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‘THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN FUNDED WITH SUPPORT FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. THIS PUBLICATION
[COMMUNICATION] REFLECTS THE VIEWS ONLY OF THE AUTHOR, AND THE COMMISSION CANNOT BE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY USE WHICH MAY BE MADE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN.’
 WHAT
IS OUR
GOAL?

IN THE END, WE WANT

TO PROMOTE WE WANT TO PEOPLE TO RETURN
INCLUSIVITY AND EDUCATE YOUNGSTERS
ACCEPTANCE TOWARDS AND YOUTH WORKERS HOME WITH ALL THE
VULNERABLE GROUPS. ON WHAT POLITICAL INFORMATION THEY
OUR AIM IS TO EQUIP CORECTNESS IS, WHY NEED TO APPLY THESE
YOUTH WORKERS WITH IT EXISTS AND HOW
THE TOOLS NECESSARY IT’S USED. WE WANT THINGS IN THEIR OWN
TO COMBAT TO AVOID THE COMMUNITIES AND
DISCRIMINATION MISUSE OF POLITICAL INCREASES
AGAISNT MINORITIES. CORECTNESS.
INCLUSIVITY OF
MINORITIES.

FOR THIS PURPOSE WE

GATHERED 37
PARTICIPANTS FROM 14
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
LET’S GET
FAMILIAR
OUR JOURNEY BEGAN IN SARATA
MONTEORU, A PLACE WHERE OLD
FRIENDSHIPS WERE REKINDLED AND
NEW ONES WERE BORN. WE LAUGHED,
SHARED STORIES, AND CONNECTED OVER
OUR FAVORITE BOOKS, MOVIES, DREAMS,
AND EVEN OUR DARKEST FEARS. IT WAS
THE PERFECT START TO
'AFTER ALL, WE ARE WHAT WE ARE’

WE BEGAN WITH CLASSIC

ICEBREAKERS LIKE THE 'NAME
GAME,' FOLLOWED BY
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES TO
FOSTER TEAMWORK. ONE FUN
EXERCISE INVOLVED DRAWING
FACES ON PAPER, ADDING EYES TO
SOMEONE ELSE'S CREATION

TO DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EACH

OTHER, WE PRESENTED ITEMS THAT
REPRESENTED OURSELVES. THIS EXERCISE
NOT ONLY REVEALED PERSONAL INSIGHTS
BUT ALSO ENCOURAGED SELF-REFLECTION.
 CAN I
TRUST
YOU?!

TO FOSTER A SENSE OF CAMARADERIE, THE ORGANIZERS INTRODUCED A SERIES OF TRUST-

BUILDING GAMES. SET AMIDST THE PICTURESQUE ROMANIAN COUNTRYSIDE, WE EMBARKED ON
THESE ACTIVITIES IN THE COMPANY OF ADORABLE LOCAL DOGS.

IN THE FIRST GAME, WE PAIRED UP AND TOOK TURNS BEING THE BLINDFOLDED GUIDE AND
THE SIGHTED LEADER. THE BLINDFOLDED PARTNER RELIED SOLELY ON THEIR PARTNER'S
GENTLE HAND GESTURES TO NAVIGATE THE TERRAIN.

THE SECOND GAME, KNOWN AS "DRUNKEN BOTTLE," INVOLVED FORMING SMALL GROUPS OF
FIVE. ONE PERSON CLOSED THEIR EYES AND FELL BACKWARD INTO THE ARMS OF THEIR
TEAMMATES, DEMONSTRATING THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUST AND TEAMWORK.
 TREASURE
HUNT
THE MOST EXCITING FROM THE
TEAMBUILDING GAMES WAS THE
TREASURE HUNT. WE WORKED IN SMALL TEAMS,
WHICH BROUGHT US TOGETHER AND
GOT THE CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW
EACH OTHER’S STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES.
THE GAME THAT TESTED OUR COOPERATION
SKILLS THE MOST WAS THE BOX
ARRANGMENT ONE. HERE, ONE OF US TOOK
THE LEAD AND WAS GIVEN A PICTURE OF
SOME BOXES STACKED NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
THE LEADER HAD TO TELL US HOW TO
ARRANGE THESE BOXES WITHOUT
AT ONE OF THE STATIONS, DESCRIBING THEIR COLOUR OR WHAT WAS
WE HAD TO BLOW A PING- WRITTEN ON THEM.
PONG BALL FROM
ONE CUP TO ANOTHER
FILLED WITH WATER AND
SEND IT TO THE LAST ONE.
 THERE WAS A STATION WHICH WAS
ABOUT
CONSTRUCTION. WE HAD TO BUILD A
TOWER FROM DIFFERENT THINGS, LIKE
A
BOXES, CARDS, CUPS, BOOKS, TABLE
DECORATIONS, PIECE OF WOOD, ETC.
FROM THESE
WE COULD CHOOSE ANYTHING, THE ONLY
RULE WAS THAT IT SHOULD STAND
WITHOUT
HELP AND MAKE AS MANY STORIES
AS POSSIBLE.

