(La Ferté-Alais)
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Título: Y.E.S. - Youth Engagement for Society!
Tema: political participation, activism, human rights
Duração: 15 dias de 08-08-2024 a 22-08-2024
Idades dos participantes: Dos 18 aos 30 anos
Jovens portugueses: 4
Líderes portugueses: 1
Número total de participantes: 25
Idioma: Inglês
Países participantes: Portugal, França, Grécia, Roménia, Polónia
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Resumo: Activities:
- Workshops abour activism and politicla participation in the different countries
- Personal reflexion activities about one's own engagement, goals for teh future regarding activism etc.
- Activities about interculturality
- Ecological construction as a form of political participation (constructing dry toielts)
- Creation of an event about the topic open to the public of our town
- Activities and workshop on how european youth can cooperate accross borders to stand up for their beliefs and rights
- Games to get to know each other, hikes, activities in nature
- Participating in the collective management of an association's daily life (cooking, organising, meetings between teh group)
Activity time is from 9h30 until 17h30 everyday with a break of 2h. In the evening there is optional activities like games, movie night etc.
Objectivos: - To unite young people from 5 countries who want to be aware of environmental and societal problems and share ways of becoming active;
- to develop collective strategies on how to boost young people´s political participation, strenghten youth activism for a more sustainable and less discrimination society of tomorrow;
- test and develop new tools (games,debates,etc) created by the Association for non-formal education;
- organize a public event
- participate in momnets of collective manual work with recycled wood
Alojamento: Participants will be accommodated in individual tents or collective dormitories (yurt) on the association's camping site, which is located in the middle of the forest in a protected area. Daily life takes place outdoors in the forest, using basic equipment.
Most activities, including the kitchen, are conducted outdoors. It is essential to know that the accommodation conditions are basic. The sanitary block, where the showers are located, is also outdoors. Living in a natural environment with basic conditions is at the core of the ecological project we are developing.
Food is provided and prepared by the participants themselves in turns. Meat consumption is limited, most of
the meals are vegetarian and prepared with seasonal food.
Each participant will be responsible for the daily life of the group. Volunteers will elaborate their own menus,
cook in groups, taking care of cleaning tasks, and organize their activities. Collective life is also a way to
empower individuals and to combat gendered stereotypes.
Perfil: Participants should be aged 18 to 30, with no age limit for group leaders. The group will be composed of 25
persons from 5 different nationalities. Each group is composed of 4 participants and 1 leader. There are no
prerequisites for participants, only the motivation to experience multicultural collective life and enjoy sharing!
Important: As the subject of the youth exchange also revolves around gender and LGBTIQ+ rights, the
association applies a zero-discrimination policy to guarantee a safe learning evironnement for all. No sexist transphobic or homophobic speech or behaviour is tolerated.
Descrição: ExchangeHow can we, the young people of Europe, be active in creating a society that is more welcoming, more sustainable, less discriminating? Which forms of action do we have? What does political participation, activism, and defending human rights mean to us?
How can we make a difference in times of multiple humanitarian crises, climate change and the rise of the new extreme right?
For 15 days, 25 young Europeans will reflect together on citizenship, political participation and youth activism, exchanging practical methods to boost collective organisation of young people for a more equal, welcoming and sustainable future. Further, they will experience intercultural collective life and participate in the development of an international eco-village in France.
Participants are supposed to arrive by 18h on the 08th of august and leave any time after 9 AM on the 22 of august.
