We wanted to achieve important project goals aimed at the comprehensive development of participants. We involved students in the process of creating and implementing activities to encourage them to develop personally. They gained new knowledge and experience in the area of health, which contributed to their better preparation for their future professional life. Students learned to take joint responsibility for assigned tasks, which increased their self-presentation skills and raised their self-esteem. They developed teamwork skills, which in the future will improve their chances of employment. Participants gained valuable experience and developed key competences. Study visits had a positive impact on the participants’ initiative, entrepreneurship and cultural awareness. Students had the opportunity to test their abilities, learn effective planning and cooperation. Study visits in their own country allowed them to better identify with the region and the country. Students developed key competences, including language, mathematical and digital skills. International cooperation has increased the prestige of schools and counteracted educational inequalities by engaging students with special educational needs.
We applied for this project to respond to the health needs of the community at that time, i.e. during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our activities were aimed at supporting participants in building their immunity in the particularly difficult autumn-winter period. The project combined the impact of a balanced diet, physical activity, psychological aspects and physiotherapy, necessary in the face of chronic stress, which weakens the immune system. We encouraged and convinced people to live a healthy lifestyle through proper nutrition and physical activity, drew their attention to the increasingly common posture defects, and raised awareness of the importance of ecology and charity. Through various workshops, participants learned to cope with stress and negative emotions, which improved their well-being and body performance. Both students and local communities benefited from the project activities, which contributed to their personal and professional development. Our goal was therefore not only to improve health, but also to develop competences and civic activity, which in the long term will contribute to the strengthening of local communities.