Training course named, “ANIMATE YOUR SOUL”, is being organized from 26th May to 3 June, 2012 at Novi Sad, Serbia. This Training for multipliers is basically announced for “in street campaigning techniques”.
“Animate your soul” is dedicated to developing competencies among youth workers to contribute to a cohesive society through alternative street animation as well as campaigning methods.
To reach groups of young people which are excluded, discriminated, isolated, while building a tolerant and healthy diverse community, is always a challenging and difficult task. Streets have a huge potential in terms of informing, making awareness, including and building a community. Specific methods designed for street work which is highly recommended in this field and especially in times when they are not so widely applied.
The main objective of the project is to develop competencies among youth workers to contribute to a cohesive society though alternative street animation and campaigning methods.
More specific objectives are:
• To increase the knowledge level of young people and youth workers in topics like: global interdependencies, MDG-s, social and global justice, social exclusion
• To create pro-active attitudes towards social exclusion and global issues;
• To encourage participation and involvement of young people in social processes;
• To develop sense of common responsibility for the future of their local communities from a global and social perspective;
• To develop practical skills in street animation and campaigning methods (street theatre, clowning, joggling, flash mobs, animation, etc);
• To stimulate the participants to act as “social exclusion fighters” in their own organization and regions;
During the training course, participants will go through an in-depth process of exploring global and social topics and how to apply “think global, act local” motto in their own lives and organizations by acquire new alternative methods for creating awareness. Different “street work” tools and method will be explored and can be used further on in their activities with their target groups and in non-formal education of their colleagues.
The target audience are youth workers (aged 18 and above) that are active in community development field and need to develop multiplying skills in alternative methods as street animation and campaigning in order to reach more target groups in their communities.
Previous experience in local projects aiming at community development or/and social intervention is desired.
For further information, visit the link.
