Urban Perspective Webzine
Voices of young professionals who are re-building their societies one day at a time
The European team of the REBUILD project was honoured to meet so many inspiring youth formal and informal organisations across Italy, Martinique, Greece, Cyprus, Lithuania and Spain!
Partners had the chance to discover the wonderful efforts made by young people in their countries, despite the COVID19 pandemic, who have continued to fight to make their societies more inclusive and environmentally-aware.
Despite being very unique in their profiles, what do they all have in common?
In a nutshell, resilience and the belief that society can only heal if young people will play their part. Well, they certainly have not abandoned their communities, some of them even returned from promising careers abroad.
These youth organisations and associations have found an innovative answer to the challenges created by the pandemic, and have decided to not give up to the forced isolation, general atmosphere of fear, economic loss, and difficulty to network we have been going through over the past 2 years.
On the contrary, they have found new ways to gather and join their passion and expertise to come up with initiatives of social regeneration and environmental awareness. Some of these young women and men are making the most use of digital means of communication to raise awareness about the environment, others are tangibly meeting local communities to propose alternatives to a general lack of resources, while others are acting as mediators between young people and public authorities to represent their unmet needs but also to emphasize their potential.
Through the REBUILD project, we will help them get more opportunities for networking, in order to build future collaborations and discover what sorts of issues they share during these challenging times and hopefully find common ways to overcome them. This webzine collects their voices, which we are excited to share with the public. They are re-building their societies one day at a time.
Enjoy your reading discovering the best practices in each of
the REBUILD partner countries.
Initiatives from Lithuania
Active Youth Webzines
It is probably no secret that the COVID-19 virus and the pandemic that came with it was the first such experience in all our lives. It was an experience that turned everyday life upside down. In the beginning, there was a lot of fear, not knowing what the disease was,...
CHANGE AND IMPROVE
NAME OF THE ORGANISATION “JUSPO” (monitoring and developing youth employment organisation) NAME OF THE INITIATIVE “Change and improve” What is this initiative about? The project "Change and Improve" started in Šiauliai to help young people develop competencies...
Shout a Question to a Psychologist
NAME OF THE ORGANISATION „Jaunimas YRÀ“ (Youth IS) NAME OF THE INITIATIVE "Shout a Question to a Psychologist" What is this initiative about? "Jaunimas YRA" (“Youth IS”) initiative "Shout a Question to a Psychologist" was based on a...
PLANT A TREE
NAME OF THE ORGANISATION „pasodinkmedi.lt“ (“plant a tree”) What is this initiative about? The mission of this initiative is to promote a sustainable lifestyle and to enable everyone to contribute to sustainable forest planting. This...
MINDLETIC
NAME OF THE ORGANISATION „Mindletic“ WHAT IS THE INITIATIVE ABOUT? “Mindletic” is an online emotional health fitness club! The vision of this initiative is to increase self-awareness, to be able to predict and prevent deviation of the emotional health norm and to...
We change ourselves – we change the world!
NAME OF THE ORGANISATION Informal active youth group from Švenčionys INITIATIVE NAME "We change ourselves - we change the world!" What is this initiative about? "Change Yourself - Change the World!" aimed to reduce exclusion among people with...
OPEN
NAME OF ORGANISATION Public Institution "Human Resources Monitoring and Development Office" NAME OF INITIATIVE “OPEN” (Open Career Advice Centre for Young People) WHAT IS THIS INITIATIVE ABOUT? “OPEN” started as a new initiative - a project following a perceived lack...
MINTIs
Name of organisation Vilkaviškis Children and Youth Centre Open Youth Centre Name of initiative ,,MINTIs“ What is this initiative about? The “MINTIs” initiative is designed to give the visitors of the Vilkaviskis Open Youth centre the opportunity to take...
The Gediminas Legion
Name of organisation "Gediminas Legion” What is this initiative about? Gediminas Legion is an association of volunteers whose main goal is to help the city and its people in difficult or unforeseen situations. Gediminas Legion's mission is to develop...
