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Board game evenings 9 December

09-12-2022

On 9 December for the last time for 2022, Board Games Evenings gathered young people again for an interesting, interactive evening. It was also attended by participants from the youth exchange organized by the International Youth Center - Pernik. As always, the participants had a choice of quite a few games, but chose one that suited everyone in the group. They played it for 2 hours. They pract...

Non-formal activity with youth from the village of Shishmantsi

08-12-2022

For several months, the team of ME Youth Centre Plovdiv conducted non-formal activities with the youth and children from the village of Shishmantsi. During the meetings, the main topics they worked on were part of the Friends of Nature handbook. It was created by the Centre's educational team and contains non-formal activities related to nature and the world around us. The goal was for the youn...

Meeting with the National network of youth centres

07-12-2022

From 5 to 7 December a meeting of the National Network of Youth Centers was held, in which youth centers from Burgas, Vratsa Gabrovo, Dobrich, Montana, Pernik, Plovdiv and Stara Zagora took part, as well as representatives of the Local Development, Poverty Reduction and enhanced inclusion of vulnerable groups. After an overview of all the implemented activities and initiatives of the 8 centers...

International Volunteer Day 2022

05-12-2022

On 5 December on the occasion of the International Volunteer Day, the youth from the Municipal Councils on Narcotic Substances from the cities of Kardzhali and Stara Zagora visited the ME Youth Centre Plovdiv. First, participants from the two cities got to know each other through ice-breaking activities. Then they formed teams in which they had to connect cards with pictures and text from the a...

International Youth Exchange in Spain

28-11-2022

The team of ME Youth Centre Plovdiv together with ten young people from the Plovdiv and the province realized an international youth exchange in the city of Malaga, Spain and the region in the period 21-25 November. We visited the organization Molina Joven, where the young people learned about the methods of non-formal education and how it can be used in the development of educational programs....

Non-formal activity with children from the village of Manole

22-11-2022

On 22 November the team of ME Youth Center Plovdiv held non-formal activity with the children from Vasil Levski Primary School in the village of Manole. We started with familiarization activities and then dived into the depths of non-formal education. We challenged them to recognize the different types of emotions and the ways to express and deal with them. We also had an open discussion about...

Celebrating the International Day of Tolerance with the municipal youth club Innovator Hisarya

16-11-2022

Every year on 16 November we celebrate the International Day of Tolerance. A very special day in which we remember the value of respect, acceptance and understanding of the rich diversity of cultures in our world, of all forms of self-expression and ways of manifesting human individuality. On this holiday, we were visited by our friends from the Municipal Youth Club Innovator Hisarya. The young...

Organisational meeting with young people for the exchange in Spain

12-11-2022

Over the weekend, an organizational meeting was held with young people for our upcoming exchange in Spain. It was attended by part of the educational team and the young people who will be part of the trip. At the meeting, the participants got to know each other through non-formal activities and shared their expectations. They were presented with information about travel and accommodation in Spa...

Literary creative workshop Aberration

12-11-2022

On 12 November the second session of the Literary creative workshop Aberration took place. The main topic of the meeting was prose. Various methods were explored in which participants could stimulate their imaginations. As an exercise, the youngsters delved back into their memories to create a narrative. Each of them had the opportunity to present what was written, as well as to share their opi...

Visit of young people from Norway and Stara Zagora

11-11-2022

Today our guests were a group of young people from Norway and Stara Zagora. Their visit was organized by the International Youth Center - Stara Zagora and aims to get to know each other and exchange good practices, personal experience. Participants learned more about the work of the Centre's team by participating in the interactive activity Treasure Hunt. Each of the three teams, into which th...