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YE - Deaf youth exchange "Diversity among us"
Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Deaf youth organisations in Europe has expressed to the European Union of the Deaf Youth - which is an umbrella organisation for those organisations - that EUDY should be more attentive to the minority groups that exist in the deaf community itself, despite the deaf community being a minority already. People who are deaf and blind, colored, women, gay, religious, etc. are excluded from the excluded. In this view, EUDY has the objective to promote the exchange of information, experiences and the identification of solutions between the Deaf young people in order to overcome the increasing obstacles today in young Deaf people's lives. EUDY considers that the first stage towards full recognition of their rights consists of raising awareness, spreading information and empowering leaders as well as giving them the opportunities to make their voice heard at political level. But to represent the Deaf youth community as a whole, Deaf young persons should know what this same community is consisted of. The Deaf community is very versatile and there are minorities in this group which is already a minority. Therefore the purpose of this activity is to raise awareness and recognise the distinctiveness of those minority groups such as the DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, LGBTI as well as deaf youth who experience discrimination because of gender, ethnicity, religion, and intellectual disabilities. In 6 working days Deaf young people aged 13-17 from all over Europe will engage in different workshops, teambuilding activities and outdoor activities to identify how diverse the Deaf community is and how they can include those groups which are marginalised into the community so the community will be stronger. These activities will have a non-formal principle and the participants are invited to share their own experiences and ideas. Al Folkehoyskole and EUDY hope the participants will gain respect and spread this message back in their respective countries.
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