TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Bengü Ergin Balta
BACK TO NATURE[Outdoor Training] is an experiential and adventure based approach within a non-formal educational context. The project aims to contribute to the personal and social development of youngsters and youth workers, raising the public awareness about healthy life and fixing the broken relations with nature. On the other hand, the projectaims to promote and disseminate technical and educational practices in the field of outdoor activities and education in nature.The project focuson nature education and nature will beused as alaboratory.The participants will have chance to work in an intercultural atmosphere and learn different languages.
The target group of the activity are youngsters, youth workers, volunteers, trainers and instructors. Partner countries which were involved in the project: Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Spain, Italy, Slovakia, Ukrain, Jordan.
BTN is a nonformal education based training course. Team building, experiential learning, simulations, skills for being alive in nature alone(how to find clean water,how to make fire etc)outdoor trainingtools, creative material designing, nature as a school, intercultural nights,education in nature guideetc.
The training was a success for intercultural exchange and experience sharing. Participants had the opportunity to experience new methods and possibilities for education in nature. They learned and practiced the essentials of surviving the challenges in nature. They prepared a guide to be published about " Nature & Education". (Will be published soon in the Erasmus + database and https://www.facebook.com/UtopyaEgitimveSanat)
I was one of the trainers who was responsible for organising the training day and leading the energiser, day starting, team building, ice breaking, etc. exercises and interpreting for the local trainings based on builing up survival skills.