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"Including YOUth"
Start date: Jan 15, 2016, End date: Apr 14, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The Youth Exchange "Including YOUth" will take place in Sonseca and Urda, in the province of Toledo (Spain) in march 2016, from 17th to 25th (travelling included). There will be 21 participants with ages between 18 and 30 from Hungary, Finland and Spain. Each one of the partner organizations will send 7 participants, 2 of whom are in risk of social exclusion, and 1 group leader (2 group leaders in the Spanish group). The main theme of the Youth Exchange is the inclusion and social exclusion and it will be address mainly through scenic arts and games.The main aim of the project is to create a environment of social inclusion among the participants as well as raise awareness about the topic among the participants and the local population, specially youth.The participants will spend the first 4 days in a Youth Centre in the nature, in the Montes de Toledo area, where the theme of social exclusion will the adress through group dynamic exercises, theatrical activities, games and cultural activities In those 4 days the participants will also plan and prepare different activities for local people, specially youth, that they will carry out during the next days in Sonseca.They will spend the next 3 days in Sonseca, where they will carry out different intercultural and varied activities for the local youth such as tradicional games from their countries, and European Quiz game and street theatre in the town.The participants will be main actors during the project, since they will be responsible for many of the activities carried out during the Youth Exchange. They will be always guided by the group leaders, who will facilitate tools and methos for the participants to discover their on learning path along the project. Their involvment will start during the preparation phase, with the planning and preparation of the Youth Exchange and its activities, that they will share later with each other.We expect a big impact among the participants. On one hand it will increase the self confidence of those who are in risk of social exclusion, supporting their social inclusion and integration. We expect also to develop sensitivity and raise awareness related to the topic among all the participants of the project as well as among the the local people, specially youth.In a longer term we expect the improve the inclusion and integration of those young peopl in risk of social exclusion. We also aim to raise awareness and get more involvement towards the ending of social exclusion from the institutions, supporting this kind of iniciatives.At local level, we expect the local youth to get more involved in this topic and other social issues in future projects, in the town as well as in an international level.

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