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Babel

2025-1-ES02-KA155-YOU-0002969952025Discover EU inclusion actionongoing
Countries: ES · Grant: €29,095

Objectives

In September 2021, everything changed in our lives. The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja (or Tajogaite) volcano in La Palma destroyed our homes, land, schools, leisure spaces, everything. And this has made us think a lot after an initial phase of mourning, even though as we write these lines we are still witnessing the recovery process and observing the visible effects of the destruction. What's more, some of us still don't have our homes and live on rent offered by the government. It is in this context that we develop our daily lives. But one day in class, one of our teachers told us about Babel, inspired by the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone is a fragment of an ancient Egyptian granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree published in Memphis in 196 BC. C. in the name of Pharaoh Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three different scripts: the upper text in Egyptian hieroglyphics, the middle part in Demotic script and the lower part in ancient Greek. Thanks to the fact that it presents essentially the same content in the three inscriptions, with minor differences between them, this stone provided the key to the modern decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics. And one day when we went out for a drink we reflected that, for those of us who ultimately propose this project, Rosetta symbolizes the diversity of cultures, the coexistence of visions on the same things and the integrated approach to human knowledge with the difficulty of diverse communication. And after everything that has happened to us, why not see how people cope in their daily lives with these difficulties? We want personal and family stress to give way to a process of knowledge of the diverse but unique European democracies where there is a European construct that is above national processes and the languages of each state. This reality amazes us. With this project we want to understand what European diversity and its particularities mean, what it means to live on the continent versus living on volcanic islands for better or for worse, in spaces and environments where the social environment, to a certain extent, is the message, where the passage of time places each country in its place. And we want to understand the meaning of the message of this project when the volcano changed everything: to be resilient. We know that this project is not an exchange, and that is why we will approach life in our destinations through "cold calling", delivering information on the subject of this project and interviewing young people on the streets, calling for reflection and mutual understanding. The general objective of this project is to raise awareness about the social realities of the European countries visited, the reality of their history and social context, but also to tell of the effects of the volcanic eruption on the lives of young people and adults in La Palma in a context of life in double insularity as a factor of isolation and difficulty in accessing opportunities. The problems we want to address in this project are, therefore, to call for citizen reflection on the effect and consequences that the volcanic eruption of La Palma has had on the real life of the young people who have suffered it firsthand, beyond the message of the media, and, more broadly, how resilient societies are in the face of unforeseen events (in the case of Europe, the Second World War itself). In this context, we want to highlight how young people overcome obstacles in any case. The needs we wish to address are those derived from this reality: seismic event and social development presided over by diversity, something so particular in everything related to our education, health, economy and social relations. Erasmus was developed to support youth mobility in Europe in a context of coexistence and rule of law. The main objectives of this project, which are part of Erasmus+, are: • To promote the mobility of young people, as well as cooperation, quality, inclusion and equity, creativity and innovation in the field of non-formal and informal education. • To stimulate active participation among young people in Europe in a context of inclusion and diversity, digital transformation with the learning of ICT skills, the fight against transversal climate change and participation in democratic life. More specifically, this youth project has the following objectives: • To promote learning, intercultural dialogue and the feeling of being European. • To develop the skills and attitudes of young people. • To reinforce European values and break down prejudices and stereotypes. • To raise awareness on socially important issues, thus stimulating commitment to society and active participation.

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