IT WAS A BIT OF A
STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE
CONSTRUCTION STAND
UP BUT WE HAD FUN IN
THE END. IT HELPED US
TRAIN OUR
TEAMWORKING SKILLS
AND OUR CREATIVITY.
IT ALSO TAUGHT US TO
BE RESOURCEFUL AS
WE HAD TO MAKE THE
MOST OF THE ITEMS
WE WERE GIVEN.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE

ALSO HAD TO MAKE A
COREOGRAPHY FOR A
SPECIFIC SONG AND THEN
RECORD IT. EVERYONE HAD
A LOT OF FUN TRYING TO
COME UP WITH THE MOVES
AND COORDINATING SO
THEY COULD MAKE A GREAT
FINAL PRODUCT.
 ROPE DEBATE
IF WE WANT TO SOLVE AN ISSUE THEN
FIRST WE HAVE TO DISCUSS IT, BUT
DISCUSSION ALSO LEADS TO
DISAGREEMENT. FOR THE SAKE OF
KEEPING THE DISCUSSION PEACEFUL AND
LETTING EVERYONE SAY THEIR THOUGHTS
WE IMPLEMENTED THIS EXERCISE.

DURING ROPE DEBATE WE SPLIT THE

ROOM INTO TWO, ONE SIDE
REPRESENTING AGREEMENT AND THE
OTHER DISAGREEMENT. THE DIVIDE
WAS MADE BY DRAWING A WHITE LINE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM.
TO KEEP THE DISCUSSION UNDER
CONTROL, YOU WERE ONLY
ALLOWED TO SPEAK WHEN YOU
WERE HANDED THE MICROPHONE.

THE DEBATE FOCUSED ON POLITICAL

CORECTNESS AND WHETHER THE
GIVEN TOPIC FIT WITHIN PC
STANDARDS. YOU WOULD POSITION
YOURSELF ACCORDING TO YOUR
OPINION.

THE MOST INTERESTING PART WAS

THAT YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE’S
OPINIONS CHANGING IN REAL TIME.
WORLD CAFE

WE HAD A FUN WORKSHOP

WHERE WE MOVED AROUND
FROM TABLE TO TABLE,
CHATTING ABOUT DIFFERENT
TOPICS. AT EACH TABLE WHERE
THERE WAS A MODERATOR
WRITING DOWN OUR IDEAS .

IT WAS COOL TO HEAR HOW

PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES HAD SIMILAR
EXPERIENCES AND DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES ON THE SAME
ISSUES.

WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT

DIFFERENT CULTURES AND
REALIZED THAT EVEN THOUGH
WE COME FROM DIFFERENT
PLACES, WE ALL FACE SIMILAR
CHALLENGES.
CAUSES TABLE
MODERATED BY SILVESTER

FOR ME, EVERY SESSION IS A CHALLENGE, AND THIS

ONE WAS NO EXCEPTION. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT
WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH SHARE MY EXPERIENCE
AND GIVE OTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL AND
DISCUSS SUCH A CONCEPT AS, "CAUSES OF
DISCRIMINATION IN SOCIETY".

FOR ME, THIS TOPIC IS VERY

IMPORTANT AND SENSITIVE, FIRST OF
ALL, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF A
NATIONAL MINORITY IN MY COUNTRY
I THINK IT WAS A OF RESIDENCE, BUT ALSO AS A
REWARDING PASTIME FOR PERSON WHO WORKS WITH YOUTH
BOTH ME AND THOSE WHO FROM DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS.
PARTICIPATED. I HOPE THAT
EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO
LEARN SOMETHING USEFUL
AND IMPORTANT FOR
THEMSELVES AND IN THE
FUTURE WILL PAY MORE
ATTENTION TO INEQUALITY,
DISCRIMINATION,
DIFFERENCES
 EFFECTS TABLE
MODERATED BY CHRIS

I WAS THE MODERATOR ON THE

EFFECTS OF DISCRIMINATION
TABLE. I PARTICULARLY ENJOYED
HEARING PEOPLE'S PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES. DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES HAD DIFFERENT
THINGS TO CONTRIBUTE BECAUSE
EACH COUNTRY HAS ITS OWN
PREVALENT FORMS OF
DISCRIMINATION.

