Together in Solidarity

Mieliśmy przyjemność po raz trzeci być partnerem w projekcie realizowanym przez zaprzyjaźnioną organizację z Rumunii. W wymianie udział wzięła młodzież z Opola, uczęszczająca do świetlicy "OAZA" prowadzonej przez Fundację "Horyzont". Poniżej prezentujemy krótki opis wymiany przygotwany przez grupę polską :)

Projekt "Together in Solidarity" odbywał się w dniach 27.08 - 05.09.2017 w Rumunii brała w nim udział młodzież z Rumunii, Bułgarii, Ukrainy i  Polski. Głównym tematem warsztatów była problematyka uchodźców w Unii Europejskiej. Warsztaty odbywały się każdego dnia po 4 sesje.Wspólnie omawiane były sposoby pomocy Uchodźcom. Zajęcia prowadzone były kreatywnie poprzez pracę w grupach. Każdego dnia organizowany był wieczór kulturowy  na temat danego Państwa, które młodzież reprezentowała. Można było posmakować tradycyjnych posiłków, wspólnie zatańczyć ludowe tańce oraz dowedzieć się na temat organizacji ktore pomagają osobom potrzebującym w danym kraju. 

Dziękujemy organizacji "Asociatia pentru sprijin si dezvoltare comunitara- Tara Oasului" za możliwość udziału w projekcie!

VII Piknik Rodzinny nad Odrą

Serdecznie zapraszamy do udziału w Pikniku, podczas którego HOPP zaprezentuje swoją działalność! :)

Drugie międzynarodowe spotkanie w Bułgarii zakończone sukcesem!

Drugie spotkanie międzynarodowe już za nami! W terminie 30.06-3.07.2017 spotkaliśmy się z naszymi partnerami: Bulgarian Sports Development Association z Bułgarii oraz Social Policy and Action Organization z Cypru po raz drugi, tym razem w Sofii. Spotkanie było bardzo owocne, a atmosfera przyjazna, niemalże rodzinna :-) Podczas tych kilku upalnych dni, udało nam sięzrealizować plan. Omówiliśmy przygotowane przez wszystkich przykładowe moduły, tworząc ujednolicony schemat. Ponadto, opracowaliśmy wstęp do publikacji projektowej, w której znajdą się szczegółowe informacje dotyczące stanu zdrowia dzieci i młodzieży w naszych krajach, a także poziomu edukacji zdrowotnej. Kolejnym krokiem było przygotowanie 2 rodzajów kwestionariuszy, które staną się podstawą badania dotyczącego innowacyjnej (modułowej) metody. Na koniec udało nam się omówić działania lokalne, sferę promocji projektu oraz praktyczne aspekty realizacji projektu. 

Szczególnym wydarzeniem był Festiwal Zdrowia i Sportu, w którym brała udział organizacja goszcząca z Bułgarii. Podczas wydarzenia zorganizowanego w pięknej przestrzeni parku miejskiego w Sofii, wspólnie promowaliśmy projekt "Start now!". Festiwal był okazją do spotkania z lokalną społecznością miasta, poznania działalności zwiazanych ze zdrowiem i sportem w mieście. Pogoda nas jednak nie oszczędzała, obdarzając nas sporą dawką słońca i temperaturą 40 stopni. Pomimo tego, udział w tym wydarzeniu był niezapomnianym przeżyciem.

W pozaformalnym czasie, mieliśmy okazję zobaczyć miasto, a także posmakować bułgarskich specjałów. Salatka szopska cieszyła się zdecydowanie największym powodzeniem, biorąc pod uwagę tempearturę powietrza ;-)

Pragniemy przypomnieć, iż projekt "Start now!: strategic partnership for health promotion among youth" jest projektem partnerstwa strategicznego realizowanego w ramach programu Erasmus+ (akcja 2). Nasz projekt został objęty honorowym patronatem Prezydenta Miasta Opola.

