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Believe in yourself

2020-1-FI01-KA105-0661722020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: FI|HR · Grant: €19,455.74
Creativity and cultureHealth and wellbeingYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

The general aim of the project was to increase the awareness of issues that youngsters face and to equip young people with skills to deal with them in a more effective way in fields of their everyday life by being more self-aware of values and inner-worth based on their actual knowledge, skills and abilities rather than fake ones that they might be exposed to in virtual world. The objectives of the project: -Have a better understanding of what issues young people are facing -Build resilience toward negative influences of their peers and society by raising awareness on their skills, abilities, support of others and self-worth -Create an activity that involves local people (to show and promote their diversities such as culture, heritage, arts, crafts as something valuable) During the training course, we wanted the participants to gain theoretical knowledge about the issues that their peers are also facing and have the space to get new perspective and personal stand on those important topics. Participants were facilitated through the tailor-made sessions to explore their own thoughts, feelings, emotions and also compare them to realities of young people from another country that are quite similar. In that way they they had a chance to work on their compassion and understanding but also see that they are not alone. Understand their strengths, feel the support from the group and initiate the process of being more resilient toward the negative influences they are currently facing. Also the cultural and religious differences and discussion about values was important. We wanted the participants to learn about different values and different lifestyles and be more open-minded and understanding of people coming from different backgrounds.

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