International youth activities, exchanges and voluntary work are of major importance at Hyvärilä. Various international youth projects are coordinated and promoted by Hyvärilä Youth Centre. These have included several European youth exchanges, seminars, youth camps and workshops, where participants across Europe and beyond have participated. Hyvärilä is active user of EU´s Youth in Action -programme, and member of the EURODESK, PLATFORM and ENYC networks. Hyvärilä provides also international youth information services for the youth in the region. Besides European cooperation, also cross -border cooperation, Nordic cooperation and the Baltic Sea cooperation are of Hyväriläs interest. The goal is to improve the internationalization of the Finnish youth, as well as to provide unforgettable non-formal learning experiences for the visiting international youth groups.
The purpose of all the international youth work is to promote acceptance of difference, feeling of community, cultural understanding, cultural awareness, and intercultural dialoguee.
Hyvärilä Youth Centre is an excellent destination for international youth camps, workshops and other international youth events. Our professional staff and youth workers welcome international youth to Hyvärilä!
PROJECTS 2010 -2011
In Hyvärilä Youth Centre, several international projects took place in years 2010-2011. Projects were supported by the EU`s Youth in Action programme. Hyvärilä has hostsed seminars, training courses and youth exchanges. Here are some examples of the projects.
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Your life is a Unique Story- Training course on
GRASSROOTS COMICS 11.-17.10. 2011
This training course intoduced a method of grassroots comics and how to use it in youth work. By organizing this training course we wanted to encourage young people to take initiatives in their local communities and influence on things by using this widely used method of comic making. In this course participants learnt how to use comics and storytelling with youth. One needs only a paper, pen and story to tell. Grassroots method was used also for promoting Youth in Action program among the youngsters around the Europe. Trainer of the course was art educator Meri Mort. (www.merimort.com). Participants came from eight different European countries and this training course was supported by European Comissions Youth in Action programme. From the link you can find the album that was created during the course!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67260727@N07/sets
Crassroots comics pdf
Euromed Goesd North- EVS in our environment Study Visit 20.-22.10.2011
In October, Hyvärilä hosted one very interesting study visit that brought 10 participants from North Africa and Middle East to Finland. The aim of the short study visit was to invite EVS-organizations from Euro-Mediterranean countries to discover youth work realities in Finland and learn how EVS is implemented in Finnish youth centers. Participants learned about youth policy and youth work in Finland and shared their own experiences and practices related to European voluntary service.
Thanks to this study visit, Hyvärilä got many new and interesting partners to work with! Project was organized in cooperation with CIMO, Finland´s National Agency.
Coming up:
Natural born players- Youth exchange
9.-18.12. 2011
During this youth exchange 35 youngsters from Finland, Norway, Italy, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Malta and Czech Republic are presenting and sharing different outdoor games and nature sport activities that have been or still are popular in each partner county. The aim of the exhange is to develop English skills of participating youth, get more gourage to be in international surroundings and gain knowledge about different European cultures.
On the 15th of December from 9am till 1pm local people are welcomed to Hyvärilä to try out different outdoor games with the international group.
Project is supported by European Comissions Youth in Action programme.
If you want to hear more about international possibilities in Hyvärilä, kindly contact:
Maija Jeskanen
International Coordinator
Hyvärilä Youth and Holiday centre
tel. +358 (0)40 356 4530
e-mail: maija.jeskanen*(at)nurmes.fi
*(at)=@
skype: maijajii
