The objectives of the project were: - to stimulate the interest and curiosity of European youth about other cultures and lives of their peers around the globe, through a remote exchange program - to encourage young people in Europe and beyond to be part of initiating positive change - to provide tools and methods to create and facilitate opportunities for young people to develop social skills, sense of belonging in the global society and to enable them to grow to their full potential - to strengthen the capacities of young people to have meaningful active and productive communication for mutual understanding through the production of digital and artistic contents The project will directly involved 20 European youth & a number of peers from 4 countries in the Global South (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Yemen, Ethiopia) in a global youth network able to share competencies and ideas with a peer-to-peer dynamic and to activate talents, resources and capacities.
The overarching motivation and reason for applying for the project was MMCCglobal's (lead-organisation's) wish to engage young Europeans in its activities in Afghanistan and planned expansion to more countries in the global south. As a result of Covid-19, travel had become limited which changes the way youth connect to the world. As travelling contributes to developing youth identity , strengthens self-esteem and opens the minds and souls of young people, and with the limitations imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the idea behind the project essentially was to give young people a digital alternative and to thereby mutually explore if and how it is possible to connect, travel, learn and become virtual friends with young peers in countries often forgotten.