THE DISCUSSION HAD

A NICE FLOW AND WE
STUDIED THE SUBJECT
ON MANY LEVELS:
PSYCHOLOGICAL,
POLITICAL, SOCIAL,
ECONOMICAL ETC. I
LEARNED MANY
THINGS.
RESPONSIBLES TABLE
MODERATED BY TAHER

RESPONSIBLES FOR PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION

AGAINST MINORITIES: PEOPLE WROTE : EVERYONE,
GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS, EDUCATION SYSTEM,
POLITICIANS, MEDIA, THE FAMILY. THEY HAVE
MENTIONED THAT EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE
BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONE WHO DOES THE ACT OF
DISCRIMINATION SOMETIMES BY SAYING
SOMETHING OR DOING SOMETHING.

THE FAMILY AS IT IS THE FIRST PLACE WHERE THE

PERSON GETS INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOOD
AND WHAT IS BAD AND HOW TO BEHAVE. THE
SCHOOL AND THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AS IT IS THE
SECOND PHASE AT THE PERSON LIVE WHERE HE
GOT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOOD AND
WHAT IS BAD AND TEACHERS ARE LOOKED AT AS
LEADERS AND AUTHORITY.

THEN COMES MEDIA AND SOCIETY AS PEOPLE WATCH TV OR LISTEN

TO THE RADIO OR READ THE NEWS WERE MEDIA IS REALLY A
POWERFUL TOOL AND IT REACHES MANY PEOPLE. THEN
GOVERNMENTS AND LAWS : AS LAWS CAN BE MEDIA TO REGULATE
WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE AND WHAT IS NOT, SOMETIMES IT MIGHT
INCLUDE A PUNISHMENT FOR AN ACT OR A BEHAVIOR OF
DISCRIMINATION TO PREVENT IT.
SOLUTIONS TABLE
MODERATED BY LIVIA

ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT GOT

BROUGHT UP THE MOST OFTEN
WAS EDUCATING PEOPLE ON
THE CULTURES OF MINORITIES
AND THE STRUGGLES THEY FACE.
SOME PEOPLE SUGGESTED THAT
WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE
HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
THESE TOPICS WITH OUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY SO WE
CAN PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN
EDUCATING PEOPLE. ALSO.

ANOTHER SOLUTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS INTEGRATION. THIS GOES

HAND IN HAND WITH ANOTHER IDEA THAT WAS BROUGHT UP: NOT SEPARATING
PEOPLE IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS. INSTEAD OF HAVING SPECIAL SCHOOLS FOR
PEOPLE OF CERTAIN ETHNICITIES WE SHOULD INTEGRATE THESE PEOPLE IN
SCHOOLS WHERE NATIVES GO.

THIS ALSO APPLIES TO

NEIGHBOURHOODS,
PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BE
SEGREGATED TO THE
WORST PARTS OF AN
AREA JUST BECAUSE
THEY'RE OF A
DIFFERENT ETHNICITY/
RACE/SOCIAL
STANDING.
 SILENT
DIALOGUE
THE SILENT DIALOGUE WORKSHOP OFFERED A UNIQUE
APPROACH TO EXPLORING POLITICAL CORRECTNESS,
FOCUSING ON ANONYMOUS WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
PARTICIPANTS WERE GIVEN A LARGE SHEET OF PAPER
WHERE THEY COULD EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS, DEBATE,
AND DISCUSS SENSITIVE TOPICS RELATED TO POLITICAL
CORRECTNESS—WITHOUT SPEAKING A WORD.

PARTICIPANTS WROTE THEIR VIEWS ON

TOPICS LIKE GENDER IDENTITY, CULTURAL
SENSITIVITY, AND RACIAL INCLUSIVITY.

