Youth Center Vratza

From 13 to 16 of March , our partners from the Youth Center – Hamarin, Iceland, together with some of their young people, were our guests

From 13 to 16 of March , our partners from the Youth Center – Hamarin, Iceland, together with some of their young people, were our guests.

They had a busy schedule on the first day of their visit. In the morning, they got acquainted with the activities that are carried out in the Youth Center – Vratsa, and then they visited the Regional History Museum, where, in addition to getting acquainted with the wonderful expositions, they participated in an educational game. In the afternoon, together with our partners from the town of Habnafjörður, we visited the Youth Center – Montana, where our colleagues had prepared an interesting program.

The second day was also very intense! In the morning we presented the handbook Participatory Arts, gave interviews and took part in a podcast.We also held a working meeting with Deputy. Mayor Alexander Vladimirov, where we discussed possibilities for further cooperation. In the afternoon we visited the Ledenika cave and explored the beauties of the Vratsa Balkans. In the evening we played board games with our “All-A-Board Games” club. On the last day of our adventure, we planned our subsequent joint activities, and the youngsters exchanged role-playing experiences. Later in the afternoon, we were transported to Japan with the event of the “Japanese Culture” club at the Youth Center – Vratsa, where, in addition to playing Japanese games, making origami, calligraphy classes and eating sushi, this time the program included a demonstration of the “Ipon” judo club.The purpose of the event was for young people to learn about Japanese culture and also about different types of martial arts, motivating themselves to lead a more active and healthy lifestyle.

With that, the visit of our friends from Iceland ended, wishing for more joint meetings and projects!

The working visit is part of the activities under Project BGLD – 1.003 – 0004 “Vratsa Youth Center – a factor for the development of the North-West”, financed through the Financial Mechanism of the EEA 2014-2021.

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