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Celebrating International Human Rights Day

11-12-2022

During the Charity Christmas Bazaar "From Children to Children" on 10 and 11 December, we also celebrated the International Human Rights Day, provoking the participants to talk about the topic of human rights. #youth4rights Each of them drew a card with one of the articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Then we had a short discussion about what the selected right means to him a...

Visit of young people from International Youth Centre Pernik

09-12-2022

On 9 December Youth Centre Plovdiv was the first stop of the youth exchange organized by International Youth Center Pernik. Twenty young people from the city of Pernik and the region got to know the activities of our centre by conducting a treasure hunt. The participants were divided into four groups and had to complete a series of challenges. In this way, they developed their teamwork skills a...

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...