Talk about the Erasmus+ opportunities

The talk was given by myself, Cristina Alonso Moya, at the high school "IES Orden de Santiago" in Horcajo de Santiago (Cuenca, Spain) on Wednesday 30th November 2022.

There, I performed two talks, one of them for students of "1st baccalaureate" (16 years old) and a second one for students of "2nd baccalaureate" (17 years old). Each talk lasted for 55 min, a total of 1h 50min. In the first class (16 years old), there were 43 participants, while in the second class (17 years old), there were 32 participants.

Each talk contained the exact same information. There, I first presented my experiences in the Erasmus+ Programme I have taken part in and after, I talked to them about the criteria and ways to apply for some Erasmus+ opportunities.

Link: here

 

I also created a facebook post talking about this: here

Best,

Cristina

A project to be remembered

Costinesti, the village of youth, party life and carelessness. Being back here brought back so many memories of happy, worry-less life. This place definitely holds its magic, even though it resembles a ghost town at this time of year. I feel the group of our project during the week was the spark the town needed. Nice To Meet You (NMY) was a project full of energy, positiveness and important life lessons. The mix of the Romanian, Italian, Greek, Bulgarian, Turkish and Spanish cultures made us whole a unity, we left behind the fact that we had just met, we were truly friends.

The days were filled with engaging activities who would never allow us to get bored and the nights unveiled their magic with the cultural nights. Through these activities we got to directly engage with the local people, who were really helpful and warm, happy to be part of the process. We started with simple games, which helped break the ice, helping us become more and more comfortable with each other and opening our eyes to other cultures. Origami truly represents a tool, encasing vital qualities like patience, attention to detail and unity. All the participants in this project had their patience tested when it came to this little piece of paper causing so much hustle. But by the end of it, our little paper game turned into something so much more meaningful. Every fold of paper was a decision,and the final product of our life plan. It’s amazing how a piece of paper can convey so much meaning and emotion, through it all of us managed to depict our cultures, values and ideals.

The Culture Fair that we organized at the end of our project truly put into perspective the lessons and fruit of our work, we brought joy to children and adults alike though our pieces depicting important symbols of our cultures. 

Hence, all the adventures that we passed through these 10 days have helped become a better version of ourselves, richer in culture, patience and of course…origami :). We experienced together the beautiful sights of this small but mighty place, the sunken ship, the beach and the obelisk. I believe this place will hold a special place in all the participant’s hearts.

Hope we will see eachother soon, friends! :) Wish you all the best!

by Theona [RO]

I totally recommend you to live the experience!

Hi guys!

I want to share my experience in Costinesti, Romania. I had so much fun and I learnt a lot. We did some cool activities:

- Origami Workshop,
- Cultural nights (we were given some information about a country, danced typical dances and ate typical food of an specific country),
- Visited Constanza and Costinesti,
- Made some bonds with peole from other countries through activities which were focused on getting to know each other!

Moreover, I send you a video with some photos of my experience! I hope you enjoy it! I totally recommend you to live the experience! <3

I explain to my friends

Hi,

I’m Letizia Puddu and in October I went to Romania for the project “Nice to meet you”.

These photos represent how I explained the project to my friends and how I taught them how to do origami.

They too dream of being able to have such a wonderful experience.

Thank you!

See you,

Letizia.

Link: here

It was an experience that everyone should try

- Public Event on Antalya beach, Turkey

- Date: 26/11/2022

- Time: 2-3 hours

- Target group:15-20 people (because I focused on University students).

I specifically targeted young people on the Antalya coast and tried to convey my experiences to people.

I explained what we did and what we learned in the 'Nice to meet you' project, as well as what the Erasmus+ Programme contributed to people. 

I conveyed that I especially enjoyed being in Romania, it was an experience that everyone should try. 

I distributed the flyers we made while in Romania. It was very fun for me, what I know and it was just as fun to share my experiences.

by Osman [TR]

My experience....

 

link: here

by Julia [IT]

Nice to meet you! - Come with us in Erasmus+

Dissemination of the project "Nice to meet you!" that took place between 20-30 October at Costinești, Constanta, Romania was presented by Grădinaru Andreea Eliana and Ciupitu Cristina Emanuela at Liceu Teoretic "Marin Preda", Turnu Măgurele to a group of 60 students between the 16-19 age old.

The dissemination consisted in the presentation of the 9 days of activities, cultural evenings and organized parties. 

We presented the students what we learned in this project and advised them to participate in as many projects as possible.

We have done an energiser called “Bunny, bunny”!

My name is Camelia and I participated in the Erasmus+ project, named “Nice to meet you”. 

After the project, I organised a presentation for the students from N.V. Karpen Highschool, Bacau. 

I started by presenting the activities during our project. I told them about the energisers and the origami that we made in Costinesti and about the aim of the project and I showed them some photos that we took there. Also, I told them about the NGO and the organisers. 

In order to understand better and to get to know what Erasmus+ is, I presented them a power point about this kind of mobilities, about the Erasmus divisions and which types of opportunities they can experience with KA1 and KA2. Then I gave them more details about Youth Exchange: budget, accommodation, meals, activities and intercultural nights. 

I explained them what an Youthpass is, which are the key competences that you can achieve during the mobility and I showed them one of my Youthpasses. I told them some of the most popular Erasmus slogans: “Once Erasmus, always Erasmus”, “Eat, sleep, Erasmus, repeat.” The digital presentation ended with the Erasmus+ hymn. After this, we had a session of Q&A (questions & answers). 

In the end, we have done an energiser called “Bunny, bunny”. We had an imaginary bunny and we chose one by one what to do with the bunny. Some of them, they kissed the bunny, other ones hugged it and so on. In the end we had to do the same action that we chose to do but instead of doing with the imaginary bunny we did it with the person who was sitting next to us. I think that energiser helped us to get connected to each other. We finished the activity with smiles, applause and hugs. They asked me for groups and NGO names for projects. They also said that they enjoyed the activity and they are waiting for me again to do some more activities related to Erasmus+.

Our E+ journey

 

by Simal [TR]

One of the best experiences of my life!

Thank you guys for being a part of this project, which is one of the best experiences of my life!

 #erasmusplus

Denise [TR]

Video: here

Photos: here