Through this project, we focused on highlighting the importance of mental well-being and an active & healthy youth life through educational outdoor activities. We wanted to create a sustainable and supportive community within which disadvantaged young people could receive peer support while taking part in meaningful skill development activities and while giving similar support to others. By offering a space for connection, exploration, reflection, and peer-to-peer support we could take away some of the pressure, stress, and anxiety that our participants faced. In the project, young people had an opportunity to share and build a community in which they included not only themselves but also others. This was done through intercultural encounters such as living and working together, designing own activities, and exchanging experiences in different forms in this way approaching the topic of mental well-being and active & healthy life from a very practical and experience-based perspective. While developing this project application, we looked at some research materials. This offered a solid background for our work during the past couple of months: "...the data shows that more than one in two people (55%) could be considered at risk of depression, while the risk of depression is higher among women, people with financial difficulties, and younger people; besides the ongoing impact of the pandemic, young people are also facing difficulties with the rising cost of living and the ongoing war which only worsens the situation (Mental Health in Europe, OECD, 2022); not having a chance to take part in activities that support mental well-being is shown to worsen education options while contributing to higher rates of unemployment and poorer physical health." By creating inclusive learning opportunities, we wanted to reach out to those who could benefit from this project the most but somehow had no chance before. The target group that we had for this project was young people facing difficulties in social contexts and experiencing exclusion in some form (the reason for this could stem from their economic situation, educational background, geographic positioning, or limited social skills). We saw from our previous experiences how projects that brought together people from different parts of Europe could improve someone's perspective. When there was a chance to create activities, be in nature, socialize with peers, and focus on self-development, there was a chance for positive change and new perspectives. There was a chance for involvement, inclusion, and active participation. And this is what we wanted to reignite through this new initiative. This project was planned as an intercultural community experience on mental health through which young people could recharge, refocus, learn, exchange ideas, and go from survival mode into reflection mode. It was planned as a recharging and inclusive learning experience for young people that welcomed a sense of belonging while offering the chance for personal healing and community building. We wanted to work with outdoor activities as they were proven to have a positive impact on the mental health and well-being of young people - they can reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance cognitive functioning (Jackson SB, Stevenson KT, Larson LR, 2021). During our previous programs, we noticed that by adding outdoor activities to our learning processes, we managed to create a new learning environment that nurtured and stimulated progress, especially for those who faced mental health issues. Through the implementation, we aimed to create an impact on multiple levels: on the one hand, we wanted to create an insightful and unique experience for our participants - they got the chance to learn more about themselves in a supportive community, thus feeling encouraged to participate in other social activities; on the other hand, we wanted to support them in creating similar experiences and learning communities for other youngsters back home - thus evoking a chain reaction. We aimed to enrich the possibilities around various facilitation practices related to well-being within and beyond our consortium. The objectives of this youth exchange were: - to bring together 43 young people in the youth exchange from which 80% were marginalized youngsters with difficult backgrounds, coming from our partners' networks and facing mental health issues; - to improve the soft skills and social skills (life skills) of these young people through outdoor games, different reflection activities, practical tasks, and self-care practices, thus encouraging their active participation and sense of initiative; - to promote various ways of guidance while working in smaller and bigger groups; - to promote educational activities as a pathway to creating inclusive communities; - to organize seven community gatherings (one per country); - to promote self-organized learning communities and their benefits.