Combating violence trough education and sport

r e t t e l s New COMBATING VIOLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION AND SPORT

17-24 OCTOBER 2019 BANSKO,BULGARIA

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What is hate speech and violence?

Hate speech covers many forms of expressions which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred, violence and discrimination against a person or group of persons for a variety of reasons.It poses grave dangers for the cohesion of a democratic society, the protection of human rights and the rule of law. If left unaddressed, it can lead to acts of violence and conflict on a wider scale. In this sense hate speech is an extreme form of intolerance which contributes to hate crime.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Pro Vision International proudly presents its new YE “Combating violence through education and sport” happening in Bansko, Bulgaria. The participants of the project are coming from 5 different countries Bulgaria, Latvia, Greece, Romania and Spain are enthusiastically gathered to stop the hate speech, raise awareness of the problem and change attitude towards it through the tools and activities that are organized.

MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT - RAISING THE ATTENTION AND RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE PROBLEM AND GETTING TO KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES THAT AGGRESSION AND BULLYING CAN CAUSE IN SCHOOL AND ONLINE - AWARENESS OF THE STRENGTH OF SPORT AS A TOOL OF PROMOTING SOLIDARITY, NON-VIOLENCE AND TOLERANCE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS A WAY TO ACQUIRE NUMBER OF SOCIAL SKILLS - UNDERSTANDING BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS - - INTRODUCING YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE EUROPEAN MOVEMENT "HATELESS LANGUAGE HATE SPEECH MOVEMENT" AS A WAY TO ENGAGE THEM AGAINST AGGRESSION IN CYBERBULLYING;

We started

Our first day was mostly about breaking the ice between the participants, getting to know each other more and getting familiar.

During the day the whole group continued with trust building exercises in order to have their confidence for next days of the project.

INTERCULTURAL NIGHTS

The day finished with intercultural night where the participants shared food, drinks, traditions from their countries.Â

SECOND DAY

On the first half of the day participants started with energizers and sport activities.

Second half of the day they presented a little workshops about Erasmus +, also they made presentation that how is bylling, violence and hate speech in their countries.

And the day finished with national games,where they introduced.

WALK TOUR

They enjoined a beautiful walk in the deep Rila Monastery Forest Reserve and explored the cave of St. Ivan Rilski by foot .

After They visited one of the biggest city in Bulgaria Blagoevgrad, where They had a chance to taste some Bulgarian traditional food.

"NO TO VIOLENCE" we continued with participants, where they implemented several sport activities in the city of Razlog also involving local youth and we all said ”No to violence” trought sport activities.

"GOODBYE" TIME After the beautiful week our project has come to an end.

The last session was spent learning more about other options and opportunities for the participants within Erasmus+ and other organisations.

And final activity cosisted in, gathering the group to spend time sharing their feelings and experiences about the project. It was sad but we are more then glad know them.

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COMBATING VIOLENCE THROUGH EDUCATION AND SPORT

The current newsletter is part of project "Combating violence through education and sport" financed by Erasmus + program through the Bulgarian National Agency for Erasmus +. The content in the newsletter reflects only to the views of the author and do not correspond with the official views of European commission and National Agency and they are not responsiable for it's content.