Initiatives from Cyprus
Rea-textiles
My name is Elena Adamou and I am a visual artist. Over the years I have used different mediums to express my thoughts through art such as painting, video, installations, and textile techniques like embroidery. I am interested in understanding how intimate time-passing...
Untold stories
Are we Europe is an organizationbased in Brussels. The needs ofjournalism that collaboratesacross nations, generations andidentities were reasons forfounding this organization. Thathighlights solutions to sharedchallenges. That focuses on itspeople, Main mission is to...
Plan be, plan it be
PlanBe, Plan it Be it, is a non-governmental, non-profit organization established in March 2014, aiming at the personal and professional development of young people. The organisation is based in Nicosia, Cyprus, and acts at anational and European level. PlanBe forms a...
ATHINODOROS
I am Athinodoros Georgiou from Tilleria, lover of this place, of Cyprus, of tradition. I have been involved since my childhood with Cypriot handicrafts, crafts and in general everything related to our tradition. This includes our customs, traditions, crafts, shows,...
Roundtable Cyprus
The first attempts to establish the first Round Table club in Cyprus started in 1977 with the Round Table of the United Kingdom and the Round Table of Sweden with the help of the Round Table of Greece. Euripides Neocleous was the first person approached to create the...
CYPRUS SCOUTS ASSOCIATION
"Try and leave this world a little better than you found it" The Cyprus Scout Association was founded in 1913 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1961. CSA has more than 5,000 members and have taken an active part in all...
SEE WHY CYPRUS
See Why is an informal group with the aim to work close to young people and with youth workers, through different activities, seminars and training courses. THE INITIATIVE The project is about 5 days program activities aiming the promotion, information, education,...
SOUZANA PETRI – Crafts
Μy name is Sousana Petri and I am a ceramicist-designer-maker. For the last five years I 'm running my workshop in the historical center of Nicosia, at Ermou street. My inspiration comes from the Ancient history of ceramics of Cyprus. My motivation is my passion for...
GLOBAL SHAPERS NICOSIA HUB
Born from the World Economic Forum, the Global Shapers Community is an exciting network of young people under the age of 30 working together to tackle regional and global challenges. With over 14,000 members, the global shaper community spans 456 city hubs in 150...
Initiatives from Italy
Consulta Giovanile Gratteri
Tourism and social development of small villages for the growth of an entire community Guiding the political decisions of a municipality of 900 inhabitants and acting as spokesperson for the youth community: Sofia and Martina share with us the birth story of the...
Ecoistituto Siciliano
Sustainability and enterprise: moving back to Sicily to invest in the future It all begins on a strangely sunny autumn day in the English countryside. Two Sicilian boys meet by chance, attending accreditation day at the university where they will spend the rest of the...
Impatto APS
When we talk about the climate crisis and responsible choices, it is easy to get discouraged: it seems very difficult to do our part and think that our individual actions can have an impact for real change. This is why we need to motivate young people to challenge...
Tu Sei La Città
The world changes by your example, not just your opinion.
Initiatives from Martinique
Calendrier inversé
The reverse calendar https://youtu.be/QRAt92sjDbE City, country of the initiative: Martinique, FranceName of the organization: Le calendrier de l'avent inversé 972 - Cynthia Yerro The reverse Advent calendar operation aims to support people in need. The principle is...
Madin’attitude
https://youtu.be/3mCz5awUe00 City, country of the initiative: Martinique, FranceName of the organization: Madin'attitude For Anais, 22 years old, if her project was an object, it would be a wool ball that strengthen social links. This energetic young woman is student...
Brevet de sécurité financière
https://youtu.be/maQYILr2NQA City, country of the initiative: MartiniqueName of the organization: Jeune chambre économique de la Martinique The mission of the Jeune Chambre Economique is both local and international. The organization is a network afiliated to the...
Inser art
https://youtu.be/Hz5D2TcHZ98 City, country of the initiative: Martinique, FranceName of the organization: Inser Art In August 2013, three ambitious women, Vanessa, Christelle and Chanaël, decided to embark on a beautiful adventure: to set up projects and actions for...
