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Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
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European Train Travel
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Youth Mobility: TGV at 300 km/h
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Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
European Train Travel
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Our welcome meal
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Real paper tickets for train travel
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
For many of our participa nts Lisbon was the first foreign capital they got to know ... far away from home and alw ays with a great need to tell their familie s that everything is going we ll ... using the e.p.a. computer! Lisbon is a perfect site to study colonial histor y with it’s rich collection of historical evi dences. But there is still a lot to do to deal with the colonial pa st and to involve this pro cess into the portuguese educational system as our hosts con firmed. The famous Monument to the Discoveries repres ents a romantic idealisation of the Portu guese past that was typ ical during the regime of Salazar - dec orated with a mosaic sho wing a world map with the routes of Portuguese explorers wh ich by the way was donated by South Afr ica in 1960.
The City of Lisbon
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
Cultural Activities and Communication
During the Exchange Spanish, Portuguese, English, Singing and Da ncing were the main languages. Especially Da nce brought the young people from 3 continents quickly together. The tram, the bus sto p and the terrace in Alc ou tim we re the sta ge s where pe op le performed, where they shared their energising chorus and made people laugh. Wilfran - one of the tra iners and professional dancer and dancing tea cher from Colombia offered daily dancing classes that finally brought a well worth see ing final presentation at a theatre in Lisbo n - “A Triangle that moves!�
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
ht their things every group broug Apart from many other workshop tation and a prepared project and city presen design a all groups were ask to for Portugal. This year present king at an aspect of workshop that is loo and the angle slave trade ... consequences of the Tri people ng you eks we . During 2 collection was astonishing cu sse d: ked, sh are d and dis fro m 3 co nti ne nts tal m and cis Ra , hts , Human rig Multicultural societies and loitation, the existence Xenophobia, sexual exp crossing ntries, the history of causes of indebted cou e ... rat pe coo to global need borders, globalisation, the ic to an presenting a certain top It was not only about g a good It was also about findin international audience. y few with translations or ver methodology that works n of tio nta me ple im a meaningful words, about thinking in ing in a and media, about think information technology ic, about nt and a suitable dynam good learning environme speaking techniques and about practising presentation international group. and interacting with a big ... to that everybody accepted It was a big challenge grow!
Presentations and Workshops
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
Connected to their chosen topic young people invited their friends to play, to tinker, to act, to sing and dance. The group from Recife proposed a hand massage with relaxation music to warm up brain and fingers, to create an ear pricking atmosphere for the actual workshop. Maybe a good idea for the next G8 summit! The workshops and presentations of the groups offered an amazing insight into applied youth work in Europe, America and Africa ... a kaleidoscope of methods, ideas and creativity. Also very interesting: the different skills and routine to express in public - obviously the Europeans could learn a lot from their friends from the south.
Presentations and Workshops
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
Presentations and Workshops
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Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
m time to be questioned fro Traditions should n that was tio di e e.p.a. tra on is e er th d an time ... a. “play Portugal: the e.p. in ed rm nfi co re again day�! t is to give ditional e.p.a. even The aims of this tra munity, to m co to the hosting something back munity, to m co visible in the ge an ch ex e th playing make cal people whilst lo th wi t ac nt co get in rbal but d enjoying non-ve an s me ga l na io at intern a common cation, to create ni mu m co y el liv d of ... very cipants can be prou rti pa l al at th ht highlig is a very eness that play ar aw ise ra to and that play r lives and to show ou in rt pa nt rta impo works!
Play
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
We went to an area in Almada (the opposite site of the river Tejo, overlooking Lisbon) where you can still find the remains of old wind mills. Now this area is crowed with blocks of flats , inhabited by mostly migrants from all over the world (mostly from the Portuguese colo nies) and struggling with a great diversity of social problems. The children, young people and fam ilies from the community were delighted to spen d a playful afternoon with people from 3 cont inents, they were happy to talk to the group from Cape Verde, they were happy to play with crazy Jamaicans, to dance with talented Colombians and to meet funny Ghanaians! This day ever ybody was a winner ...
