Local colourfull, ecological workshops and action in Poznań!!!

Local Actions in Poznan InteractiveTrain project consisted of two weeks of recycling-drumm and recycling-costumeworkshops(from 14 to 27 May), and participation in the Parade Łazarska(May 27).
The workshop was attended children and young people from the club"Za Kręgiem" and Boredom Slayer.
Workshops were conducted in two blocks, twice a week for three hours at the Hall of College of Social Skills and on playgrounds and in the office of Horyzonty in old district of Poznań - Łazarz.
Classes formed in "The Days of Łazarz".
On taking classes and playing the drums, young participants learn how to waste, plastic bottles, old bowls, boxes do Brazilian drums. Then the coordinator of the workshop - Kamila - she learned to play rhythms.

These rhythms expressed ecological message. Also showed children how to actively express their attitude and care for the environment. The workshop also talked about separating waste and caring for the environment in our district.

Workshops make costumes from garbage coordinate Sabina. There was great colorful Chinese dragon - Mascot Parade Łazarska. It was a crazy end of our workshops and street fiesta entire neighborhood.

During the parade the participants, our old and new volunteers, representatives of local authorities and residents of Łazarz promote active citizenship.

Our volunteers also promote ecology and preservation of the environment. Merrily playing rhythms and delighted all the inhabitants!

Train started its journey

The InterActiveTrain has reached its biggest phase - the journey through Europe. Yesterday, August 1st we started with the preparatory meeting of the train in Ostia (Rome), Italy. The participants are all here, safe and sound.

Yesterday we dedicated the day to getting to know each other and team building, today we work on promotion and start finalising the street acts for the journey.

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Sneak peak at our final destination!

Time goes by... and the anticipation in the air can be felt all around Europe!

Today we're giving you a little sneak peak at the final stop of our journey: Faro and Tavira.

Faro is the southernmost point in Portugal. Although it's a fast growing city it's has been kept near its roots, which means there are plenty of historical spots and monuments to see and enjoy. It is quite near the beach so lots of Portuguese people as well as foreigners come here every summer to spend some wonderful moments near the sea. We'll be spending the 17th of August there and there are still some surprises to unfold about what we'll do in Faro. 

Tavira is where it will all end (hopefully not all). It's a lovely town next to Faro and it well know by the beautiful Island in which we can find some awesome beaches! Prepare to get wet! Apart from that, the city has lots of wide open spaces outdoors so we'll have a great time doing some spectacular stuff (and I won't add much... surprise!).

I hope you liked this mini-tour and it made you all even more anxious than before (if that's possible). So be prepared for some HOT moments in the most beautiful cities of south Portugal! (literally, in a good day we can have 35º C!)

Plus, Laimingas has its own facebook page now. Feel free to pay him a visit ;)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laimingas-Drambliukas/101281813249189

Portuguese Workshops!

Hi guys!

It's the Portuguese team checking in!

We decided from the beginning that our local actions would have to consist in some kind of street performance, but as the time gone by and the help grew thinner we had to re-think our local actions. So we used our knowledge to come up with something that would work well with our local peers and at the same time it would be interesting for us.

We called it "Workshop de Iniciação à Expressão Dramática e à Animação de Rua" which translates to "Initiation to Drama Arts and Street Animation Workshop". Facebook was our main advertisement tool to spread the word in our city and surroundings. So we managed to do some sessions consisting in two-days workshop. 

Each session would always begging with a bit of theory and the background of our local activities - we told them about YEU as well as it's aims and the purposes of the Get in and Gain InterActive Train Project. We shared some photos of Amarante and let the participants ask questions and so on. 

As the introduction ended we would start the warm up section. From segmentation of each body part to cannon vocal exercises everyone should be ready to move on to the next part.

So the group-trust exercises would develop through the rest of the session until the break. 

After that more acting/improvisation-focused exercises.

We tried to differentiate the two segments of the workshop so the 1st could be more self-expression and body-consciousness focused and the 2nd would be mostly related to group-awareness and acting/improvising techniques.

Each session was finished by doing some relaxation and body-awareness exercises.  

We had a core exercise that was developed in the two parts of each workshop - the Animals.

We cannot give away too much about this exercise/techniques for obvious reasons but we can say that it was success!  

From the beginning we made it clear that none of us was a professional trainer so the whole workshop was held in a non-formal education perspective.

Overall it was a much enriching experience and we couldn't be happier about the results. Not only did we act as multipliers on our local communities and did our best to provide new experiences and sensations to the participants but we did learn a lot from them as well.

See you guys soon!

 

Our local acttions :D

Some local actions:

Cooking some new dishes and the traditional one:










Theatre workshops:













Getting better know the United Europe:

Leszno one of the place where trian stops :)

LESZNO- where is it?

Situated in the southern part of the Greater Poland Voiwodeship :)

Leszno isn't a big city however very nice and peaceful. Our market place is so beautiful that then you'll come here you won't to leave this place. I try to show you that city however photos don't show how really beautiful it is.








In this city we have our organization called "Centre for Creative Activity".

Who are we?



We are a group of young people full of energy. Although our organization is relatively new, it has gained considerable expirience in local and international area. We aren't araid of challenges. Our organization strives to increase local activity and our main goal is to support the development of children and young people as well as to promote culture. We strive to create a society engaged in local affairs.
Our goals are realized by means of various workshops, trainings, conferences, happenings, concerts and festivals. Our current activities are addresed mainly to young people as we belive in the potential of the young.

Some of our activities in Leszno:

Our route in August

Here's our route in August - Italy-Romania-Lithuania-Poland and Portugal. Soon we'll have exact details available.