The project Powered by Nature: A Journey through Mental Health aimed to support the mental well‑being, resilience and social inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities through a nature‑based and experiential youth exchange. Both partner organisations work daily with young people in vulnerable situations and wanted to offer them a meaningful international learning experience. The objectives were to create a safe space for emotional expression, strengthen social and intercultural competences, promote connection with nature and sustainability, and foster European citizenship through lived experience rather than theory.