Play
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
Exhibition
e.p.a. organised a poster (A0 size) with common themes so that each of the 12 partner groups could present common topics of city, project, young people, their connection to the Triangle Slave trade, their hopes and wishes. These posters followed us throughout the exchange with the highlight of all the 12 posters in exhibition at the Portuguese Institute of Youth in Lisbon. A special visitors book was opened to encourage comments from the public. This exhibition was visited by many politicians, youth officials, youth workers, young people and members of the public. The benefit of this venue was that it is part of the Lisbon Youth Hostel and also has many workshop rooms and a large theater where we experienced the amazing final night.
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
The upside of the food was that we achieved a fomidable outpouring of local hospitality in Lisbon from our host group Ecoestilistas which they prep ared themselves. This was in contrast to the mean relu ctant attitude of the Portuguese Youth Hostels who’s kitc hen staff still still think they work for Salazar?! We had to fight for the basics even though they had a large poster on their wall showing the delights and necessities of you ng peoples nutrition. But not to be out done we arrange d to raid local orchards for supplementary nutrition.
Food
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
Fashion Show
from The Ecoestilistas get their name ng orti their founding principle of supp ity. mun ecological balance in their com d in One of the ways they have pioneere ” walk “cat their work is to organise a to etc. r using only waste, cast off, litte make “designer” clothes. ent This was a great opportunity to pres it as ia ourselves to the public and med n mai the took place in the foyer of s sand Lisbon railway station where thou day. of people passed through every ple It was also another wonderful exam with of teamwork and cooperation nts young people from three contine a ted speaking many languages crea and d combined spectacle of colour, soun the inno vation. To the delight of watching and cheering crowd. ng As an appetizer to the show you ed crow people walked through the ose tenl offering “abrazos gratis”, “Kos Umarmungen” and “Free hugs”!
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
present g enables each group to nin eve l ura ult erc Int .a. The e.p minutes to this sometimes takes 10 a dish of their choice, couple of a or es Banana sandwich l oo erp Liv the . i.e re prepa other groups lla. In between the 10 Pae ish an Sp the for hours hours late the al cuisine. Although 2 try and prepare their loc t! end result was magnificen
Homemade Food
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one and day, writing and speaking to Despite working long hours, night e ulat cons s erou num , dors e ambassa president, two ministers of state, thre in persuade the Spanish authorities staff and EU officials we failed to onse resp In ple. peo ng you visas for our Accra and Santo Domingo to issue our absent participants and created with nce fere con o we organised a vide and safety can only be achieved by a global passport to show that fear ce appreciate a world view and acceptan young people getting to know and d! ecte resp all all equal, of others where we are all different, ds always visible to us with a poster Nevertheless we kept our absent frien of their faces on the wall
Fortress Europe
Tri-continental Youth Exchange in Portugal 15th - 29th August 2009
International Friendship
Two weeks of intense com munication, sharing, lau ghing, discovering, empowering, dancing fin ally come together in the e.p.a. “Banana game� where you simple have to say two nice things about the person in front of you! ...
Preamble of our Global Passport created when European borders shut for our partners from Ghana and the Dominican Republic
Todos os Homens livres e iguais compartem com a titular deste Passaporte Global uma visão de explorar o mundo sem fronteiras nem obstáculos. Que a portadora deste passaporte receba o maior apoio e acompanhamento possível para se deslocar livremente e que seja tratada dignamente e apreciada, sempre que ela decida descobrir e viajar o mundo em paz. *** Todos los hombres libres y iguales comparten con la titular de este Pasaporte Global una visión de explorar el mundo sin fronteras ni obstáculos. Que la propietaria de este pasaporte reciba el mayor apoyo y sea guiada en todo lo posible para desplazarse libremente y que sea tratada dignamente y apreciada cuando decida descubrir y viajar por un mundo en paz. *** All free and equal people share with the holder of this Global Passport a vision of exploring the world without boundaries or obstacles. May the holder of this passport receive the most possible support and guidance to move freely and be appreciated in dignity whenever they choose to discover and travel a world in peace.
Lisboa, 2009 www.go-epa.org/en/globalpassport
e.p.a. Tri-Continental Youth Cooperation Project
“A different Triangle!” 2009 www.go-epa.org/en/a-different-triangle