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Hello, friends! This is a link to our FB group where you can find some of our videos and feel the incredible emotions we had during our project in Obzor- “Living Library- the Monologue as a Dialogue”
https://www.facebook.com/groups/438394486680481/videos/
Olga participated in "Living Library- the Monologue as a Dialogue" (youth exchange,September 2018, Obzor, Bulgaria) and wrote this text:
My time in Youth Exchange Erasmus Plus Project was incredible for many reasons. First of all, beyond the differences in our cultures, 42 people from 6 countries managed to find the similarities and interact with each other as one. Leaded by the virtues of love, respect and cooperation we took part in interesting activities that developed our way of thinking and communication skills. Except the intellectual part, also the entertainment part was unforgettable. We met unique people with beautiful personalities who inspired each other, we created frienships and we really had fun through games and dancing. This is definately an experience that everyone should live once or more in a lifetime. Lucky us!!!
Olga, Greece
- Today(05.12.18), Macedonian team organized Follow up activities for dissimination of the results of our project in Obzor! - We are happy to say that we can work and give positive examples to young kids in rural regions like ours. - Lets make every place - place with possibilities for everyone! Greetings to everyone from: Nadica Stoeva Verica Guncheva Mija Primec Ile Stojanov Александар Димов Tomche Velkov, and all other people that participated in our activity in Ilovica today ;)
Team Romania - follow up activites - dissemination of results - Living Library We had the pleasure of sharing our experiences, games and lessons from Obzor with others from local NGOs in Iasi, which are: - Asociatia Moldavia (7th October) - Asociatia Culturala Moldavia - Clubul Fabrica de Voluntari; - Liga Studentilor Electrotehnisti Iasi (8th October); - ASCIS (11th October); - AS de TCM(10th October); - L.S.G.G. Iasi (9th October); They were quite impressed by our SHARE THE LOVE song.. so... with much love, we hope you are doing great. See you soon!
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When I first got into the hotel, I didn't really think about what would really feel like to stay for 6 days straight with people that you’ve never met, and maybe because of the stress and exhaustion, I didn't expect it to be so hard to blend in. So, I guess, I excluded myself because I wouldn't want others to dislike me just because they already had felt good with each other and I still struggled with finding the words to express myself. That was the first time that I faced a form of social exclusion. Fortunately, things got a lot better and a couple of days later I had a great time talking with everyone, making jokes, taking selfies, playing games and exchanging knowledge.
I had an enormously strong stereotype in my mind that people from different countries, spending all their time together, would lead to forming groups and talking against one another, but I was glad when in the end, I realised that - for sure we had been separated in groups, but everybody within our small community could blend in in every subgroup. We communicated with respect and desire to learn from each other and in my opinion, we made a great team.
It is the best way to learn something when you study about it and do it in the real life at the same time. And for me, the daily lectures were not the boring part but the base on which we practiced right away in our communication what we've learnt. We studied about what is wrong about social exclusion, hate-speech, prejudices and stereotyping, and what we extracted out of the lessons, we DID NOT do it within the group, no matter the differences. I believe that all of us still do it with every new person in their lives.
I am thankful that I had the chance to work with so many bright people, full of great ideas and I still think about all of you, guys, and what you've taught me about life.
V. Stoeva
