Use Your Hands to Move Ahead 2.0

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The original “Use Your Hands to Move Ahead” booklet (2004, updated 2009) described how organisations could use the pathway approach and practical tasks in the context of European Voluntary Service projects.  Now, “Use Your Hands to Move Head 2.0” builds on that knowledge and shows how it can be implemented in the European Solidarity Corps.

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“Use Your Hands to Move Ahead 2.0” is an educational document aimed at youth workers, youth leaders, European institutions and all others who work with young people facing socio-economic obstacles. 

This booklet describes how European Solidarity Corps volunteering projects can be used to benefit these young people. Also, it demonstrates how combining the “personal pathway” approach with the methodology of practical tasks directly responds to these youngster’s specific learning needs.  Providing an in-depth look at the educational value of practical tasks, the booklet shows how these tasks serve to develop an individual’s social AND practical skills.

“Use Your Hands to Move Ahead 2.0 ” was compiled with the help of individuals and organisations who have many years of experience in carrying out European Solidarity Corps and/or European Voluntary Service projects.  Each one has found the methodology of practical tasks to be a positive tool for change.  Their real-life examples demonstrate how the theory behind practical tasks is implemented in different organisations. 

By sharing their experiences, it is hoped that other organisations will be inspired to develop their own European Solidarity Corps hosting projects.  The creation of new projects with practical tasks will allow more young people facing socio-economic obstacles to benefit from the Solidarity Corps volunteering experience.