Ubuntu is a group EVS which Involve 10 volunteers from five European countries (UK, France, Austria, Romania, Estonia) who will work together for 10 months in CE.S.I.E's activities in the neighbourhood of Ballare).The activities will be centred around the themes of minorities, intercultura lity, local community development and creativity and innovation and the objectives are to promote intercultural dialogue, develop innovative and creative tools in order to promote community development and integration, promote the personal and professional development of each volunteer, stimulate the notions of active citizenship and participation at both local and EU levels, promote the YiA programme and develop new partnerships.Activities will permit the volunteers to work with a variety of beneficiaries (children, women, families, immigrant groups): assisting in an intercultural playgroup, community workshops, the development of initiatives which promote intercultural dialogue, promotion of YiA programme and EVS to peers and the development of a personal project which will allow them to expand their knowledge and skills in a chosen area related to the project and its objectives.Learning methods will be non-formal and will include active and participatory learning - "learning by doing" -and collaborative and cooperative learning. In addition UNESCO's "Four Pillars of Education" - learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together and learning to be - will be employed.