Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Roman, Romania Chapter







The Young Generation members of PTPI’s Roman, Romania Chapter are happy to announce their project proposal has been approved by the National Agency. It is included under Action 1.1 – Youth exchange, of the Youth in Action Programme run by the EU.
The project is called ”Ready, steady... go for a healthy life!” It will take place in Piatra Neamt, the recently named green city of Romania and consist of organizing a multilateral youth exchange August 19-28. The main theme of this project is maintaining a healthy lifestyle in
a problematic and stressful environment. The activities will last nine days, and the participants will be 30 young people who represent six non-governmental associations from Romania, Lithuania, Turkey, Malta, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. The Bulgarian and Czech
Republic youth are also PTPI members, while the others are partners from different European exchanges.
The activities will mime a healthy way of living. There will be debates related to this topic, and a lot of physical outdoor events. There also will be a full day in the countryside, where everybody will take part in rural activities and taste natural and healthy products. The final day will be dedicated to putting together a Healthy Life Guide written in seven languages (six of the participants’ languages plus English). The guide will present healthy activities that can be undertaken in the participants’ countries.
All of the activities will be achieved through non-formal methods of education andwill involve every team in the organization and implementation stages.
Andrei Corduneanu, Youth Coordinator

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