Peace & Harmony: Empathy

The Youth Exchange “Peace & Harmony : Empathy” is promoted by the organization KANGO in order to raise awareness and combat prejudices and stereotypes against to around. Several Local Municipalities of the Province of Istanbul and Employability Center of Şile are supporting the project involving the Empathy in our territory.

A 8 days Youth Exchange during which 36 participants of different countries work together on intercultural learning of young people in order to achieve a common objective.

The discussion will focus on a key concept: education in relation to the needs of a complex society, the social problems, physical and mental. From this reflection will result several product according to each workshops that will show a culture, the people and playing with its stereotypes, will put into question the blurred border between fiction and reality.

36 young people will be offering a glimpse of a culture in the prejudices, the stereotypes of a racism that involves the European consciousness against to around.

Aims and Objectives :

 Discover the intercultural richness through interactive methods

 Use intercultural dialogue as a tool to understand Empathy background and realize their European identity.

 Learn more about other European Cultures

 Be encouraged to come up with your own ideas and get the support in your home country from your sending organisation to realize them.

 Learn about empathy is important factor that can affect our lives in positive way.