ACTIVITIES

Ativities for youthworkers with youth

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The goal of this activity: in order to playfully discover their environment bylearning more about itshistory, politics and culture. At the same time youngsters willuse digital technologies and doing physically activities.

PREVENTION FOR PORNOGRAPHY for the 10-12 group of people

1.The youth people in the group are watching the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq4zK5NGmVk

2.They will be split in 2 groups/ 4 groups and they will answer at the questions:

-What do you think happen in this video?

-How do you think the little girl ended up talking tothe old man?

-What is bad or good point in this conversation?

-Do you think your parents have to know about your profile on socialmedia networks? Why?

-How many people from your social network you actually know in real life?

-How you can protect yourself?

The goal of this activity:to show the video and invite youngsters to discussabout the risk of using internetand teach them how to use the social media networks in a safety way.

Energiezer :”piranha fish”-for more then 10 peopleMaterials :

1 ball foreach team. The action of the game: the group are split in groups of 2. Theymust run with the ballbetween his palms, with outstretched handin a limited space, without dropping it orbeing touched by the "piranha fish".

If the ”piranha fish” touch the team, they become the new ”piranha”. If they drop the ball they are out of game. The game is playeduntil in the game remanded just2 teams. After that we change the plaice of the ball like : in the left or right of theshoulder, in the front of shoulder and in the back.

Team : Onderew,Bianca,

Activity for inclusion and acceptance

OBJECTIVE: This activity is fun and interactive, aiming to get to know people in a new group, the objective is to find out what each has in common with the others. For a very short time, participants have the opportunity to interact with each other and learn one of the universal truths of groups—that they are not alone!

STRUCTURE: In the first five-seven minutes (depends on the number of participants and the number of questions), we ask the members to circle or fill-in the answer to any of the items (we can shorten the list or have them choose a maximum x number). Then they have to look for other members who have the same answers and write their initials next to the common items.

TRANSFORMATION: This activity creates personal connections between members, establishing asense of universality and friendship in the group. Participants have the opportunity to learn more information about each other in a very short time.

Andrea, Romania

Activity “step forward” Equal human rights

OBJECTIVE:

The activity aims to make youngsters “get in other people’sshoes”, to understand better how others feel. For a short time, participantsdive into the life of people with different backgrounds and challenges theyface.

STRUCTURE: Each participant receive a small piece of paper with a briefdescription of the character they have to be. Then they have to close theireyes and try to “dive” into the life of the character, imagining how theirmornings and evening look like. Where do they live, work, spend the freedays. Then, participants are put to stand in a line and the trainer readsstatements concerning daily routine and a few human rights. The participantswho can freely do things from a statements, make a step forward after eachstatement, and those who can’t - they stand at the same place. After thestatements are over, we can see the participants at different lines, meaningthey don’t really have equal human rights. Each participant reveal their role tothe others and do a discussion about how they felt being in their roles.

DEBRIEFING: How did the participants feel being in their roles? What did the participants learn about lives of other people with different lifestyles and opportunities? How would participants apply the new knowledge in real life?

(Sometimes people self-discriminate themselves in order to get help and be included).

Gabriela, Bulgaria

Аctivity for a teambuilding:

OBJECTIVE: The aim is for participants to learn how to work in a team and how to help each other get included in the activity.

STRUCTURE: It’s game for 6-12 people. There are 5 blocks with a hook. Participants gather in a circle and they hold ropes at their edges. All the ropes are connected to one block that can be hung on the hooks. The participants have to cooperate with each other to achieve the goal to make a tower with all 5 blocks.

RЕFLECTION: Discussing what was their strategy and what was the most difficult thing.

Julija

Тhe “Narative game”

OBJECTIVE: The aim is for the participant to find out the problem in the textand to think if they know someone that can relate to this problem, being in the same situation.

STRUCTURE: People read a text for example the fairy tale of Hans Christian Andersen "Ugly duck”. It should illustrates a certain problem that is important for the young people. Then they get in the role of the the character who faces challenges.

REFLECTION: Participants can discuss did they figure out the problem of that story. How can it be solved? How did they feel in that character role?

Julija

Topic: Alcohol and drug abuse

Number of participants–20, 5 from a country.

Countries involved–Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Latvia. We chose this countries because they are notorious for abusing drugs and alcohol.

The host country will be Bulgaria, because i tis the cheaper to organize a course there and the great weather makes it easier for outdoor activities.

Activity one

We write tought-provoking questions connected with the topic of the project. We pair the participants in couples and let them draw one question each. The couple disscuses the question between each other. After five minutes the groups change and they draw another question. The activity continues for 95 minutes

Examples of questions:

What are some things you enjoy doing when you're not using drugs or alcohol?

2.What are some goals you have for yourself in the next year?

3.Who is someone you look up to and why?

4.What are some challenges you've faced in the past and how did you overcome them?

5.What issomething positive you've learned about yourself since starting recovery?

6.If you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be?

7.What are some healthy coping mechanisms you use to deal with stress or difficult situations?

8.What are some things you're looking forward to in your life right now?

9.What are some things you've learned about addiction and recovery that have helped you?

10.What is something you're proud of achieving since starting recovery?

Aim of the activity–the participants get to know everyone in the group, they also get used to thinking out loud and getting comfortable with each other. This activity prepares them for the rest of the project.

In the end of the activity we have are flection–the participants get asked did they struggle to share this information with the others, how did they feel after they answered the questions, did they hear similar answers, they propose suggestions about other questions.

Participants draw their emotions and make collages with the drawings

Activity two

Name of the activity: change of mind

Topic: drugs and alcohol abuse

Instruction: Each of you gets a role that you choose (little paper).Even if you sit on a chair in a circle, you are not in a role. If you want to enter a role and talk from its position, you must enter the circle and play the role.

SAFE RULE: If at any time during the game you feel that the role is difficult for you, getout ofthe circle and sit on the chair. This shows that you are not a part of the game.Lets start to discuss each other

Roles:

Government

Company

Company customer

Church

Youth Worker

School system

Parent

Kid

Media

Ghost-its role is to present adifferent perspective in each role(it can be everywhere at anytime)

Notes for facilitator: important to pay attention to the level of the game: first level-people might get traumatized because they had an experience with this role in real life and the can have strong emotional reaction and the facilitator has to to it down. Second level–group level-some of the roles can be infamous and those people can get attacked and the facilitator has to chane the structure and support the those role and ease the attention. Third level–hotspots–situation when the conversation is developing the facilitator has to pay attention to the details and bring them up and ask the other roles about it

Debriefing:disscusion about the feellings of the participants during the game

Aim: to change the attitude and understand the other viewpoints, its not important to find a solution to the problem, the important think is to feel another emotion

Note:the participants may modify the roles and ad characters according to theirexperiences in life

Activity three

Instruction:

Choose 1 person from the group of participants (ideally chosen from volunteers) who wants to work individually in front of the group. Subsequently, this person will be guided by a trainer and other group participants can ask additional questions.

The chosen person will work on the 2 lines (paths) of his life that he sees in front of him. During the creation of paths, we use objects (symbols) or posts to mark the path and progress. A person is going through a journey and the coach/people ask him what he will go through in the future.

At any time, the participant can develop any of the paths that attract him more and make more sense for him. He can completely leave one of the paths. It is important to work as a role model and at the same time monitor the reaction.

After finishing the sample activity, the participants then work in pairs or threes and create a self reflection.

Kiril,Ivana