GOALS
The Youth Exchange Enjoy Eat! has 3 main goals:
To increase the healthy lifestyle of young people in the following areas:
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Eating habits: by bringing awareness about the nutritional values of food and how to create balanced and tasty meals for different kind of daily activities.
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Physical activity: by experiencing the physical benefits of sport, body movement and outdoor activities. By introducing physical activities in their weekly agenda.
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Use of media: by understanding the effects of an abuse of social media and technology; disconnecting from them and experiencing direct human interactions for 10 days.
To learn about other cultures, increase and spread a sense of European belongings through:
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National food: food is an essential part of each culture; what people eat and how they eat represents their worldview. Learning foreigners eating habits, reveal a fundamental part of their identity.
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Movement: Dance is a tool to represent who we are and where we come from through movement in combination with music. Sport: cultural traits emerge also in the way we play in a group context. Getting out of the doors of the accommodation and interact with local people allow creating an intercultural exchange in an informal context.
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Disconnecting from technology: taking a break from the use of internet and phones, allows establishing direct human contacts within and outside the group of the participants rediscovering a more authentic and deep way of interacting and knowing people.
To improve soft skills and group work skills of young people and their chances to enter the labour market through:
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Cooking activities: cooking is a playground for practicing cooperation, communication, leadership, delegation, working result-oriented, working in a time frame and practical cooking skills. Learning to cook it allows fulfilling basic needs and raise autonomy.
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Sport: learning to play with others teaches how to cooperate, interact, improve personal attitudes, manage inner energy and maintain self-control. Dance: It allows us to fully embody our inner energy and express it. It’s a space to become something new. Outdoor activities confront us with ourselves: when we dive into the wild, we realize that we are part of Nature and our connection with the Whole.
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Healthy use of technology: creating balance in the use of technology supports us also in creating balance and connection with other people. Technology can be also supportive in finding new jobs or improving work position.
working methods
The working methods used are mainly in the field of non-formal education and experiential learning.
Participants are going to work all together as a group, in small groups and individually; they are going to learn by doing and by their involvement in the activities, which allows each of them to take further steps starting from their current position, independently form the differences present in the group.
The success of the exchange is based on a pro-active attitude of the participants, the method is also called learning by involvement
What kind of activities?
We use cooking, educational games, sport, body movement and dance, reflection groups, brainstorming and sharing techniques, simulations, teambuilding activities, icebreakers, meetings with experts, workshops, presentations, outdoor activities, direct interaction with local people in a digital detox retreat context.
Many of the activities will happen outdoor due to the new safety anti-CODIV 19 regulations
By choosing to get out from your comfort zone, you enable yourself to expand your limits and evolve. Allow yourself to discover the unknown!
What about working hours and program?
When we will stay in Bergolo, we plan to implement a program that embraces the whole day as described below:
08:00 - 09:00 breakfast
09:00 - 09:45 general cleaning
10:00 - 11:30 morning session 1
11:30 - 12:00 coffee break
12:00 - 13:00 morning session 2
13:00 - 14:00 lunch
14:00 - 14:45 general cleaning
15:00 - 16:30 afternoon session 1
16:30 - 17:00 coffee break
17:00 - 19:30 afternoon session 2
19:30 - 20:45 dinner break
21:00 - 23:00 evening session
This is just a general idea of the schedule, very often it will happen that the schedule will be adapted to the dynamic of the activities and to the needs and wishes of the participants. The draft schedule is here to let you know that free time will be limited, keep it in mind before applying!
Despite the intensity of the program and together with your contribution, we aim to make the whole experience entertaining and variated. We plan to make the evening sessions lighter, still, they are not optional, they are part of the program. We are planning also outdoor activities and/or visits that will change the usual schedule of the exchange.
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