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Eat, play, live!

2025-1-RO01-KA152-YOU-0003056632025Mobility of young peopleongoing
Countries: RO|TR|HU|LT|DE|IT|PT|EL · Grant: €52,307
Bridging intercultural, intergenerational and social dividePhysical and mental health, well-beingQuality and innovation of youth work

Objectives

Our project was applied for the previous deadline and achieved 66 points after evaluation. Based on the suggestions received on behalf of NA, together with our partners we worked on improving our application. Beside other minor changes we mainly focused on rethinking the dissemination part, revising the profile of participants, describing environmental friendly practices and specifíng a final evaluation phase. After several discussions with the project partners we agreed to reapply with UIET as host organisation and we even made some improvements such as: detailed needs analysis, elaborated selection process, we included daily refelction sessions, detailed impact on participants, organisations and local orgnaisations. Besides, for the project’s inclusivity, we included participants with fewer opportunities, and gave information on how they can overcome their challanges by participating in our project. Young people face unhealthy habits like smoking, poor eating, and lack of physical activity. In 2020, WHO cited depression as a leading cause of illness among adolescents globally. UNICEF data from 2020 shows that 27% of young women (ages 13-30) reported anxiety, and 15% reported depression in the past week. For 30%, the economy is a primary influence on their emotions, with 46% feeling less motivated to enjoy activities, and 36% less motivated for routine tasks. While 73% felt the need for mental and physical health support, 40% did not seek help. We want to help young people make healthy choices and emphasize the importance of a healthy lifestyle with this project. Many people think of healthy lifestyles as involving regular physical activity. However, in order to live a healthy life, we need to look at everything holistically. In addition to physical activity, people need to take care of their mental health, maintain good hygiene, get enough sleep, and even avoid using the internet (which can also cause health problems). As a result, mortality and illness rates will fall and quality of life will rise. The goal of this project is to encourage healthy habits that can help young people enjoy life while protecting their own health. Two parts will make up the program. The first section of the project will be more theoretical and aimed at raising participants' awareness of the following subjects: 1. What it means to live a healthy life and the advantages it brings to a community as well as to the individual 2. How the body and motivation are affected by the Internet. 3. What are the appropriate actions we need to take to live a healthy life? 4. Which is the best balance between health and well-being? 5. What exactly is necessary for us to live a healthy life? Exercise and sports will be included in the more practical second part of the project. Throughout the project, participants from all over the world will sharpen their communication and teamwork skills, gain a wealth of new knowledge about healthy living strategies, and have a greater propensity to alter some of their unhealthy habits. In addition to the aforementioned points, each nation has its own healthy lifestyle standards, policies, and strategies. Therefore, the project's next objective is to identify new public policy measures that encourage healthy living in their societies. Short-Term Objectives: 1. Identify and promote the benefits of healthy living: By the end of the project, 56 young people will know at least 10 key benefits of a healthy lifestyle, which they will promote in their communities. 2. Motivate youth to adopt healthy lifestyle habits: Within three months, engage at least 80% of participants to adopt three new healthy habits, tracked through self-reported logs. 3. Improve health of participants: Over four months, achieve measurable improvements in health behavior for 70% of participants, tracked through regular check-ins and self-reports. Long-Term Objective: 1. Ensure knowledge retention and application: Six months and one year after the project, 70% of participants will demonstrate retained knowledge and continued application of healthy lifestyle skills, tracked through follow-up surveys. As a result, we developed the following particular goals: a) To investigate the idea of a healthy lifestyle; b) To discuss current issues pertaining to sports and nutrition by sharing experiences and best practices related to the prevention of diseases brought on by inactivity and poor eating habits. c) To provide participants with opportunities to enhance their physical and health competences, both theoretically and practically; d) To encourage young people to become peer educators and to build a network of people who can act as multipliers for healthy lifestyles. e) To promote non-formal education and the Erasmus+ Program as a tool for health education support.

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