ERASMUS+ANDHUMANRIGHTS

With increasing usage of social media hurting and judging people [mostly minorities] became easier thus hate speech and cyberbullying are very common and normalized these days among young people.

Thence as the young people of our generation we took a step to tackle all the negative narratives we face today.

We gathered in Bansko ,Bulgaria at November 5th to gain an understanding and awareness among young people about human rights and human rights violations.

The activities included in the project were mainly inspired by real life events and helped us recognize human rights violations and furthermore teached us how to stand against them.

Activities brought out our creative side as well by challenging us with tasks like coming up with a slogan and creating a grafitti design. With such learning methods we educated ourselves in an intercultural space outside of classroom and get to experience different point of views and we all achieved it with teamwork

Aside from the well planned , educational and improvment focused activities we also get a chance to expand our vision by attending intercultular nights which is the perfect oppurtunity for one to learn how to represent their country as well as all the unique beauty that cultures have while getting to know other cultures their beauty their specialities and getting ahead of misrepresentations plus stereotypes

HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION Steps 4

DAY 1 (Sunday): Our first day of the project was getting to know each other. After stating our names and nationalities, we then proceeded to play various interactive games which helped us remember everyone's names and a bit about themselves. Our final activity for the day involved going out to Bansko city in groups and searching for answers to questions or completing tasks related to Bulgarian culture.

With the help of those games and the motivation to achieve the same goal, from a room full of strangers we quickly turned into friends.

And while we were learning about Bulgarian culture all of us realized that since we are countries which are close , if not neighboring, we have more similarities than differences.

Day 2 (Monday): For our second day, after being split into groups, we were asked to find information, either online or from personal experience about Erasmus+ in general and the various exchange programs it embodies. We then had to present our findings to the rest of the groups. Our project facilitators then provided us with a more extensive presentation of the topics above, giving us a clear understanding of how Erasmus+ works and how the youth exchange program fits into the greater picture.

Our second assignment for the day was to prepare and act out a mini play depicting certain predetermined concepts related to human rights. The rest of the groups, as the audience, were then made to guess the assigned concept. A theoretical group discussion of the concept then followed. Finally, working in our in our national teams, we were asked to prepare presentations on how hate speech and cyberbullying arise in our individual countries.