What is Youth Exchange about?

The youth exchange "Magic Hands - Sharing Arts (East Edition)" will take place in Sumy, Ukraine on 3-11 of February 2014. The project is implemented with the support of the Youth in Action Programme if the European Union.

The theme of the youth exchange is cultural diversity and cultural identity shown through different hand-made crafts promoting tolerance, mutual understanding and integration. The aim of the youth exchange is to share different types of local handmade introduced in the countries of participants.

The objectives of the youth exchange are:

to promote cultural diversity among the participants of the youth exchange;

to share cultures of participants through exchanging skills of making handcrafts between the participants;

to promote active participation through organizing event for local families introducing useful way of spending time together in a family circle through participation in the hand-made workshops organized by participants.

The project will involve 36 young people 18-25 y.o. from 6 countries – 5 participants + 1 group leader (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Ukraine).

The methodology of the youth exchange is based on the methods of non-formal learning, intercultural and experiential learning. The programme will be structured on the principles of active participation.

Within the programme of the exchange will be:

integration activities, simulation activities, workshops organized by the national groups showing local hand-made crafts and teaching each other in making different crafts, workshops organized by local craft-makers introducing local crafts.

As the result of the youth exchange the participant will organize an event for local families. Within the event the participants will conduct workshops for families in different crafts which they learned to make. By this event the project will promote the idea of the European Year 2014 for Reconciling work and family life.

The hosting organization Center for European initiatives is a hosting partner in the project.

Participants:

- youth aged 18-25 years old from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Ukraine

- open-minded, ready to share and receive knowledge and skills from others

- ready to work in intercultural group

Practicalities:

Accommodation: the participants will be lodged in rooms for 2-3 people in the youth camp near by Sumy.

Food: you will have three meals and two coffee-breaks a day. Please, inform about your food habits and needs (fast, vegetarian, vegan).

Working language: English.

Internet Access: there is no Internet access in the youth camp but the organizers will provide limited access to USB-Internet for common use.

How to prepare and what to bring with you:

“Standard youth exchange equipment”: An alarm clock, any dictionaries you might require, music CDs and MP3, musical instruments, comfortable clothes, etc.

A towel;

Some drinks and snacks for the cultural night and everything that you think will be useful to present your country and culture to others;

Prepare with your national group workshop in national hand-made, send the description of the hand-made workshops with the list of materials needed by 20 January;

Prepare presentation “How cultures and beliefs are reflected in hand-made in your country?” (4 min for presentation for each national group)

Currency in Ukraine:

The national currency in Ukraine is Ukrainian Hryvnia. Euros and US dollars can easily be exchanged across Ukraine.

The type of the plugs in Ukraine is European. Make sure that you have adaptors for your electrical devises.

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