OTHERS RESPONDED IN WRITING,

CREATING A DIALOGUE THAT UNFOLDED
PURELY THROUGH TEXT. THIS METHOD
ALLOWED EVERYONE TO SHARE THEIR
OPINIONS FREELY, WITHOUT FEAR OF
JUDGMENT OR CONFRONTATION.
ST. NICHOLAS
EVENING

ON THE 6TH OF
DECEMBER WE
CELEBRATE
SAINT NICHOLAS
DAY. WE
DECIDED TO
SPREAD THE
HOLIDAY CHEER
AND HOLD A
SPECIAL EVENT
FOR THIS DAY.

IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE, YOU MUST ALSO

GIVE. THAT WAS THE PRINCIPLE OF THIS EVENT.
AS SUCH, EVERY PARTICIPANT HAD TO BRING A
GIFT, BIG OR SMALL, SWEET OR SAVOURY. ALL
OF THE GIFTS WERE ASSIGNED A NUMBER
AFTER WHICH EVERYONE HAD TO PULL A PIECE
OF PAPER LIKE A LOTTERY. WHATEVER NUMBER
YOU GOT MATCHED THE GIFT YOU WERE GOING
TO RECEIVE. BUT THERE’S A CATCH,
IF YOU WANTED TO
RECEIVE YOUR GIFT,
YOU HAD TO SING A
SONG OR SAY A POEM
TO SAINT NICHOLAS
HIMSELF.
EVERYONE
CONTRIBUTED,
WHETHER IT WAS
WITH GIFTS OR
PERFORMANCES.
 SIX THINKING
HATS
ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO THINK
CREATIVELY IS THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL CRITICISE THE IDEAS OF
OTHERS AND DERAIL CREATIVE THINKING. THE SIX THINKING HATS WAS
A TOOL DEVELOPED BY DR. EDWARD DE BONO TO AID EFFECTIVE
DISCUSSIONS AND THINKING BY ALIGNING EVERYONE IN ONE OF SIX
STATES OF MIND:

NEGATIVE NEUTRALITY PROCESS FEELING (RED) POSITIVE

(WHITE) - CREATIVE
JUDGEMENT CONTROL - INSTINCTIVE JUDGEMENT THINKING
(BLACK) - CONSIDERING (BLUE) - GUT REACTION (YELLOW) -
PURELY WHAT (GREEN) -
LOGIC THINKING OR STATEMENTS LOGIC STATEMENTS OF
APPLIED TO INFORMATION ABOUT OF EMOTIONAL APPLIED TO PROVOCATION
IDENTIFYING IS THINKING FEELING WITH IDENTIFYING
AVAILABLE, AND
FLAWS OR NO BENEFITS, INVESTIGATION
BARRIERS WHAT ARE JUSTIFICATION SEEKING
THE FACTS? HARMONY
 VISITING THE ALBATROSS
CULTURE

WE WERE
PRESENTED A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT
WORLD, A PLACE
WHERE OUR NORMAL
RULES DON'T WORK.
IT'S KIND OF
WEIRD AND A BIT
SCARY AT FIRST, BUT
IT'S ALSO REALLY
INTERESTING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALBATROS! IT'S

A PLACE THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND
HOW WE REACT WHEN WE MEET
PEOPLE FROM OTHER CULTURES.

WE WON'T SPOIL THE SURPRISE, BUT WE'LL SAY THIS:

DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. YOU MIGHT FIND
SOMETHING REALLY COOL THAT YOU DIDN'T EXPECT.
GRASSROOTS
COMICS

THEY SAY A PICTURE

IS WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS,
AND IT'S TRUE!
IMAGES AND COMICS
CAN QUICKLY GET
YOUR POINT ACROSS.
SURPRISINGLY, THIS
WORKS REALLY WELL
FOR LEARNING
CRITICAL THINKING
SKILLS TOO.

WHETHER IT'S A SIMPLE SKETCH OR A

DETAILED DRAWING, PICTURES CAN HELP
YOU UNDERSTAND COMPLEX IDEAS. THEY
CAN SPARK YOUR IMAGINATION AND HELP
YOU SEE THE WORLD FROM DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT
CULTURES ACROSS EUROPE.
OTHER COMICS
 STORYTELLING

FOR THIS WORKSHOP WE WERE ASSIGNED TEAMS AFTER

WHICH WE WERE GIVEN A PROMPT. WE WERE TASKED
WITH TELLING A STORY BASED ON THIS PROMPT THAT
FOCUSED ON A PERSON FROM A MINORITY GROUP, FOR
EXAMPLE A REFUGEE OR A DISABLED PERSON. BELOW ARE
THE SCRIPTS FOR EACH PLAY.

