Connected by heARTs

Main aim of the project:

The main aim of the project is to develop a virtual training methodology for youth workers on how to join together and involve young people with and without disabilities in the creation of attractive, creative, and cultural activities, in order to help them on their integration path and overcoming prejudices and discriminatory attitudes of community members.

Objectives of Connected by heARTs
* To facilitate cooperation and networking between young people with and without disabilities through the development of artistic activities.
* To grow non-discriminatory attitudes and decrease prejudices towards people with disabilities among the local youth community.
* To empower youth workers and young people’s creativity by equipping them with artistic skill and to stimulate them to be actively involved in cultural life.

Intellectual Output of the project - Digital Guide for Virtual Training - The digital guide will be descriptive, explanatory, engaging, and interactive- through which young people with and without disabilities will be able to improve personally and professionally, by the mean of the youth workers support, elevate their knowledge and understanding of them-self and each other, beneficial to improve mutual collaboration and mutually progress towards more stable and empowered future. The guide will be different from traditional approaches to this topic, due to its powerful and symbolic state- of- the- art concept.

Partner organizations: NTERKULTURA (N. Macedonia) AMPERSAND (N. Macedonia), BACKSLASH (Spain), ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DISABLED PEOPLE (Greece)