This project also addressed the need for more acceptance and open-mindedness towards different nationalities and cultures in our local communities. For young people who are from different countries, the exploration of their own culture and other cultures through preparing, sharing, and learning about food will be an exciting and very revealing journey that helped them to understand their own culture better and will help them connect to, and learn about other different cultures. Food Exchange helped create an intercultural dialogue between young people from different nationalities. Young people will learn about other countries and their lifestyles through food and cuisine. As emphasized in the 2020 EU strategies "Youth on the move" strategy, in the youth Exchange during the sessions about food culture, young individuals developed critical thinking skills and information filtering skills through discovering non-formal learning methods and the possibilities of the Erasmus+ program..

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