Summary: A project to help youth learn how to improve their life in the place they live, and become active members of their community.
Description:
The purposes of the project:
• To participate in the district life
• To learn more about local governments
• To find out what they do for the youth on their territory
• To realize what young people can do to improve their life themselves and how they can communicate with the governments,
Stages of the project:
• Introducing participants to each other
• Discussing the ideas with the students at school - (to find out what local government is)
• Social monitoring – activities local government organize for youth, What can I do to change, to make life better
• Forum. Discussing problem with partners. Answer the question If I am a governor what would I change?
• Exchanging the results of work with partners – making presentations and creating websites, videoconferences
Timetable: September – October – introduction the groups to each other November, December – social monitoring January – February – sharing the results with partners March – April videoconferences between participants May – discussing the results of the year, preparing the youth forum with the local government. Planning for 2010 - 2011
- Facilitator(s): Olga_Prokhorenko
- Country: Russia
- Languages: English, Russian
- Student Age Level: 12-14, 15-18
- Contributions: By making changes in their lives in their districts, youth become active citizens of the world. “Think globally act locally.”
- Outcomes: presentations made by students, new social projects together with local governments in each area, new ideas of activities for youth in the district.
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