Zapraszamy do odwiedzania strony naszego projektu i fan page oraz bierzącego śledzenia wydarzeń!

http://startnow-erasmus.eu

https://www.facebook.com/startnow.erasmusplus/?ref=bookmarks

#StartnowHealthy #ErasmusPlus #NonformalHealthEducation

1st International meeting "Start now!"

Just a week ago, we have finished our first international meeting, which was held in Opole, in Poland, between 21st and 24th of April. During that get-together, we have officially start our project, frame of which is ERASMUS+ Program with Key Action 2: Strategic Partnership between European NGOs.

During those intensive, but very resultful days we had managed to set formally our partnership by signing internal agreement between our organizations. We draft future steps and plan timetable of the rest of our project, which is originally planned for almost 2 years (till the end of 2018). Now just after this superb meeting we are truly believe that fallowing two years will be outstanding for our partnership and the final outcomes will exceed our assumptions.

In few words our project’s main idea is to teach young people about health. But we would like to do it rather by giving them tool for non-formal learning, than just presenting facts and clues, like it is commonly in health education. For this purpose, we invent an innovative method of non-formal education based on modules system. And now, after project started, we will work on that method to make it easy, useful and, what is most important, interesting to youth.

Background of our partnership is strong cooperation between our organizations that now have lasted from 3 years. During this gathering, we have got to know each other even better. Bulgarian team was represented by Joanna Dochevska and Kalinka Gudarovska, Cyprus – by Ifigenia Katchie and Konstantina Katsie, HOPP - by Martyna Jaros and Piotr Jaros.

#StartnowHealthy #ErasmusPlus #NonformalHealthEducation

Happy Easter!

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PROJECT "START NOW!" - COMING SOON!

Christmas wishes

Final publication "Youth & Fit Energy Prevention Programmes"

Cardiovascular diseases Prevention Programmes - click here to open!

DRIVE – Develop Rewarding, Inspiring Values for Everyone who participates

 

 

Training Course "DRIVE" is finished now!

We would like to thank to Bulgarian Sport Development Association for such wonderful experience :-)

Report from the project below.

"The project took place from 20/08/2016 to 28/08/2016 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Altogether, 34 people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and Spain took part in this project. Taking part in this project was a big opportunity for us to show and share our skills and abilities, take knowledge and experience from another participants as well. It was our first project in which took a part people from different age and status and that's really useful, because we could learn from them a lot of new and create in ourselves the ability to cooperate, to integrate, to work in team with different personalities. We have taught a lot during this project including making decision' process, new methods of non formal education, developing our leader skills, improving our English as well. We have learned what mean education through sport and how we can use sport activities in real life. During the project we were creating sport activities by themselves, discussing about different topics related with healthy life, education and sport. Also we tried to create our own international project in short time what was so interesting and excited, but in the same time, the most complex challenge because we worked under the pressure of deadline. It helped to improve ourselves and open our new opportunities. The great idea was to organize culture`s evening, because all countries had an opportunity to show a beauty of their culture and to understand another culture`s more deeply what directly helped to us with creation of one integrated team. Also we shared information about our organizations and showed our goals, inspiration and motivation. We are thankful for giving to us the opportunity to be a part of this project".

Polish team from HOPP

 

Here is also the link to the project website

DRIVE

Photobook from the "Youth & Fit Energy" project

 

Youth & Fit Energy

Project "Youth & Fit Energy" came to an end...

 

"Youth & Fit Energy" was a trilateral youth exchange in the frame of Erasmus + Programme (key action 1). Young people from 3 partner cities: Opole (Poland), Potsdam (Germany), and Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukraine) all together met in Opole on 9-17^th of August 2016. Main topic of the project was health promotion. During 9 days participants took part in many non-formal activities and team games. One of the main events was Oxford debate on the health of urban citizens organized in the Town Hall of Opole. The debate was preceded by a presentation on health and hygiene of urban life throughout history, organized by the Polish participants on the occasion of 800 - anniversary of the Opole city. During the exchange, participants have been working together on prevention program aimed at people with cardiovascular disease. They confronted ideas with experts and built draft of program’s implementation. They have learnt also what culture is, and during informal learning, they have sensed what is multiculturalism. All activities were carried out in the spirit of non-formal education.

