Empreendedorismo para a mudança social – Curso de Formação em Tarragona, Espanha

Estão abertas as inscrições para o curso de formação Empreendedorismo para a mudança social, que vai ter lugar de 13 a 21 de Outubro em Tarragona, Espanha!

          

O método de trabalho primordial será a educação não formal, nomeadamente através de role playing, trabalho em grupo, discussões interactivas, workshops, entre outros. Os países participantes serão: Estónia, Espanha, Roménia,  Portugal, Lituânia e Bulgária.

Os participantes devem ser:

- Jovens professors/educadores ou um trabalhador na área da juventude com interesse por este tema.

- Com a capacidade de comunicar em inglês

Todas as despesas estão cobertas, excepto 30% da viagem e uma quota de participação de 35€ a cargo do participante.

Envia a tua candidatura até 3 de Setembro! Não percas esta oportunidade única!

Para mais informações, contactar: 217145520, 
914519264, intercambios.spin@gmail.com

SVE em Lisboa - Ana Dishlieska - Mitova

It's already half way through my EVS in Portugal. The first months passed, so the period of fascination and adaptation are more or less over :) It has almost been five months of life transforming experiences bringing many good things to my life. As Theresa, Kaja and Gilles, I'm a volunteer of the Junta de Freguesia de Carnide (one of Lisbon's most famous municipalities), more specifically - working at a local school in one of its neighborhoods. The Junta has its own spaces in the school where the main idea is creating a space where informal education can be nourished side by side to the formal one the children get in the school. In reality, it is an after school activity program having the regular working day (14-19p.m.) with the children coming to the ATL, now called EJ (Espaco Jovem), and after finishing their homework doing various activities: from playing games (such as cards or monopoly) or doing sports outside, to some more elaborate activities if prepared by the ones working with them. Daily, I directly work with only one person, and often with interns who come for shorter times making a part of the life in the EJ.

In the beginning it was really hard not knowing the language while in the same time feeling the pressure to learn it as quick as possible so as to be able to function better there and give more than take. But on the other hand, this was a great stimulus, and also the fact being in the midst of the local community, made me the favor of learning the language so quick out of a scratch so as to be able to say that I already speak it now :)

The most beautiful thing in all of it, were and are the children. It was from them, more than from any Portuguese class, that I learned the language, and I cannot be more thankful for all the patience they had with me and the time they gave me learning along with them. Until the summer I have been working with children from the second cycle, meaning 11-13 years old, but from September on I'll most probably be with the ones of the first cycle (8-10), which I think is a better idea for this and every following project, at least for the beginning, simply because of the language barrier. The bigger children not just wish, but also need to speak on that age at least as much as they wanna play, and unfortunately that time, I could not give that to them as much as they deserved or needed it. A bad thing was that at times I didn't feel the support needed from the Junta or my tutor, and many times ended up stuck with communication issues and barriers. Still, I think that these are part of the things that can be worked out better next times and that all these experiences serve up to improving every following project to come. The way I personally dealt with it was trying to pave my way by at first, carefully observing the environment I'm in, the people I'm working with and the ways things are done there, and only after that, try to find subtle and clever ways of getting things done the best way possible in the given circumstances and environment. I think that it was one of the keys making me keep the smile in the end of the day :) And concerning the language thing, proposing and organizing creative activities is always a good plan. That was the best way to get to the children while still having a long way ahead for getting the language and also to bring a bit more of the informal education idea in the EJ other than simply being a monitor, or someone taking care of the children until their parents pick them up. By now I organized an architecture workshop, a little and simple atelier for fashion design and some getting-to-know-the-guitar atelier, which all proved to be great ways of connecting with the children and having fun together while making activities which as much were a learning experience, were also enjoyable. And for such a thing I believe everyone has their little talents and ideas which can be shaped in these or similar forms and offered to the children as possibilities for new fun learning experiences.

At the moment, I'm part of the Junta's summer colonies or summer camps, so I'm a monitor responsible for 7-9 children which as much enjoyable, to be true exhausting too :), at times can also be tricky, because of the simple fact that as much as in the beginning sounded romantic the idea of being considered as equals, in practice turns out to be pretty much impossible, even now when already speaking the language, because for me naturally it still asks much more effort from my side to get the same job done and holding the same responsibility as a paid person coming from Portugal.

