Tv story for "Celebrate the Difference" in Kosovo

Hi everyone!

I am happy to be the first to write in our lovely blog in 2013. I am sure you still remember what we did in Breisach and maybe still missing and being nostalgic about those days.

Captured from the video story

Today in our local TV it was a story about our youth exchange "Celebrate the Difference". It was a nice pleasure to have the chance to tell the others that we really celebrated the differences and had a wonderful experience with you people.

We chose to mention the skype conference with Franziska Brantner, the visit in European Institutions in Strasbourg and our fantastic time in Breisach.
                                                                                 

I invite you to enjoy the video and share with others if you like. See you in next announcements.

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Evaluation results, part 1

At the end of the international youth exchange "Celebrate the Difference!" we conducted an anonymous evaluation with the participants. We used the online survey application "Polldaddy" which is available free of charge in a basic version. 23 out of 24 participants filled in the online questionnaire, which is quite a remarkable result in itself. The questionnaire consisted of ten questions, five of them closed (multiple choice, see below) and the other five open questions. Below you will find the results of questions relating to some general aspects of the venue, the group, the organisation and the programme of the exchange, but also to some more specific aspects of the contents.

Evaluating the venue and its environment

The first question of the evaluation form asked for opinions about the venue of the exchange (i.e. the youth hostel in Breisach) and its surroundings:


Question 1: How do you evaluate the...?

Unser Besuch beim Europarat

"Alle Menschen werden Brüder..."

Endlich! Heute stand unsere Fahrt nach Strasbourg auf dem Plan, auf die wir uns alle schon riesig gefreut haben. Nach unserer Führung und den Gesprächen im Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte machten wir Pause in einem nahe gelegenen Tierpark, welchen uns Michel, Kevin und Marc zeigten und gestärkt durch Kaffee, Wasser oder „Orangina“ gingen wir zum Europarat zurück, in dem eine weitere Führung auf uns wartete.

Angekommen warteten wir eine Weile, bis uns ein großer Security-Mann unsere Schilder gab, unsere Sachen gescannt wurden und eine nette Frau auf uns zu kam und sich uns als unsere Führerin durch den Europarat vorstellte.

Skype conference with Franziska Brantner

After the free time in Freiburg and Colmar we had the chance to have a skype conference with Franziska Brantner from Germany, Member of the European Parliament for the European Green Party (Greens/EFA group).


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Some days before we prepared the questions that we needed to know about many topics like European Expansion, Croatians entry, Kosovo road, the future of Youth in Action, Erasmus etc. She reserved some time from her agenda to answer and make us clear many problems that concerns us.
We sent the questions two nights before the call. During the conference she was so spontaneous with us and spent even her preparation time to answer our endless questions.


Keine Waffen für Assad!

This was a wonderful experience for all participants of “Celebrate the difference” and I am sure it was helpful for peoples involved in politics, youth working and people who are asking for main rights as is free movement.

International Volunteer Day

International Volunteer Day (IVD) - (December 5) is an international observance designated by the United Nations since 1985.

The declared aim of this activity is to thank the volunteers for their efforts and increase public awareness on their contribution to society. The day is celebrated in majority countries of the world.

The International Volunteer Day is marked by many non-governmental organizations, including Red Cross, scouts and others. It is also marked and supported by United Nations Volunteers.
 

Happy day to everyone who feels volunteer :) 

You are a radio star…

Nachdem wir bereits am 3. Tag unseres Aufenthaltes die Chance hatten, nach Freiburg zu fahren und das dort ansässige, freie Radio Dreyeckland zu besuchen, hatten wir alle Lust auf mehr. Schalter betätigen, Mikrofon und Kopfhörer austesten und kurze Sequenzen aufzunehmen hatte Spaß gemacht, doch nun wollten einige von uns eine richtige Show auf die Beine stellen. So haben sich also Martin, Kevin, Josefine, Anastasia, Ivana, Ervis, Sen, Nikolche und Vedrana dazu bereit erklärt, eine Radiosendung aufzunehmen.

Vor der Zentrale von Radio Dreyeckland auf dem Freiburger Grether-Gelände

Back in reality

Today is the 26th of November 2012. The day that in the past month i was most afraid of.
You will ask why? Because i knew i would feel as i feel right now, and i was kinda not so looking forward to it.

All of the participants are probably back home by the moment of my writing, and everything that happened in Breisach is already behind us. I had amazing time with all of you guys, i met many wonderful people, did many nice things, learned a lot useful information, drank a lot of German beer, ate humongous amounts of gummy bear and took a lot of pictures that will help me carry the memories of this wonderful trip forever.