The Youth Exchange will be a platform for the participants to learn how puppetry can be used to address social issues, promote inclusion, diversity and tolerance. The youth exchange wants to create a safe space for the participants to express themselves and their emotions, especially about the main topics of the youth exchange. Working collaborativly in teams, creating the puppet show performances, building puppets and the cultural exchange activities will foster teamwork, empathy, and a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives. The participants will learn how to make puppets, how to develop goals for the play. They will learn how to develop a story in the context of the topics of the exchange, how to write scripts and dialogues, how to perform with puppets and in front of audiences, to interact with the audience before, during and after the play, to create a supplementary program around the play Further on the objectives of the youth exchange are: ● encourage creativity, empathy, critical thinking, and self-expression through puppet theater activities and workshops; ● foster intercultural understanding and respect through collaborative puppet shows with audience; ● promote the use of puppet theater in youth work at the local, regional, national, and European levels by sharing the project’s creative methodology and resources with other youth organizations; ● ensure project sustainability and effect by growing capacity, forming partnerships, and sharing resources; ● improve children’s emotional intelligence via puppet theater and storytelling; ● stimulate creativity by encouraging participants to make their own puppet characters and tales; ● improve the problem-solving abilities of youth and broaden their perspectives by engaging in imaginative play; ● provide support for youth organizations for preparing them to effectively incorporate puppetry and storytelling.