ONCE UPON A TIME, IT WAS A DRUG ADDICTED

WOMAN, HER NAME WAS IEVA, AND AT THE TIME SHE
WAS 20 YEARS OLD, LIVING IN BERLIN. SHE STARED
DOING DRUGS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE, WHILE SHE WAS
A TEENAGER, BECAUSE OF HER RELATIONSHIP WITH
HER FAMILY. .
DIANA: IF YOU’RE GOING TO USE DRUGS, I’M GOING TO
KICK YOU OUT OF MY HOUSE!!
IEVA: I HATE YOU MOM, YOU ARE THE WORST! I AM A
GROWN UP I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT!
DIANA: DON’T YOU DARE TALKING TO ME LIKE THAT! I’M
YOUR MOTHER, I CARE ABOUT YOU!
IEVA: I’M GOING TO KILL MYSELF, I FEEL LIKE YOU
DON’T LOVE ME. IF YOU WOULD LOVE ME YOU WOULD
LET ME USE DRUGS WITH WICKSA
WICKSA: HI IEVA, DO YOU WANT TO FLY?
IEVA: MY MOM IS SUCH A BITCH!
DRUG SCENE
 ONCE UPON A TIME, IN A GALAXY
FAR, FAR AWAY, THERE WAS A
PLANET CALLED LUMINDI. IT
LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE PLANET
EARTH BUT IT WAS FAR, FAR FROM
IT.
ON THAT PLANET EVERYTHING WAS
THE SAME AS ON EARTH EXCEPT FOR
THE CREATURES THAT LIVED ON IT.
THEY LOOKED HUMAN, BUT THEIR
CULTURE WAS VERY DIFFERENT.
ON THIS PLANET, THERE WAS A
HUMAN REFUGEE THAT CAME HERE
TO ESCAPE THE SOUND OF SILENCE.

BUT REALITY WAS DIFFERENT.

ALL HE FOUND WAS SILENCE. NO VOICES,
NO MUSIC
BUT ONE DAY, SOMEWHERE FAR FROM
HIM, SOUND APPEARED AND THERE WAS
A BEAUTIFUL GIRL SINGING AN EQUALLY
BEAUTIFUL SONG ON THE PIANO.
HE RAN TOWARDS HER BUT BEFORE HE
COULD REACH HER, THE GIRL STOPPED
AND HER FATHER STARTED YELLING AT
HER:
“COME HOME AND STOP WASTING YOUR
TIME! NO ONE ON THIS PLANET CAN HEAR
YOU ANYWAY!”
AND TODAY, SHE LISTENED TO HER
FATHER AND WENT HOME, NEVER
FINDING OUT THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER
PERSON ON LUMINDI THAT COULD HEAR
HER.
 AND EVERY DAY HE DOES THIS, ITS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH THE NATURE
AND ENJOY JUST BEING ALIVE WITH A BEER
AND A CIGARETTE/JOINT.
THE FIRST DAY GOES BY WITH A PROFITABLE
CATCH. HE GOT A 30 KG TUNA, HAVING AN
AMAZING DINNER UNDER THE MOONLIGHT.
WHEN HE FINISHED HE WENT TO SLEEP WITH
HIS ORANGE CAT BONTY.

