mercoledì 28 novembre 2012





Weronika Zaborek
I would like to report one of the most extraordinary projects have ever participated named Youth versus racism: checkmate! Organized via Youth in Action program. All participants from 7 countries was gathered in the picturesque scenery of Nurri in Sardinia where were supposed to participate in different activities connected with topic of racism, xenophobia, exclusion etc. The aim of the project was to make people become aware of these issues and to fight against them. Since we had workshops in mixed groups consisted of people from different countries we had also great possibility to integrate each other and to develop our language skills. The intercultural evening was crucial point of project because we learn a lot about other countries, cultures, traditional dishes. On the project we also aimed to structure the production of a toolkit of games promoting human rights and fight against racism, xenophobes, religious bigotry and violence, which will be finally gathered in one book. I think all goals became achieved and everybody came back home with great memories.






Mateusz Gładecki

The week spent on the Project In Nurri I remember very well. Those days were full of new experiences and friends. Personally, it was the first time when I flew the plane and then at the beginning of the whole adventure I knew that it would be something special, something I had never experienced. Now when I’m sitting on a comfortable seat in Lublin I can say that I was right, it was AMAZING! The whole project took place in the vicinity of the above-mentioned town, in the hotel Istellas. We were surrounded by the amazing lake, mountain, unusual ecosystem of this part of Italy. The place was almost perfect for the order in which we arrived here from various parts of Europe. To deepen our knowledge about fighting against racism, xenophobia and social segregation. Also, a large part of the day we spent together in class, at the beginning to integrate, then concretely related to the topic of the project. It seems boring? But it wasn’t! Classes were performed in the form of play, so the time passed very quickly. At lunch break, not so short, lasting for the entire 3 hours we had free time and we could do anything we want, oh sorry almost everything... unfortunately the lake wasn’t available for us. When I’m looking at it all it was probably the only drawback in the location, because looking at the beautiful lake at least 5 degrees Celsius warmer than the pool and couldn’t swim in it? Terrible! But the pool and the atmosphere around it gave advice, the terrible can only be exchanged for the "inconvenience". Every evening we had party and I think it was the funniest part of the project. Nearby teenagers came to have fun with us and even the mayor of the region! The trip was very successful, I learnt a lot and met really interesting people from all over Europe!




Mateusz Winczura

Project Youth versus racism: checkmate! aimed to fight with xenophobia, exclusion and other forms of negative discrimination. Youngsters from Poland, Latvia, Slovenia, Spain, Ireland and Sweden met up in hotel close to little, sardinian town of Nurri. Together, we learned a lot about different cultures and together find reasons and solutions for burning problem of racism in modern societies. We also had a meeting with local community, and with the major of Nurri: Antonello Atzeni. We have also prepared a lot of (more than we firstly planned) educational games on the topic.
This project helped us also to make new international friendships.Apart from workshops we had also free time to socialise and get to know each other better.