Capacity Building Youth and Streetchildren through Non-Formal Education Erasmus Project

Project Title

Capacity Building Youth and Streetchildren through Non-Formal Education

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Project DescriptionThe SAMEN-programme has built the capacity of volunteers and their organisations in Bolivia, Ecuador, Kenya, India, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Belgium and The Netherlands, as well as the marginalised youth that they work with. This is accomplished by working on three objectives;Objective 1: Improving the life skills of street children and youth at projects in 6 partner countries. Result: Well-prepared Dutch volunteers spend 3-6 months at a project for street children and give life skills training to marginalised youth. Objective 2: Capacity building about non-formal learning with the youth at the partner projects and stimulating exchange between partner projects. Result: 1) The increase of knowledge about non-formal learning for volunteers and staff members of the partner projects, which will improve the guidance towards self-dependency of the youth. 2) The development of an application with games and ideas for non-formal learning.Objective 3: Stimulate active citizenship of Dutch volunteers in their social environment and in Europe. Result: 1)Volunteers from SAMEN are active in the society, and their social environment and they have a better understanding of volunteering and international development through training they get from SAMEN. 2) This is summarized in a video where volunteers from SAMEN are interviewed about the impact of volunteering on their lives. The activities employed in the program include the following;EVS participants (12) have organized life skills training to the marginalised (street) children and youth in partner countries; built and exchanged knowledge with local staff; a Youth Exchange of 12 participants about non-formal learning and self-dependency in life; organising life skills training activities together with local young people (14) in Kenya; a Youth Exchange of 12 participants organising life skills training activities together with local young people (14); EVS volunteers joined more than 66local staff meetings of which 24 particularly focused on promoting non-formal learning; development of an application about with activities and ideas around the theme of non-formal learning; Dissemination of the existence of the APP to partners in The Netherlands, Europe and partner countries worldwide.Stichting Don Bosco Amsterdam is proud to present this innovative programme, as it enables young people to engage in concrete voluntary activities and exchanging knowledge and experiences with other youngsters from different backgrounds and cultures. This generates an impact on themselves, but also on marginalised youth, local young volunteers and their organisations. The SAMEN-programme is unique as it is organised, by-and-for young people. Returned volunteers remain active in the organisation after their EVS or youth exchange. They continue to be active in all steps throughout the programme. This can be in the youth-board, in organising preparation weekends and in coaching young people before departure. This peer-to-peer methodology is cost-effective, makes use of the expertise of returned volunteers and keeps the organisation dynamic. The impact of the programme is at the level of the marginalised youth to have better abilities for positive behaviour to deal with the demands of everyday life. In addition, it impacts the local volunteers, their organisations and their stakeholders, having improved methods of working with youth about the theme of self-dependency. Moreover, it impacts the Dutch volunteers and their social environment, changing their views and behaviour towards volunteering and international development.Total costs according to the final financial statement:Capacity building activities: € 25.600,78Budget Youth Exchange:€ 18.366,00Budget European Voluntary Service:€ 39.862,00Total costs:€ 85.603,78EU Grant: € 76.603,78

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 138749 Eur

Project Coordinator

STICHTING DON BOSCO AMSTERDAM & Country: NL

Project Partners

• YOUNG AFRICA INTERANTIONAL AFRICA HUB TRUST
• ASOCIACION PRIVADA DE FIELES SOCIEDAD SALESIANA
• THE SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO REGISTERED TRUSTEES KENYA
• FUNDACION PROYECTO SALESIANO CHICOS DE LA CALLE ZONA NORTE PSCHC-N
• MANZINI YOUTH CARE
• STRATEGIC URBAN RURAL ADVANCEMENT BACKING INSTITUTE
• DON BOSCO YOUTH – NET