cultures, knowledge and background, including youngsters with fewer opportunities who themselves live/(d) with mental disorders, have experience working with mentally ill people, know people with mental illnesses or are interested in the topic. With this project we want to give an opportunity to the participants to learn more about mental health and mental illnesses in a safe environment, gaining skills on how to effectively help and include people with mental disorders and how to ensure stable mental health through non-formal educational methods in an intercultural context. The objectives of the project are: - Broadening young peoples’ knowledge and awareness in the field of mental illnesses. - Breaking the distance and prejudice between people living with and without mental illnesses, fighting stigma surrounding mental disorders, promoting social inclusion. - Promoting intercultural learning, awareness and integration. - Raising awareness and promoting good mental health habits. - Building mutual empathy. - Raising the level of involvement of youngsters with mental illnesses in an intercultural project. - Empowering young people to leave their comfort zone, to raise their self-awareness and self-esteem, in order to increase their active participation. - Reinforce and enlarge cooperation among partners promoting social inclusion.
The lack of information and awareness of mental illnesses and not knowing how to deal with people who live with mental illnesses creates more misunderstanding, more mental and health problems, more prejudice, lower rate of employability and lower standard of living which are important social issues that we need to address. The project will include 30 young participants from 5 European countries with different cultures, knowledge and background, including youngsters with fewer opportunities who themselves live/(d) with mental disorders, have experience working with mentally ill people, know people with mental illnesses or are interested in the topic. With this project we want to give an opportunity to the participants to learn more about mental health and mental illnesses in a safe environment, gaining skills on how to effectively help and include people with mental disorders and how to ensure stable mental health through non-formal educational methods in an intercultural context. The objectives of the project are: - Broadening young peoples’ knowledge and awareness in the field of mental illnesses. - Breaking the distance and prejudice between people living with and without mental illnesses, fighting stigma surrounding mental disorders, promoting social inclusion. - Promoting intercultural learning, awareness and integration. - Raising awareness and promoting good mental health habits. - Building mutual empathy. - Raising the level of involvement of youngsters with mental illnesses in an intercultural project. - Empowering young people to leave their comfort zone, to raise their self-awareness and self-esteem, in order to increase their active participation. - Reinforce and enlarge cooperation among partners promoting social inclusion.