European youth program: Inclusion & Diversity

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Las Niñas del Tul Association

Organisation:

Las Niñas del Tul Association

Country:

Spain

About organisation:

Las Niñas del Tul is a non-profit cultural association that has been carrying out activities in the province of Granada for more than 20 years. We are an organisation with extensive experience in youth work that focuses on the methodology of non formal education to offer, primarily, opportunities at the individual level for personal development through experimentation and learning outside the comfort zone and at the same time, to provide the entities with which we work and collaborate with the necessary information to exploit the resources available to them. We do all this from our base in Granada and thanks to the team of professionals and volunteers that we have. That is why our main objective is to develop and carry out cultural activities with the ultimate aim of promoting human rights and always taking into consideration the values that define us: respect, empathy, diversity, inclusion, tolerance, equality, environmental awareness and protection of the historical-artistic heritage

Title of the project

European youth program: Inclusion & Diversity

Start date:

1/5/2021

End date:

1/12/2022

Objectives:

The main objective was to provide information and opportunities through the European programs for young people: Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps to young people with fewer opportunities such as young people deprived of their liberty (in prison) and young people who, after having arrived in Spain alone, fulfilled the coming of age and trying to find a new autonomous and independent life.The activities that were promoted for all young people, deprived or not of liberty, were national and international volunteer activities through which to promote youth participation.The results we obtained were:- Sending more than 30 young people with fewer opportunities to volunteer projects in France.- Preparation of different training activities within the prison through the proposals prepared by the young people residing in the prison.

Why the project was: empowering young people, adapting to changing realities, or thinking out of the box:

For young people who, after having arrived in Spain alone when they were minors, after turning 18 and in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic when they were trying to find a new autonomous and independent life, discovering that they were offered the possibility of also living and enjoying as young people in international volunteer projects in France together with other young people, it was quite a discovery of their own personal developments. It was an important adaptation to new realities with new opportunities in which young people with fewer opportunities do not usually participate as much as they could on this occasion.In the case of young people deprived of liberty, in the Albolote prison (Granada), it was also an important adaptation regarding: Vital and emotional situations of young people that we could not previously know about and we could not do group knowledge dynamics as is usually done because personal information inside the prison can always be a threat. The resources that could or could not be used (no new technologies or internet connection), schedules (the prison's own schedules had to be respected), materials to be used (practically all analogue, paper, no scissors, with no possibility of taking photos or videos, ...).

How the project was inclusive:

We always kept in mind the European values ​​that, given the ignorance of young people, we made constant presentations of the programs and values ​​with which we were working and that young people could optimise these resources as they progressed in their own personal development.Constant information on European programs and their opportunities were always visible through paper publications.Given the obligation to respect the image and privacy of the young participants given their personal profiles, we could not disseminate on social networks but we could achieve it through peer to peer contact. So, we couldn't take pictures or videos of participants so we are just able to share pictures of some materials.

Green aspect:

In this aspect, the truth is that we had few options.

How the project has given a European dimension to your event and ensured the visibility and promotion of Eurodesk?

We always kept in mind the European values ​​that, given the ignorance of young people, we made constant presentations of the programs and values ​​with which we were working and that young people could optimise these resources as they progressed in their own personal development.Constant information on European programs and their opportunities were always visible through paper publications.Given the obligation to respect the image and privacy of the young participants given their personal profiles, we could not disseminate on social networks but we could achieve it through peer to peer contact. So, we couldn't take pictures or videos of participants so we are just able to share pictures of some materials.

Impact:

The result most valued by all the people involved in these activities has been the social awareness of direct contact with young people, very young people with profiles of young people with fewer opportunities for various reasons.And another highly valued result after these activities has been the confidence or personal empowerment of young people in themselves, as young people regardless of the large number of responsibilities that as adults they already had to take into account and be aware of, but they were also young .Finally, another of the great results of these activities has been the rapprochement of the public administration responsible for Youth to carry out training activities in environments deprived of liberty and with young people with fewer opportunities.