Kalimera to you all!
Last week it was a very unconventional one for us!
In fact, we had the opportunity to be part of the YEU Convention which takes place every year in a different country, and...guess what? This time it is based in Cyprus.
At first, it was difficult to imagine what this "convention" was. To us it sounded just as an empty word, because we didn't know much about it. But then, day after day, that empty word started to fill in with meaning, faces, smiles and much more.
Even though some people arrived during the weekend, most of the participants joined on Monday the 20th and stayed here in Nicosia until Friday morning, when they left to continue their adventure in Pedulas. Four days full of fun and new encounters and who knows what else they are experiencing right know.
We also had the privilege to host some of the participants at our house and even if it was unexpected (especially for a guy who rang our doorbell at 5.30 in the morning) and a little bit crowded (8 people queueing for the shower), it worked well. Unfortunately, we don't have a car and we live quite far from the place of their meeting, which caused them some delays and a little bit of wandering lost in the city.
But back to the convention: what is it and what is it about? Basically, it is a meeting among people who are part of the different YEU organizations in all Europe, to get to know each other, exchange contacts, ideas, projects, but also to discuss a specific topic. This year the chosen topic was youth unemployment, a very important and concrete problem in our current society. Of course, the topic was faced using non formal education with different games and activities, to involve people in a more active way.
On Thursday evening we also invited people from the convention to our radio show "Tune your Souls", and they kindly accepted to participate, answering all of our curious questions and bringing some music from their countries. So if you missed it and you want to know more about the convention, here is the link http://listenagain.mycyradio.eu/index.php?id=5029
Personally, we enjoyed very much finding ourselves surrounded by all this mixture of cultures (from the Balkans to the Iberian peninsula, from Netherland to Cyprus), taking part in this event, (even if just from the outside), feeling part of a huge mechanism which moves thanks to the hard work, the passion, the energy and also the love of pleople who made it possible.
So that is all for today...who knows what else is coming?!
Un grande abbraccio
Anna, Doris, Lenka and Pablo
Last week it was a very unconventional one for us!
In fact, we had the opportunity to be part of the YEU Convention which takes place every year in a different country, and...guess what? This time it is based in Cyprus.
At first, it was difficult to imagine what this "convention" was. To us it sounded just as an empty word, because we didn't know much about it. But then, day after day, that empty word started to fill in with meaning, faces, smiles and much more.
Even though some people arrived during the weekend, most of the participants joined on Monday the 20th and stayed here in Nicosia until Friday morning, when they left to continue their adventure in Pedulas. Four days full of fun and new encounters and who knows what else they are experiencing right know.
We also had the privilege to host some of the participants at our house and even if it was unexpected (especially for a guy who rang our doorbell at 5.30 in the morning) and a little bit crowded (8 people queueing for the shower), it worked well. Unfortunately, we don't have a car and we live quite far from the place of their meeting, which caused them some delays and a little bit of wandering lost in the city.
But back to the convention: what is it and what is it about? Basically, it is a meeting among people who are part of the different YEU organizations in all Europe, to get to know each other, exchange contacts, ideas, projects, but also to discuss a specific topic. This year the chosen topic was youth unemployment, a very important and concrete problem in our current society. Of course, the topic was faced using non formal education with different games and activities, to involve people in a more active way.
On Thursday evening we also invited people from the convention to our radio show "Tune your Souls", and they kindly accepted to participate, answering all of our curious questions and bringing some music from their countries. So if you missed it and you want to know more about the convention, here is the link http://listenagain.mycyradio.eu/index.php?id=5029
Personally, we enjoyed very much finding ourselves surrounded by all this mixture of cultures (from the Balkans to the Iberian peninsula, from Netherland to Cyprus), taking part in this event, (even if just from the outside), feeling part of a huge mechanism which moves thanks to the hard work, the passion, the energy and also the love of pleople who made it possible.
So that is all for today...who knows what else is coming?!
Un grande abbraccio
Anna, Doris, Lenka and Pablo
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