For every end, a new beginning. Celebrating sustainable changes in Italy
The Mentoring Life Italian Conference celebrates the accomplishments of the project and served as a catalyst for empowering the youth to...
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The goal of the "Mentoring Life: Small waves in the big ocean of change" project is to increase the rate of active involvement of young people in sustainable changes, which concern both independence and decision-making in independent life, as well as solving problems at the level of the community in which they live. This main goal will be achieved through 3 objectives specific:
O1. Increasing the involvement capacity of 1000 young people from 5 European countries (Romania, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland) in sustainable changes at the personal and social level, through the development of:
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critical thinking and problem solving
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healthy lifestyle (physical, mental, emotional and relational)
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planning the educational and professional path, during a mentoring process lasting 6 months.
O2. The growth the quality of mentoring and guidance activities for young people, by training 50 youth workers from 5 European countries in implementing sustainable change programs and by developing an innovative change methodology and development of critical thinking skills, healthy lifestyle and career planning for young people.
O3. Increasing the capacity of 5 European organizations (Gamma Institute - Romania, Compacting - Portugal, CEIPES - Italy, Aspaym Castilla y Leon - Spain and IAiRS - Poland) in offering activities with a high level of quality, addressed to youth workers (through innovative mentoring methodology) and young people (through the program of sustainable changes), in the context of changing the way of organizing activities for young people.
Project Results
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Youth Mentor's Guide
PR1 The Youth Mentor's Guide is a manual whose main purpose is to improve the capacity of youth workers to guide young people when they want to implement a change, either in their own lives, or solving a problem at the level of their local community. In this context, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, the youth workers from the 5 organizations are quite confused and reluctant to organize activities for young people. The main reason is that they do not know how to approach young people in the new context in which socialization is no longer a priority, young people are much more anxious, have lost their motivation, and are especially disappointed by the fact that change at the level of society is not a provisional, but seems to be prolonged.
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Small waves of change
PR2 "Small waves of change - Toolkit for youth personal development" is a cascade personal development program, which started from the need identified at the level of the 5 local communities of the partners - having a concrete guide, with clear examples and transmitted in a close and accessible message, at the same time attractive for young people. Mentors will provide guidance in changes on 3 topics: critical thinking and solving community problems, healthy lifestyle and career planning. At the end will receive mentoring 1000 young people at the partnership level (5 countries). The program contains exercises for 21 consecutive days - according to neuroscience research, our brain needs 21 consecutive days of voluntary effort to build a new neural network. The mentors will receive the exercises from the project staff and implement them, receiving feedback and providing close support to the young people in their group.
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Change Life toolkit
PR3 The "Change Life toolkit" aims to facilitate the integration of change on the 3 levels addressed by the project - critical thinking, healthy lifestyle, and career planning, using the predominant language and learning style of young people - video tutorials. The need to which this intellectual product responds is the need of youth workers and organizations in this field and in the field of non-formal education in general, to convey the desired message in an appropriate language, so as to greatly increase its access and integration. The idea of transmitting the information in the form of short tutorials, in the format "How to plan your career in 21 days" came up. During the tutorial, the youth workers, who have become mentors and with the help of some young volunteers, will film some tutorials to explain to others the program and the steps to follow. 5 episodes (tutorials) will be filmed on each topic, which will be available on YouTube, on the channels of the 5 partner organizations, and on the project website.
Career Planning
Problem Solving
Healthy Lifestyle
Institute for Research and Study of Quantum Consciousness
The aim of the Institute for Research and Study of Quantic Consciousness - Gamma Institute, is promotion, development, research, and initiative for activities in the field of psychology, psychothe,rapy and mental health. Gamma targets trainees, kids, and international specialists through training programs, workshops, psychological services, counseling, and international cooperation.
GAMMA Projects & Research
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