Let’s Imagine a Village for Everybody Erasmus Project

Project Title

Let’s Imagine a Village for Everybody

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 : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Natural sciences; Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

According to Eurostat “Statistics on European cities” February – March 2019 report: More than half the world’s population resides in urban areas: cities continue to attract an increasing share of people in search of a job and an improved quality of life.
People are moving away from natural life with industrialization, urbanization, and the digital age. The population living in the village has now decreased. City life is more attractive than village life with all the possibilities and different activities it offers. We only have the elderly who were born and grew up in the village. The new generation no longer recognizes the village. So they don’t know village life either. Whereas, was our past life like this? People lived together in the village, ploughed land, took care of animals, cared for farm, prepared winter food, and found peace by living in harmony with nature. There was also a neighbourship. People were concerned with each other’s grief, joy, and troubles in the village. The neighbourship disappeared with the transition to city life. However, in the villages, people would visit each other. Sometimes they used to make village affairs a way of helping. In fact, we have lost many of our values ​​by staying away from the villages.
Our biggest motivation in the project is to raise young people’s awareness towards natural and village life, plants, animals and basic life skills. Moreover, these young people will know their neighbours and their surroundings and be aware of themselves and their cultural heritage.
Our priorities with some of their objectives are:
Social and educational value of European cultural heritage:
– awareness of rural life
– non-formal learning
– lifelong learning
– intercultural approaches to heritage
– recognize village life

Supporting individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competences:
– developing survival skills
– fitting natural life
– healthy eating
– active life
– effective communication

Environmental and climate goals:
– healthy and sustainable nutrition
– reaching clean water sources
– highlighting fresh air and environmental awareness
– preparing one’s own food
– growing organic products

We are partners from Greece, Romania, Turkey, Italy and North Macedonia. Our students are 13-17. We have been planning all our project activities as student–centred, based on learning by doing and groupwork.In all LTT activities, there will be 2 teachers and 4 students from each school. With the conferences, seminars and the workshops, we will also enhance dissemination studies. Teachers will be able to inform their students about the project. As we all know education cannot be carried out without families, on the contrary, they are one of the cornerstones of it. So, the families will participate in our activities such as seminars, introduction meetings. Furthermore, “Parent -Teacher Associations” will undertake some tasks to build bridges with other stakeholders such as nongovernmental organizations. So, approximately at least 2000 people will be engaged in the process of long awaited rural life, preserving the ecosystem and tasting the pleasure of life learning education.
Activities:
Animal Care
– Poultry care
– Care of stables (horses, donkeys)
– Dairy and fattening livestock
Growing vegetables and fruits
– Seed selection and accumulation
– Land and soil selection
– Fertilization and maintenance
Land maintenance, growing special crops for the region
Social life and activities in the village
Festivals, festivities, fairs, feasts and other social events to be held will provide an immense learning opportunity in terms of cultural heritage.
All partner countries will provide students with the opportunity to learn (by living, learning) by various activities and field experiences within the conditions and possibilities of the surrounding villages.
Active learning, observation, dialogue, learning by doing, brainstorming, note-taking, interviewing will be the most used methods.

Our concrete outputs:
– Project Website
– eTwinning Project
– Winter and Summer Food Booklets
– 2022 Dream Village Calendar
– Dream Village Paintings Competition and Exhibition
– Facebook page
– YouTube channel
– Instagram account
– Posters
– Banners
– Project Logo
– Erasmus+ corners
– LIVE Booklet

The project will widen participants’ horizons; help them come in touch with other cultures, make friendships with students from other countries, boost future partnerships. They will learn to work in a team, to cooperate, to express themselves. They will acquire knowledge and awareness on rural life, cultural heritage, and environmental issues useful for their life. – Teachers will acquire new knowledge and monitor good practices which they will use in their classrooms with other students in the future. The collected material will be used for future reference by all participating schools in forthcoming years.

Project Website

http://erasmusplus-live.com/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 178470 Eur

Project Coordinator

Gymnasio Paranestiou me L.T. & Country: EL

Project Partners

• OOU Dituria Saraj
• Tirebolu Anadolu Lisesi
• LICEO ROSA-GIANTURCO”
• LICEUL TEORETIC MURFATLAR
• Cakabey Anadolu Lisesi