The project intended to build a useful pedagogical tool based on art therapy/education techniques that are subsequently applied to primary/secondary school students in a post-Covid-19 pandemic situation or after prophylactic isolation of students and classes.The activities to be developed included, for this purpose, face-to-face training action, the construction of didactic material (Toolkit) and its subsequent application in classes (Pilot). At the online kick-off meeting, the Portuguese partner indicated that more schools and teachers were interested in the project than we had planned, therefore more schools and more participants were involved in the training from their side. They decided to have, as local partners, two social institutions (NGO’s) that work directly in 9 primary schools, developing the Curriculum Enrichment Activities program. These institutions are as follows: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de São João da Madeira; Associação de Tempos Livres Gente Miúda. The Hungarian partner involved two schools (Pécsi Református Kollégium Gimnáziuma, Általános Iskolája és Óvodája, Leőwey Klára Gimnázium) and two NGOs (Nevelők Háza Egyesület, Alapítvány a Helyi Közösségekért).
The project was written during the pandemic. Our idea was that the organizations involved in the project are developing a methodology specifically for the virus period, thus expanding their toolbox, and trying to help those working in the school sectors. Both partners work with schools, we wanted to show the teachers a new method and train them in the framework of a personal training session, preventing them from burnout and filling them up spiritually. We wanted to offer a usable, tested methodology for those who wish to address the adverse psychological effects of the virus, non-formally, to understand how this situation affects school-age children. As the project progressed, the virus subsided, but the trials and tribulations of children and young people did not: war, immigration, climate change etc. So we saw that the most important thing is to try to empower the children in the face of any negative circumstances, strengthening their own integrity and coping strategies.