In the end, I find my EVS an amazing life learning experience, and I consider that all the little 'falhas' can and will be improved through the experience gained making it even more enjoyable for every side with time. The worthiest thing in it, as I said, are definitely the children :) Getting to know them personally, having the opportunity to bring a smile or two on their faces, and also having the chance to be reminded about some things which we might have forgotten on our way of growing up to the world of the adults, is priceless. To me, they are the most precious thing of my working experience and an amazingly big part of my experience here as a whole. They are the ones in the end of the day making all this experience perfectly worthy! :) And for the rest of the EVS, I think it will speak for itself once in here ;) Lisboa is an amazing city with all its colorful spirit and the big heart it has, also having to meet all the beautiful people I met in here with whom I share this experience, for sure makes it one of those experiences in life that grows you, and I believe grows you for good.

Ana Dishlieska - Mitova

SVE em Lisboa – Theresa Hall

My EVS project is based at the Gabinete do Idoso (department for senior citizens) at the Junta de Freguesia de Carnide. I work mostly in the Academia Senior, which offers educational classes and social activities, and with ARPIC, and independent organisation for retired people. I am really enjoying this project because everyone has made me feel very welcome and a part of the community. My tasks are quite varied but are generally connected to helping with social events and assisting with classes or workshops, for example: participating in trips around Portugal; organising lunches; a soup festival; arts and crafts; meetings with local groups who work with the elderly; learning the “cavaquinho” with the music group; and even a bar crawl!

The best activity so far has been the summer camps which we run for four weeks, taking 100 people to the beach in the morning and a cultural activity in the afternoon. I am constantly amazed at the energy these old people have, and their enthusiasm for silly games! I had never worked with old people before, and I am definitely changing any preconceptions I had about old age being boring. Most of the people I work with are still very active, so I rarely have to “look after” anyone; my role is more to provide company and conversation, and a willingness to join in with whatever activity we are doing.

I think the atmosphere of the project is generally very relaxed, except for when we have a big event. I work 9.30-5.30 every weekday, so it is structured almost like a job, however the pace of the work is quite slow. There are 2 full-time staff in the centre, as well as some temporary interns and the teachers.  I think the most important thing for the next volunteer is that you make an effort with learning Portuguese. Without the language it is still possible to contribute to the project and to help with almost all the activities, however you won’t be able to take as much from the project – a really valuable part for me has been communicating with the older people and they have lots of interesting stories to tell about Portugal and about their lives.

Theresa Hall

Can I ask you something? – Visita de organização Italiana a Lisboa

No passado dia 05 de Julho chegaram a Lisboa 3 elementos da organização Fuori Target, organização parceira da Associação Spin no projecto Can I ask you something?.

Federica, Silvia e Ambra vieram a Lisboa por 4 dias, conhecer a Associação Spin e a Associação Mais Cidadania, parceiras Portuguesas deste projecto. Foram dias de apresentação das associações, do trabalho desenvolvido pelas mesmas e dos progressos feitos nas entrevistas aos jovens e idosos da Freguesia de Carnide e Santa Catarina.

Conheceram Lisboa e as áreas onde as associações estão inseridas, aprofundando o conhecimento sobre as mesmas e seus objectivos. Voltaram para Itália com muitas informações e boas recordações.

Em Outubro, alguns dos participantes portugueses deste projeto irão a Pádua visitá-las…

Após a reunião de trabalho na Spin

Momento de pausa para uma tradicional ginjinha

Dance Along Culture Shock Therapy

Português

Dance Along - Cultural Shock Therapy foi um intercâmbio no qual a SPIN foi parceiro e que decorreu de 25 de Junho a 2 de Julho em Redon, Bretanha, França. Neste intercâmbio seis participantes de Portugal entre os 18 e 25 anos juntaram-se a participantes de outros três países Europeus (França, Eslováquia e Roménia) e passaram sete maravilhosos dias no campo a aprenderem sobre as suas diferenças culturais, pro actividade e choque cultural. Durante esta semana aprendemos a viver juntos e a desfrutar do estilo de vida da Bretanha e sua natureza enquanto partilhávamos danças tradicionais, comida, histórias e jogos. Entre tudo isto criámos um projecto conjunto, um videoclip, onde todo o grupo representou, sobre choque cultural mostrando as diferentes fases e sentimentos inerentes ao processo. No final criámos um evento onde envolvemos a comunidade local de Redon onde apresentámos o intercâmbio, as diferentes culturas envolvidas e projectamos o nosso vídeo final.

Foi uma experiência maravilhosa para um grupo de 27 pessoas de 4 países (Portugal, Eslováquia, França e Roménia), definitivamente uma experiência que nos ajudou a valorizar mais a nossa cultura mas também nos ajudou a sentir uma maior ligação a esta cultura transversal que designamos por Europeia!

Fizemos amizades para além de fronteiras que vão durar muito tempo!

