Everybody is Special,You Only Have to See It Erasmus Project

Project Title

Everybody is Special,You Only Have to See It

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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Social dialogue; Gender equality / equal opportunities; Disabilities – special needs

Project Summary

This empathy project is to create,not only among our students but also in the society, empathy towards the Persons with Disabilities.On the precious day ”UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities on the 3rd of December” all the teachers from partner countries come together to launch an awareness movement, and endeavor to contribute more on the subjects,in the first Transnational Meeting in ZonguldakChanging negative attitudes towards persons with disabilities will help to raise awareness of the contribution them make to society.In each school the teachers and students project teams (15 students 4 teachers) will be formed. 4 LTT activities and 2 Transnational meetings will be done.Teachers assistance will encourage our students.In the activities like wall panels,posters and choosing pictures for calenders the students will build a team work.Creativity and brain storming plays important role in finding slogans,logos.The interview with disableds will give the message”We youngs are ready to listen to you”.Exploring the life stories of successful disableds will teach disability is not an obstacle.Thanks to learning the daily SIGN LANGUAGE our children will be able to greet and chat with persons who has less people to speak around.Trying to learn THE BRAILLE ALPHABET will teach them reading by touching and make think the hardness of living in the dark.The activities; the essays ”We are ‘yes’abled” ,short stories”A life in a chair,in the darkness” ,drawing pictures ” My eyes,Your Eyes” will improve the students’ writing and drawig skills.To build a social dialouge the students will interview,visit the organisations of the persons with disabilities,write letters and honor the successful paralympic athletes and will publish their responses in the website.What differs this project from others are the quality of LTT activities and ‘Students Management Team’ acting as NGO.The students gained empathy through the activities at schools, will spread the topic and message over a large area.All the LTT activities will be done in the crowded places and announced one week before in the local press,radios,tv and/or Local Governers website.-”The Empathy Walk: Wearing the tshirts carrying the slogans created by students”-Paralympic Football with a bell in a ball and wearing sleeping bands in the city sport hall-Walking with the wheelchair in the city streets and ask for help from people.Understanding the difficulties the disableds face with” – ”Let’s Create an awareness”:Delivering the roses and the pictures drawn by students in the city centers.Visiting anorganisation and chatting with sign languageThe tasks shared by the coordinator country will help the project to remain longer.-Creating a website improves the students ICT abilities.The most important meeting point to reach the activities will be the website-The Booklet ”We are Building Empathy Towards the Persons with Disabilities”.The activities held at schools.-Preparing a drawing albume on the theme”My Eyes,Your Eyes”.The works of our students will remain for years-Preparing flashcards on the theme ”The Rights of Disableds”.-The photo album ”We All Understand You”:The photos of LTT Activities.The work will show how tens of students announced the theme to the thousands of people unaware of disableds ,in the city centers and crowded sport hall.-Preparing a short stories book ” A life in a chair in the darkness ‘.(The works of students from each countries by their original languages and handwritings)Through the agency of the questionnaries after each meeting and online surveys in certain numbers,the coordinators will be able to see the benefits,objectives and common interest towards the project and as a result will take precuations and/or improve the high quality of the activities.In the second Transnational Meeting we will evaluate the project and the process and write the final report.To sustain the relationship among participants we will obtain brother schools,write the article about the objectives and process of the project ,and start an e-twinning project on the theme.The worst thing about a disability that people see it before you ,thanks to this project,the youngs will raise an awareness in Europe to see the person ,not the wheelchair.Not only the students participating in this project but also the people in the cities will learn more about empathy through the persons with disabilities..In the long term this project will also lead our students to find solutions for the disableds and in the following decades they will afford to build liveable houses,tolerant society as governers ,a useful and convenient technology and innovations for disableds.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 126690 Eur

Project Coordinator

INSTITUT JOAN MIRO & Country: ES

Project Partners

• ZONGULDAK-DEVREK 75. YIL CUMHURIYET ORTAOKULU
• Tile Cross Academy
• SMC Verdala
• Kispesti Waldorf Ovoda, Altalanos Iskola, Alapfoku Muveszeti Iskola es Gimnazium
• CSG Buitenveldert