ONCE A PON A TIME, THERE WAS AFRICAN

AMERICAN FISHERMAN THAT LOVES TO FISH IN
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN ENJOYING HIS RETIREMENT
AND REST FROM HIS ROUTINE, WITH TWO WIVES
AND 5 CHILDREN . HIS NAME WAS DON RAUL., AND
THAT DAY WAS GOING TO BE THE START OF
SOMETHING BIG. BUT HE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT IT.
AS USUAL, HE GOT READY AND GOT ON HIS BOAT TO
GO FISHING FOR A FEW DAYS
AND TODAY
RAUL WOKE UP BY THE SOUND OF
A THUNDER SO HE WENT TO
CHECK IF EVERYTHING WAS OKAY
OUTSIDE BUT WHEN HE WENT,
THE THUNDER HIT THE BOAT.
INITIALLY HE THOUGHT IT WAS
SOME OTHER PERSON WHO ALSO
LIKES FISHING BUT NOT
KNOWING IT WERE POLICEMAN
SO HE CAME TO HIM AND
MISTAKENLY TOOK HIM AS AN
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO
WANTS TO USE THE SEA AS A WAY
TO TRAVEL TO ABROAD, HE TRIED
EXPLAINING HIMSELF BUT THEY
DIDN’T LISTEN AND THEY
HANDCUFFED HIM .
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A CITIZEN
OF HIS COUNTRY, BUT A
POLICEMAN DIDN’T GIVE A HECK,
AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE
PRISON FOR ALL HIS LIFE. AND
HE DIDNT ACCEPTED AND KILLED
HIMSELF.
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A 16 YEARS
OLD GYPSY GIRL , WHO LIVES IN A VERY POOR
FAMILY AND IN A VERY SMALL FLAT AND
EVERYONE SLEEPS IN THE SAME ROOM. IN
WINTER IT GETS REALLY COLD BECAUSE THE
WINDOWS ARE BROKEN AND THE MONEY SHE
EARNS ARE NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THE
BILLS AS HER MOM HAS CANCER AND HER DAD
IS IN JAIL AND SHE HAS TO YOUNGER
SIBLINGS
.
AND EVERYDAY SHE STARTED SELLING
FLOWERS EVEN IN COLD WEATHER TO
PROVIDE MEDICINE FOR HER MOM AND TO AND ONE DAY SHE DECIDED TO GO
PROVIDE FOOD FOR HER SIBLINGS .BUT ONE TO MUNICIPALITY TO ASK FOR
DAY SOME NEIGHBORS CALLED THE POLICE SOCIAL BENEFITS, BUT THE GUY WHO
AND THE. POLICE CAME AND STOPPED HER AND WORKS THERE HATES GYPSIES, HE
WARNED HER IF THEY SEE HER AGAIN THEY DISCRIMINATED HER AND SAID , YOU
WILL TAKE HER TO JAIL. GYPSYS ALWAYS LIE AND NOT TRY TO
WORK
SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED AND SHE
FOUND ANOTHER JOB AT SOMEBODY’S
HOUSE TO CLEAN, COUPLE OF DAYS
LATER, THIS FAMILY WERE ASSHOLES
AND RACIST AND THEY DIDN’T WANT
TO PAY HER SO THEY MADE UP A
STORY THAT SOMETHING WENT
MISSING IN THE HOUSE AND KICKED
HER OUT WITHOUT PAYING HER.
AND SHE FELT REALLY BAD AND SHE
KEPT CRYING BECAUSE SHE WANTED
REALLY TO HELP HER MOM.

AND TODAY SHE HAD TWO

OPTIONS EITHER TO GO TO DO
PROSTITUTE OR TO STEAL FROM
THE PHARMACY
AND THE GRANDPA ASK THE
CHILDREN WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF YOU WERE IN HER SHOES?
AND THE CHILDREN LOOK AT THE
AUDIENCE AND THEY ASK THEM.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? THEY SEE
WHAT THE MAJORITY SAY AND
THEN THEY LOOK BACK AT THE
GRANDPA AND TELL HIM WE
WOULD DO THIS.
 ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS
NIPPLE COUPLE. AND
EVERYDAY THEY TRAVELED
AROUND THE WORLD WITH
THEIR CARAVAN. BUT ONE DAY
WHILE THEY WERE TRAVELING
TO MONGOLIA A WAR BROKE
OUT BETWEEN THE HUMAN
NATION AND ALIENS. ALIENS
WERE SCANNING RANDOM
PEOPLE AND KIDNAPPING
THEM.