English

Dance Along - Cultural Shock Therapy was a youth exchange in which SPIN was a partner and that took place in Redon, France from 25th June until 2nd July 2012. In this youth exchange 6 participants from Portugal gathered with participants from another 3 countries (France, Slovakia and Romania) and spent seven wonderful days in the countryside learning about each other’s cultures, pro activity and about cultural shock. During this week we lived together we enjoyed the Brittany (western part of France) lifestyle and nature while sharing our traditional dances, foods, histories and games. In between all this we designed and created a video clip, in which all the group performed, about cultural shock showing the different phases and feelings of the process. More than this we organized an event in our camping site for the local community of Redon in which we presented the youth exchange and the different cultures involved and we made a projection of our video clip.

Was a wonderful experience for a group of 27 persons in which we all improved our knowledge of this 4 countries (Portugal, Slovakia, France and Romania), definitely it was an experience that helped us give more value to the Portuguese culture but also feel a stronger connection to this transversal culture that we call European!!

We made friendships beyond borders that will last for a long time! 

SVE na Turquia - 6 meses de uma grande experiência

Após 6 meses em Fethiye (Turquia), a Catarina Almeida partilha connosco as suas reflexões e conselhos sobre o seu Serviço Voluntário Europeu (SVE)! 

"There are no words to describe how amazing my 6 months of EVS were. I was really lucky to go to such a beautiful place like Fethiye, in the south of Turkey and having the opportunity to get in touch with their friendly and warming community. 

The best part of my EVS? Definitely the people I met, the volunteers, the locals, and also the many travelers I met during my trips of ‘discovering turkey’. 

And why was that? Well, because I was able to learn new things, new ideals, completely different ways of thinking that made me a more opened person, more flexible and reasonable, in the end, I can say that it helped me growing up as a person, and that gave me a new perspective of life. Of course that not everything was perfect and there were conflicts (mainly with the boss) but in the end everything went to their place and I was able to put all the problems behind my back and move on.

In the last months I got in touch with many other ex-EVS’s and all of them have the same feelings about their EVS, and each and one of them say that they had the best experience of their life. 

The best part of this project is that it is accessible for everyone even to the ones with less opportunities, and so I advise everyone to make an EVS, there will be no regrets if you do it! 

For future EVS’s I advise you to enjoy every part of it because, unfortunately, the time passes so fast that in the end you should feel fulfil with this experience, that will be for sure the best of your lives! "

Catarina Almeida

“Can I ask you something?”/ ”Posso fazer uma pergunta?”

“Can I ask you something?”/ ”Posso fazer uma pergunta?” é um projecto internacional e inter-geracional que tem como principal temática a Democracia e Participação activa na sociedade. No próximo dia 4 de Julho entre as 14h e as 19h, vamos realizar uma nova sessão de entrevistas a jovens e idosos. Não percas esta oportunidade! 

Este projecto envolve parceiros de Itália e de Portugal que têm como pano de fundo comum o dia 25 de Abril como o dia de liberdade.

Tanto jovens como idosos Italianos e Portugueses são convidados a partilhar o que entendem por “democracia” e por “participação” e de que forma estes conceitos e práticas fazem parte do seu dia-a-dia e da sociedade em geral, tal como a presença da ‘sombra’ da ditadura que ambos os países viveram.

O produto final será o resultado dessas partilhas e actividades materializado num vídeo com todas as entrevistas efectuadas.

São três os principais objectivos desta actividade internacional:

·         Promoção e o estímulo da participação activa dos jovens na vida democrática, envolvendo os idosos como uma fonte de conhecimento/sabedoria viável para as novas gerações;

·         Alargamento de possibilidades de sociabilização e de convívio inter-geracional tendo a democracia como principal tema;

·         Oferta da oportunidade aos jovens de comparar/confrontar a sua situação com a de jovens provenientes de outros países europeus no que concerne a estas temáticas.

Este projecto irá desenvolver-se em várias fases:

1.   Registo em vídeo de entrevistas a jovens e idosos portugueses seleccionados para conhecer a sua percepção de Democracia e de Participação tal como a forma como a praticam;

2.   Acolhimento de alguns jovens participantes italianos em Portugal para uma troca de ideias e resultados das entrevistas;

3.   Encontro entre os jovens dos dois países em Itália para uma reflexão conjunta sobre a democracia e como esta é encarada em ambos os países.

Não percas a oportunidade de participar neste projecto e contribuir para a democracia em Portugal e no Mundo! Posso fazer uma pergunta?!

Para mais informações e inscrições, contactar: intercambios.spin@gmail.com, 914519264, 217145520. 

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