BOUMKALIKO
https://youtu.be/qFeLMV-LVGo City, country of the initiative: Fort-de-France, Martinique, FranceName of the organization: BoumKaliko This solidarity initiative was born following the first lockdown due to the lack of digital tools to motivate people to...
Initiatives from Spain
La Polea- Sociedad Cooperativa Andaluza
What is la Polea? La Polea Sociedad Cooperativa Andaluza, is a non-profit worker cooperative that was established in the town of Al Margen (Malaga) in March 2020. Its main goal is to create new job opportunities and reduce depopulation, so through education in values...
SWEET HOME BREAKING
Dancing with or without restrictions The initiative developed by Fred Cross are dance events in which dancers participate that have been developed in virtual and face-to-face format according to the health restrictions of the moment. In these activities Fred...
Hagamos Hogar
Reducing loneliness Hagamos Hogar is a digital platform for shared housing between generations that seeks to enhance the value of the elderly by helping them reduce the feeling of loneliness, and giving a new twist to the way of sharing a home. There is no house for...
Youth Philharmonic Orchestra “Campos Andaluces”
Music unites young people This group of young people have come together to create the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, so they have put all their effort, knowledge and enthusiasm so that other young people can learn the importance of music. At the time of the pandemic,...
ELBOW BRAND
More help and fewer observers This group of young people has created ELBOW with the self-imposed purpose, or rather, imposed by the situation of COVID-19, because they wanted to help people in need that they saw in their neighborhoods and in the news, although they...
EACH ONE, TEACH ONE
Healing Art! These young people have created a socio-cultural association of artists from Malaga, based in the Casa de la Juventud de Alhaurin de la Torre, in which they want to promote urban art as an educational, empowerment and social inclusion tool. The objectives...
Biblioteca urbana
The square of free books The best thing is to share knowledge "La plaza de los libros libres" next to the "Arbol de la sabiduría", consists of a popular library in a square in a neighborhood of Malaga where people are free to take books, return them and bring more...
TITI TOKE
Finding hidden gems in the city… This brave woman resident in Malaga and of Italian origin, has decided to carry out her initiative in order to contribute to a more conscious and sustainable world, giving a new opportunity to "waste" through art. Tiziana's objectives...
Initiatives from Greece
ELIX
Providing Learning Opportunities to Refugee and Migrant Children during the Pandemic https://youtu.be/nCo_Nq77wNQ The number of internally displaced children, refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers has grown dramatically and is only set to increase in the face of new...
#YouEU
Strengthening Youth Participation in EU Democratic Life https://youtu.be/go-CqPZnJZY #YouEU is a European initiative that aims to reinvigorate the relationship of European youth with the EU, and to promote active youth participation in the EU democratic life by...
Amazing Youth
Actions of Social Solidarity during the Pandemic https://youtu.be/bXzU_zLjh24 About the organisation Amazing Youth is a non-profit organisation founded by young people for young people. It was established in Athens, Greece in 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, with...
Organization Earth
Working with Youth to create Greener, Healthier & Sustainable Neighborhoods https://youtu.be/Ajw7GHG-6TY Organization Earth is a Greek non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 2010, with the mission to establish the concept of Sustainable Development,...
Solidarity for Fashion
An Initiative Created by Youth for Youth https://youtu.be/YeQt7_xk0r4 Youth have the potential, the capacity and the creativity to make change happen – for themselves, for their communities, and for the rest of the world. However, in many cases they do not have enough...
StoryLiving
AEncouraging youth with ASD & mental health disorders to share their COVID-19 experiences through digital storytelling https://youtu.be/bTUH4a4lxII The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the mental health of people. According to Eurofound’s “Living,...
All For Blue
Engaging youth to protect the oceans https://youtu.be/8IcJxH42sFk What is All For Blue? All For Blue is a Greek non-profit organisation with global actions, founded in 2017 by Katerina Topouzoglou, with the mission to protect the seas and oceans through education and...
3D Project
Combining art, psychology and digital technology to inspire youth and promote solidarity DARE. DANCE. DIGITALIZE The role of the arts in healing, improving well-being and promoting inclusivity has a long history. International studies suggest that engaging in the arts...