Author: ABARKA ONGD

This is a wonderful experience by one of the italain partecipant  during the Erasmus+ project “Take an active role- EMPOWER” in Enterria, Basque Country, Spain organized by Abarka. A group of youngesters from five different countries: Moldova, Russia, Spain, Italy, Romania took part a Youth Exchange in Enterria where the aim of the project was to identify the common causes of intolerance and analyse persisting cases of non-toleance on the basis of culture, religion, gender, sexual orientation and race against various minorities. The project takes 7days of working with different interesting activities and energizer where all the people were involved…

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«A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions». This quote can fully express how I felt myself after taking part in the Erasmus+ project «Take an Active Role – Empower” that was held in Errenteria (Spain) from 15th till 21st of October. It wasn’t my first experience in youth exchange programs but definitely it was one of those special events that happens during your life and changes it in a better way. To begin with, I must confess that my participation was really accidental and I got to know about this project…

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“Erasmus Youth Exchange-Empower!” was the first project to take part of and it turned into a great experience. It uses “empower”, but I would also add enlighten to it’s name since this project helped us to enlighten our mind with new and useful information for our development as humans and integration in society, in a better society. In those 7 days that I spent in Spain, I learned that discrimination is something real that happens daily. If we see someone not showing tolerance and we decide to ignore him we aren’t different than him. We should help people who got…

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This October was full of wonderful discoveries for me because of my participation in Youth Exchange of Erasmus. First of all, I should write that it was my first visit to Spain and I am happy that my acquaintance began namely with Bask’s country. It is not possible to not fall in love with it’s peaceful landscapes, ocean and towns. After Exchange when I was reading book for univercity’s course of historical anthropology I run into description of Bask’s country. The whole book was devoted to people who lived on the contemporary borderland between France and Spain in XVI century…

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Al participar en este proyecto, quería recibir el mayor conocimiento posible para luchar contra el fenómeno de discriminación que enfrentamos todos los días y también para conocer las diferentes opiniones de los diferentes participantes sobre este tema, ya que provienen de diferentes países y culturas, lo que significaría experiencias y realidades únicas. Conocí gente realmente admirable, amable y motivada. Este proyecto ha cambiado muchas cosas en mi vida. Me permitió entender cómo vivir en sociedad, aprender a aceptarse a uno mismo, a aceptar al otro en y con sus diferencias, a perdonarnos especialmente a aplicar la tolerancia en la vida…

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From 15th of October 2018 till the 21st of October 2018, ERASMUS+ in Spain, in the Basque Region What does Empower mean? 1. Give (someone) the authority or power to do something. 2. Make (someone) stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights. What does Empower means to me after spending 5 days in Spain, along with other 36 participants from all over the world? To me Empower means to make you voice heard in a crowd full of voices. To me Empower means to aid yourself by helping others. You see we now live…

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Participar en este proyecto de intercambio juvenil Erasmus Plus, fue una oportunidad para conocer gente que de otro modo no habría conocido. Además, tuve un yen para lanzarme a un proyecto común cuyo objetivo es aumentar la comprensión y la tolerancia hacia las minorías llevadas a cabo por jóvenes de diferentes orígenes étnicos y culturales. Aprendí sobre todos estos países por su presentación visual y cultural, su ayuda mutua, su amistad y su propia visión de sus propios países, así como su valor. Es por eso que no entiendo por qué los estereotipos perseveran en Francia o España sobre Moldavia,…

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