Silence the Violence

This project aims to use sports and theatre as a mechanism to educate against violence and promote normative behavior among youngsters. The project will bring together 32 participants from 4 different EU countries.
The project foresees practicing sports activities as a means of inclusion and also as a tool to develop self-respect and respect for others and concern for cultural diversity. The project also aims to involve youngsters in theatre activities, since language is the main way to express oneself, thus, participants can find many forms of communication and interaction that can easily lead to various methods to resolve conflicts.
Youth Exchange objectives:
-to reduce violent behavior among the youngsters;
-to raise awareness of young people and community about the issue of physical violence among teens;
-to increase youngsters’ motivation to participate in sports and artistic activities;
- to increase participants’ knowledge about European diversity.
Participants’ profile:
- 32 young people aged 14 – 22 years old (half girls/half boys, half of them should have fewer opportunities: geographical, economic, social difficulties, religion, disability, ethnicity).
Team composition:
-4 participating countries, from each country: 8 youngsters + 2 youth leaders.
Working conditions:
Venue: Slanic Moldova, Bacau, Romania
Date: 25 July – 02 August 2016
Working days: 7
Travel days: 2
APV (Advance Planning Visit): 25 June – 28 June 2016
Procedure of submission:
The organizations that would like to become partners should send an email with the Partner Application Form to voluntariatpentruviata@gmail.com by 20th January 2015.