 

 

 

Health and hygiene of urban life throughout history as an example of Opole

Health and hygiene of urban life throughout history as an example of Opole

Presentation was made during the project "Youth & Fit Energy" under the Erasmus + Programme.

Our fourth day was full of fun activities as well as serious work.

We started our morning session with a game of Princesses and Castles and then proceeded with some focus time. We were explained how to prepare our prevention programmes by Agnieszka and Martyna, grouped ourselfs (without any issues!!!) and came up with some first ideas within our groups.
The game of evolution is worth mentioning because of he oustanding performance of one of us - Denis, who unfortunately did n...ot go beyond the first step of the evolution, making everyone cry from laughter.
After lunch each person was able to decide what she or he wanted to do. The biggest part of the programme wanted to play some sports and games, the other went around the city to find a spot for our street campaign. The last group chose to work on our prevention projects.
At 9pm we gathered to enjoy the German evening, which was very informative and fun. We learned many things (twenty five to be exact!) That we did not know about this country. After some snacks we played the games of the Silent post, did a dance to the German song and played beerpong, where Ukrainian team proved to be unbeatble (not without my help, I must admit). Thank you very much, the German team, for organising the evening for us! We are very excited to see what the Ukrainian team is going to present:)
Have a good day everyone😻😻😻

- Wiola

"Sorry for a little bit late, but polish evening was great" :-)

Third day was so exciting and interesting. It started from Oxford Debate,which was organized in the Rathaus. The topic of the debate was about pros and cons of living in a big city. All participants were prepared well and gave a lot of arguments to detent their stands. The debate was won by the group of opposers - they stand was that it is better not to live in a big city. At the afternoon was the time for open ...space. Each nation prepared and showed presentation about their universities and activities,that they do there in everyday basis. After dinner polish group did presentation about history and culture in Poland. There was also degustation of polish food and drinks. Most of people had much fun during activities like 'Kaczuchy dance' or running around the chairs. The party continued to the very late time during night

- Ivan

 

Good morning everyone 🌞

time to get out of the bed and be productive 😅🙄
I bet everyone would like to sleep even longer..
But anyways..
...

Yesterday we had our second day of the Erasmus project and it felt like a looong exhausting day!
BUT we also had a lot of fun, in my opinion.
2nd day: firstly we started with a funny energizer by Sophia. Talked about our experiences about the city game and compared our results. Our morning session consisted of a task while working in groups with the topic: stereotypes. Moreover we talked about prejudices and discrimination and compared our stereotypes to each country and talked about their definition.
In between we were playing games like "the old lady" and failed miserably 😅 But we got better !👌🏼
In the afternoon we were beginning to prepare the Oxford debate. Choose whose in a team together, and work on the speeches..
Eventually we were supposed to work on our "open space" in the national teams in the evening.
That's it guys! Hope were all having a great 3rd day. Don't forget your secret friends 😉, (p.s. Thank you for the sweets secret friend 😋) And see ya all at breakfast 🍳🍴

- Lisa

 

Goooooood morning, sunshines! :)

Yesterday we had first official day of the project during which we tried to get to know each other, learn the names while playing name-games, communicate in different ways,discover the city of Opole by playing a city game (there is no bad weather in the weather :) ) Every our activity shows that the participants are open-minded, ready to be involved into something and share their ideas and beliefs :)

 

We wish you loooots of inner and outer war...mth.
Be creative and remember about secret friends, everybody wants some attention! :)

 

Yours,
Daily group n.1 :)

p.s. Photos and videos from the previous day are uploaded into the group, you can watch and "like" them :)
p.p.s. use ‪#‎YFE2016‬ when you post something, let's make our activities more visible

- Sofija

 

Youth & Fit Energy - poster