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Fókuszban a Mentális Egészség!

2025-1-HU01-KA152-YOU-0003030742025Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: HU|RO|SK · Grant: €35,426
Physical and mental health, well-beingCommunity developmentPrevention of bullying

Objectives

The primary aim of the project was to preserve and promote young people’s mental health, to foster their mental well-being, and to explore, collect, and develop good practices, methods, and tools related to this field. In addition, our goal was to shape the attitudes of the participating young people toward the topic and to encourage them to carry out communication activities and initiatives that raise awareness of the issue and promote the sensitization of their peers. Already during the planning phase of the project, all three organizations, based on their previous experiences and activities, perceived this issue as one that is equally relevant in the lives of young people in all the countries involved. This made it possible to facilitate effective knowledge and experience exchange and to develop new good practices that would be useful and easily adaptable for all participants. As we indicated already during the preparation of the application, young people were active participants and contributors throughout the process of defining the specific objectives and tools, in order to ensure that the results and goals would serve their needs as effectively as possible. The project was implemented through the cooperation of three organizations: Fiatalok a Városért Egyesület from Kisvárda (Hungary), Collegium Varadinum (Romania), and the Somorjai Csemadok (Slovakia). In line with the preliminary plans, the mobility event took place in Dombrád, in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. During the programme, non-formal education served as the primary tool for knowledge transfer and development. At the same time, we also sought to convey the most important theoretical knowledge related to the preservation of mental health (e.g. psychology) in a way that involved the use of as few frontal methods (such as traditional lectures) as possible, thereby meeting both the requirements of the call for proposals and the expectations previously expressed by the young participants. Young people learned not only from each other but also from practitioners, including youth workers, psychologists, mental health professionals, leaders of youth civil organizations, and educators. When selecting trainers and invited experts, we aimed to ensure that participants could interact with professionals from the widest possible range of backgrounds, thus demonstrating the diversity of the topic and the variety of tools that can be applied. During the youth exchange, young people from the three countries also became more familiar with each other’s everyday living conditions, which helped to reinforce the understanding that young people from different countries face similar difficulties and challenges. At the beginning of the process, learning objectives were also defined and identified, and with the support of facilitators, trainers, and group leaders, we continuously monitored their achievement, while encouraging young people to provide frequent and accurate feedback throughout the implementation. Within the framework of the project entitled “Focus on Mental Health!”, we defined the following objectives, which, based on our experience and the feedback of the participating young people, were successfully achieved: - To help identify and assess (and, where possible, eliminate) the factors that pose the greatest risk to young people’s mental well-being. In this regard, not only the mobility event but also the subsequent dissemination activities served as important tools. - To familiarize young people with everyday techniques that they can use to maintain their mental health, which formed the core structure of the mobility programme. On this occasion, we collected and presented tools from the widest possible range. - To create good practices together with the participating young people that can be applied in various youth communities (e.g. student councils, youth councils, school classes, sports teams), and to transfer these practices to young people and youth leaders (e.g. members of student and youth councils and other youth civil organizations) during dissemination events. - To raise awareness and increase sensitivity toward peers who struggle with more serious mental health problems, and to present communication tools and good practices to support this process. -To explore opportunities for cross-border cooperation between young people and organizations working with them in the region, with the aim of promoting and preserving young people’s mental health. One of the outcomes of this process was that the joint work initiated among young people continued even after the mobility event.

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