Resilient Youth - Resilient Future: Walking with Meaning

Aims & objectives

The OBJECTIVES of the mobility:
-Enhanced youth-led planetary citizenship and cooperation through meaningful collective actions and hands-on experiences.
-Enhanced usage of outdoor-based youth participation forms like a Camino.
-Enhanced usage of Nature-based practices for deeper (re)connecting (camping, ecotherapy, Nature wondering, discovering/recognizing the biodiversity around, and similar).
-Positive impact on youth's mental and physical health through routinely contact with non-human Nature.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

The mobility gathered 30 people from Lithuania, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary.

Training methods used & main activities

Methods used: hiking, camping, Work that Reconnects methodology, Climate Fresk, eco-therapy and others.

Outcomes of the activity

The mobility strengthened participants’ capacity to engage young people in planetary citizenship through collective action, outdoor participation and hands-on experiences. They gained practical approaches such as the Camino and nature-based practices for fostering connection with Nature, while exploring how regular contact with the more-than-human world can support young people’s mental and physical well-being. The experience provided methods and lived experiences that participants could adapt and bring into their own youth work.

Some visuals & testimonies:
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Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I was a full-time facilitator in a team of 2. Besides that, I developed the project itself and co-coordinated the international partnerships relevant to it.

I worked on this training for 8 days as a full time trainer.