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Learn to Communicate
Learn to Communicate
Start date: Jun 17, 2014,
End date: Dec 15, 2015
PROJECT
FINISHED
In our multicultural world, the skills of communicating well and clearly as well as the ability to work on a team is becoming more and more important in our work places, universities and societies. “Learn to Communicate” was a youth cultural exchange between IFES Netherland, KFS Denmark, and the Bulgarian Christian Student Union. The activities of the project focused on the theme of communication – looking at important different aspects of communication. The program was full of a variety of activities, seminars and practical applications, all which helped the participants to learn more about team work and building trust with other team members, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, interpersonal and multicultural communication. The project took place in Tryavna, Bulgaria over an 11 day period, from July 20th to 30th, 2015. Each participating country was represented by a group of youths between the ages of 18 and 26. The group from the Netherlands included 12 participants, the group from Denmark consisted of 9 participants, and there were 15 participants from Bulgaria. Each group also brought one leader, for a total for three leaders for the project.
The highlights of the project included: - activities, teaching good communication skills, - sharing and creating friendship with youth from other European countries and cultures, - participation in a three day social project, - interactive seminars, which the participants prepared and gave on a variety of themes related to the project, and cultural evenings. Realizing that all youth do not learn and understand life in the same way, we included a variety of different learning methods for reaching our goals: research and observation, small group discussions, debates, presentations, reflection and informal learning methods. Most importantly, the activities of the project were planned and implemented by the participants themselves. Each participant, from each of the countries, had a role in implementing the activities of the project. The participants were put into groups, and each group had certain responsibilities, such as preparing activities and materials, caring for the communication between the groups, developing the program and methods of work, or follow-up and the spread of results, etc. After the conclusion of the project, each participant gave their feedback, in which they shared their impressions and experiences, and how they can share their experiences with others through the organization of follow-up activities. Their active participation in all stages of the project contributed to how successfully the project was conducted, and to the outstanding experience each participant had.