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Our "old" partner from previous projects, the non-profit organization Global Footsteps from England, is our "new" partner within the project "Learning through volunteering". The project is realised thanks to the Grundvig - Learning partnerships programme. Apart from Global Footsteps, we will also cooperate with partners from Germany, England, Poland and Slovakia. The project will last for 2 years.
We have a new project - ED.HO.C.-EDucational HOliday Centre - approved under the Grundtvig - Learning partnerships programme. It runs from the 1st of September 2012 until the 30th of July 2014 and aims at exchange of experience in organising summer camps for children among the partner organisations of the project.
Just before the end of the holiday season came to KERIC children spend 27 days holiday a little longer to prepare for learning with Volkrom , Majka , Andres , and Ivka LIBOR . Morning were divided into three groups and one angličtinárske chess and honed in chess and English. After a delicious lunch we played together , compete and enjoy the last days of summer . Article about the camp is the http://news.hrajsach.sk/sachove-spravy/kysucke-sachove-leto-2012/ , and more pictures in our facebook.
Almost at the end of the summer camp was Around the World in Zákopčie the North Star . Children ( 14 boys and 2 girls ) were each day in a different country . Began in Europe , the next day were in Africa , where they did Volker guide from Kenya , from Africa we sailed on an ocean liner , between the sharks to America , precisely in the middle of Costa Rica , where we mainly sang with Andres . The world 's smallest continent we visited on Tuesday and Wednesday again coldest continent of the world (though really was hot 37 degrees hot day ) Friday in Asia , we produce chopsticks aa try to eat with them ( it's good for the diet ) and finally we return to our home in Europe. How it all happened you can see in the pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/KericKeric/CestaOkoloSveta
Our project "Steps towards change", that began in September 2011 and joins 15 organizations from 15 countries from all over the world, is getting succesfully toward its aim. After common meeting in February 2012 in Slovakia, each partner continued working in local level. The work consisted of information meetings for young people and non-profit organizations about the possibilities of international volunteering.
This year we decided to expand our team of leaders for the camps. First of all we wrote appeal on Facebook and those people who applied for, we sent to a two days long training where they received a lot of information about how to become a good leader in the camp.
| From September 2011, 15 countries started cooperation worldwide so they could create functional network of organizations for sending and hosting volunteers. |
In October we greeted representatives from East-European, Caucasian and European countries in KERIC already for the second time. The aim was to strengthen the cooperation with this region and create possibilities for expandation of number of young people who can take part in EVS in this region. Moreover we want more volunteers from these countries so we could help to mutual cognition of these cultures.
My name is Nathan Winder and I am 20 years old. I am a sports coaching degree undergraduate at University of central lancashire but my university campus is lancaster and morecambe college. I am currently undergoing a volunteering exercise with an organisation called Keric in Cadca, Slovakia. I have only been here for a few days so my initial working experience hasnt begun yet. All the people in keric have been friendly and kind which has been reassurring for both me and my classmate as we have never visited Slovakia before.
