The project "Small Homelands = Europe" was aimed at three groups of 10 young people each from Poland, Ukraine, and Turkey. Each group was accompanied by two group leaders from their respective countries, all supervised by a coordinator from Poland. The coordinator oversaw all project activities on both sides. The project was an initiative of young people associated with the OHP 3-18 Labor Corps Unit in Lublin and the CEiPM Lublin. The project’s core idea was to use history, tradition, and culture as tools for non-formal education, breaking down barriers and stereotypes. Workshops and project activities incorporated elements of folklore from both partner countries, serving as cultural exploration tools, fostering European integration and openness to diversity and otherness. This approach also helped overcome language barriers. Working in a joint international group promoted European values and created a natural space for unity, blurring borders. At the youth's own initiative, the project placed emphasis on learning history in an unconventional, more experiential than theoretical way. Participants independently created a digital guide to historically significant places in the region where the mobility took place. They saw this not just as a way to spend time, but as an opportunity to shape, share, and promote values such as tolerance, honesty, integration, and empathy. It also served as a great excuse to meet and work together. Development and learning, as well as shaping personality through the lens of the past, are particularly important for young people, especially in the long term. The use of digital formats in project activities allowed participants to acquire new competencies. Our project, born from the ideas and initiative of the youth themselves, proposed enriching real-life relationships with virtual ones, treating them as two inseparable components. To this end, online meetings before and after the mobility served as a complement to the exchange. This enhanced the linguistic and digital competencies of socially excluded young people who often struggle to find their place in modern reality. The goal of the project was to develop a positive and conscious attitude towards history as the "teacher of life" — turning it into a door that opens the future. It also aimed to push participants out of their comfort zones through self-presentation, acquiring knowledge, competencies, and experiences related to the promotion of European values as multifaceted, intercultural, and integrative. Participants had the chance to integrate, work, and create together as teams, breaking down linguistic, cultural, social, and religious barriers. An added value of the project was that OHP youth (often confined within the bubble of their local environment) stepped outside their comfort zones and overcame personal limitations. The young people had the opportunity to confront and reject stereotypes prevalent in their isolated communities regarding tolerance, ethnic, cultural, religious, and worldview differences. The activities outlined in the project took place in Lublin, Poland, from October 26th to November 2nd, 2024 (excluding travel time). A key element of the exchange was exploring the history and culture of all three countries in a non-formal way. Youth from all partner organizations jointly created a digital guide to historically interesting places in the region of the mobility, along with proposed tour programs that can be used in the future. These guides were published on YouTube and the websites of the partner organizations, which increased the project’s reach and impact. Additionally, as part of non-formal education and integration, participants explored the history and culture of the places where the mobility took place. Youth built relationships and refined project ideas through virtual contact. In today's post-pandemic reality, initiating youth activities and promoting integration is especially important. The mobility was preceded by online preparatory meetings, which helped break initial barriers, allowed participants to get to know one another, and build relationships. Considering the pandemic and the ongoing situation in Ukraine — which resulted in the breaking of social ties — the project also served as an effective form of resilience, particularly in developing the ability to adapt to changing conditions.