Inclusion for Empowerment

The project aims at creating a more active, empathic and truly inclusive society by using methods of personal development, outdoors education and inclusive learning. A strong focus in the project is set on making all the participants become aware of their own leadership potential in implementing activities in mixed ability group setting. In particular the project aims to assist youth with visual impairments to gain the necessary self-trust to become more independent, expressive and active members of society and to take on leadership roles also in mixed ability group environments.

Project also aims to equip the youth workers with no or limited previous experience of inclusive youth work with the necessary skills and awareness to become better support system for youth with visual impairments in their local communities. Through experience sharing, working on participants' own inner challenges and planning and executing activities in a group setting, we aim to help the participants gain a positive experience of international youth projects and the confidence to become multipliers in promotion of inclusive learning.

Youth workers that would like to become more involved in the work with this target group will have an opportunity to develop their skills and this project can provide a stepping stone to become more emphatic, supportive and sensitive youth workers, to better assess the needs of the youth with visual impairment, how to provide support in a manner that is not overbearing, and learn how to implement inclusive learning activities planned together with the young people with visual impairments.