THE COUPLE GOT CAUGHT BY ALIENS AND

THE SCANNER LIGHTED GREEN FOR THE
GUY. THEY SAID YOU HAVE THE HIV
WHICH IS CURE FOR OUR KUTTANKA
ILLNESS. THE GIRL WAS SURPRISED AS
SHE DIDN'T KNOW THIS AND THEN THEY
SCANNER HER. IT ALSO LIGHTED GREEN.
THE GIRL WAS SO DISAPPOINTED. ALIENS
KIDNAPPED BOTH OF THEM TO THEIR
PLANET "DOGRUCULUK". ALIENS SAID THEY
NEED ONLY ONE SUBJECT FOR CURE OF
KUTTANKA ILLNESS. AND THEY GAVE THEM
TO OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE WHO WILL
DIE.
THEY WERE HORRIFIED. AFTER A
FEW SILENT MINUTES THE GUY
STEPPED OUT AND HE
SACRIFICED HIMSELF WITH
GUILT. THE GIRL FELT GRATEFUL
WITH HER FEELING OF
DISAPPOINTMENT. SHE RAN TO
HIM GIVE BIM A HUG AND A
KISS. THE GUY GAVE HER HIS
BRACELET AS A GOODBYE GIFT.
SHE.LEFT THE ROOM
CRYING AND WENT BACK TO
EARTH. AS SOON AS SHE IS
BACK TO EARTH SHE FINISHES
THEIR TRIP TO MONGOLIA IN THE
MEMORY OF HIS BOYFRIEND.
 AT 20, TERESA FELT ISOLATED
AND STRUGGLED WITH HER
IDENTITY, FACING BULLYING
FOR NOT FITTING SOCIETAL
STANDARDS. DESPITE HER
PARENTS' LACK OF SUPPORT AND
FEELING MISUNDERSTOOD AT
SCHOOL, SHE DECIDED TO
CHANGE HER APPEARANCE TO
FEEL ACCEPTED. HOWEVER,
THIS ATTEMPT LED TO NEW
HARASSMENT FROM
CLASSMATES, CAUSING DEEP
EMOTIONAL PAIN. TEARS
FILLED HER EYES AS SHE
RETURNED HOME, RETREATING
INTO SLEEP WHERE HER
DREAMS OFFERED MORE LIGHT
THAN HER REALITY. TODAY, A PAIR OF ARROGANT AND
IGNORANT STUDENTS ESCALATED THEIR
HARASSMENT, HURLING HURTFUL WORDS AT
HER RELENTLESSLY. THEY TOLD HER SHE
SHOULD GIVE UP, THAT SHE WOULD NEVER
BE NORMAL, LABELING HER AS A FREAK
AND EVEN RECORDING HER REACTIONS.
THIS DEEPLY WOUNDED HER, AND SHE
WALKED HOME WITH A SHATTERED HEART,
TEARS STREAMING DOWN HER FACE.
TURNING OFF HER PHONE AND CLOSING ALL
HER WINDOWS, SHE FELL INTO A DEEP
SLEEP, SEEKING REFUGE IN DREAMS WHERE
LIGHT OUTSHONE HER HARSH REALITY.

UPON WAKING, SHE FELT

EMOTIONALLY DRAINED AND
EMPTY, LIKE A BLANK SHEET OF
PAPER. A KNOCK AT THE DOOR
REVEALED HER CLASSMATES THERE
TO SUPPORT HER, REASSURING HER
THAT SHE DIDN'T NEED TO CHANGE
AND ACKNOWLEDGING HER
STRUGGLES. THIS UPLIFTING
MOMENT FELT LIKE A DREAM THAT
TERESA WISHED TO STAY IN
FOREVER.
INTERCULTURAL EVENINGS
INTERCULTURAL EVENINGS WERE A HIGHLIGHT FOR MANY PARTICIPANTS. WE
HAD THE CHANCE TO SHARE WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT OUR COUNTRIES AND TEACH
OTHERS ABOUT OUR CULTURES.

FIRST, EVERYONE VISITED EACH TABLE TO LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES AND
TRY THE FOOD AND DRINKS. WE HAD TWO EVENINGS OF CULTURAL EXCHANGE.
EVERY COUNTRY SHOWCASED THEIR TRADITIONS AND CUISINE.
 ROMANIAN
EVENING

FINALLY, THERE WAS THE ROMANIAN

EVENING. THE PARTICIPANTS HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TO TASTE
TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN FOOD
(DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE THEY
WERE ALREADY EATING EVERYDAY),
PARTICIPATE IN TRADITIONAL
DANCES AND LISTEN TO STORIES BY
THE FIRE.
 FORUM
THEATER
AS PART OF OUR PROJECT’S FINAL
PRODUCTS, PARTICIPANTS WERE
TASKED WITH CREATING TWO FORUM
THEATER PLAYS. THEIR FINAL
PERFORMANCE HAD AN AUDIENCE OF
LOCAL YOUNGSTERS.

THE FIRST PLAY WAS ABOUT A

FISH MERCHANT NAMES MOSES
WHO WAS SELLING HIS GOODS IN
EGYPT. HE WAS OF ISRAELI
DESCENT AND THUS, AN
IMMIGRANT. NEXT TO HIS STALL
WAS ANOTHER MAN ALSO SELLING
FISH WHO WAS JEALOUS OVER
THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WERE
BUYING FROM MOSES’ STALL.
AS A RESULT, HE TRIES TO GET
MOSES KICKED OUT OF THE
MARKET. WE FOLLOW HIM AS HE
TRIES TO FIGHT AGAISNT THIS
DISCRIMINATION BUT
UNFORTUNATELY FAILS. OF COURSE,
THAT IS UNTIL THE PLAY STARTS
AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING AND
THE AUDIENCE INTERFERES TO
GET US TO A HAPPY ENDING.
 THE SECOND PLAY REVOLVED
AROUND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT
FOLLOWED THE STORY OF A
WOMAN WHOSE HUSBAND USED
TO OWN A BUSINESS.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WENT
BANKRUPT AND HER HUSBAND LOST
HIS JOB, SPENDING ALL HIS TIME
AT HOME TAKING CARE OF THEIR
CHILD.

THE WOMAN IS FRUSTRATED WITH

HER HUSBAND AND OFTEN LASHES OUT
AT BOTH HIM AND THEIR CHILD. THE
HUSBAND’S FATHER IS ALSO LIVING
WITH THEM AND TRIES TO CONVINCE
HIS SON TO STAND UP TO HIS WIFE’S
TREATMENT. THE WIFE ALSO HAS AN AFFAIR
WITH THEIR NEIGHBOUR THAT
SHE VENTS HER FRUSTRATIONS TO.
IN THE END, THE HUSBAND CAN’T
DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE
SITUATION AND THE WIFE GETS
TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBOUR.
HELPLESS, THE HUSBAND DECIDES
TO END HIS OWN LIFE.
 VIDEOS
ALONGSIDE THE FORUM THEATRE,
OUR FINAL PRODUCTS ALSO
INCLUDED A COUPLE OF VIDEOS.

ONE OF THEM WAS A LIP-SYNC TO

THE SONG I LOVE IT BY ICONA POP
FT CHARLIE XCX. ANOTHER ONE
FOCUSED ON THE STRUGGLES FACED
BY PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILNESSES.

IT PORTRAYED THREE DIFFERENT

SITUATIONS. ONE WAS A GIRL WITH
SOCIAL ANXIETY FEARING THAT
EVERYONE WILL MAKE FUN OF HER
WHEN SHE SPEAKS IN PUBLIC.
ANOTHER ONE WAS A GIRL WITH
OCD BEING AFRAID OF TOUCHING
PEOPLE AND SURFACES. AND THE LAST
ONE WAS A BOY HAVING AN
ARGUMENT WITH HIS FRIEND
BECAUSE HE FORGOT HIS BIRTHDAY
DUE TO A DEPRESSIVE EPISODE.
 WE ARE WHAT WE ARE...
AND HERE’S WHAT WE THOUGHT:
IASMINA
TRAINER

EVERY PROJECT HAS IT’S OWN STORY AND IT’S

OWN PLACE IN MY HEART. THIS ONE WAS
ANOTHER AMAZING PAGE WRITTEN IN MY
BOOK: A PAGE ABOUT FRIENDSHIP, HARD
WORK, GOOD PEOPLE AND ACCEPTANCE. I
BELIEVE THAT HAVING TOGETHER ALL THIS
PEOPLE WAS NOT A COINCIDENCE, I THINK
THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE WAS MEANT TO
BE HERE AND I AM VERY GLAD TO HAVE MET
ALL OF THEM AND HONORED TO HAVE
WORKED WITH THEM. SOME OF THEM
ALREADY DECIDED THEY WANT TO COME
BACK AGAIN AND FOR US, THAT IS THE
ULTIMATE PROOF THAT WE ARE DOIND THE
RIGHT THING.
TOLEA
PROJECT COORDINATOR

"AFTER ALL WE ARE WHAT WE ARE" MEANS

TOLERANCE, RESPECT, LOVE, EMPATHY AND
OVER ALL ACCEPTING "THE OTHER". AFTER
THIS MOBILITY I HOPE WE ARE BETTER AND
WILLING TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER FOR
US AND FOR THE OTHERS.
THANK YOU
FOR ALL
THE MEMORIES!