Me, the kaleidoscope Erasmus Project

Project Title

Me, the kaleidoscope

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

The No Shame Foundation was founded to educate people with psoriasis and other skin diseases. In Poland, where specialists usually recommend using steroids for diseased skin, there are no other, less invasive solutions. We want to change it! We note that in Europe, many people with psoriasis or skin diseases have major problems in assimilating their surroundings. Skin diseases are not only a health problem, but they have a strong socio-economic background. Visible changes on the skin are the main reason for the decrease in quality of life. The disease translates into interpersonal relationships, physical activity, socio-professional activity and contacts with the family. Social withdrawal and the difficulty in establishing close relationships leads to avoiding contact with peers and spontaneous exclusion from social groups. Working with many adults, we need to monitor our progress and develop the skills needed to efficiently provide counseling and motivation among our adults. The research results show that patients who felt stigmatized in social situations had more severe depressive symptoms than patients who did not feel stigmatized. International research on skin diseases often raises issues of cultural background that also shapes the attitude of healthy people to the sick and affects the image of oneself as a person affected by the disease. Through international cooperation, we can easily define universal methods of cooperation with adults, their activation in society and conducting a reliable dialogue with them. The staff of our organizations cooperate on a daily basis with many adults on various types of projects. We meet people with various problems, motivations and ideas so our basic tools must be interpersonal and communication skills tailored to the needs of adults. We want the organization to grow internationally. We aim to create a European dialogue on adult education in the field of skin diseases, health and adult education in this field. Despite the experience already gained, we feel the need to constantly learn and learn new methods of cooperation with adults, just like our partners.
Project goals :
Education of the staff of the organizations participating in the project in the field of new cooperation techniques with adults
Creation and implementation of long-term strategic cooperation in the field of adult education between organizations participating in the project
Developing trainings on methods of cooperation with adults – their motivation, activation and inspiration for social action
Development and implementation of new methods of managing educational projects for adults
Improving communication in the native languages ​​and foreign languages ​​of participants, in particular in English, which is the main language of the project
Improvement of digital competences, such as the use of a camera, video camera, computer and programs for photo editing and film processing.
Improving the competences of the staff of partner organizations that allow conducting multi-threaded projects by adults and with adults
Teaching participants to work in a group, build a team and lead it
Raising cultural awareness and expressing one’s own ideas while respecting members of an international group from different backgrounds
Supporting the education of people with fewer opportunities and their integration in international society
Staff education in international cooperation
Organization of an international conference associating non-governmental and business units on skin diseases and mental disorders
Exchange of knowledge about marketing implemented to reach adult target groups
Efficient and effective creation of social actions through cooperation with adults
Through the organization of this project, we support the personal development of participants benefiting from non-formal education, whose main goal is learning through practice. Participants will not only improve their knowledge about education in their country and Europe, but will also have the opportunity to acquire new hard and soft skills.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 57611 Eur

Project Coordinator

FUNDACJA NO SHAME-BEZ WSTYDU & Country: PL

Project Partners

• ASOCIACION CULTURAL Y DEPORTIVA LAHOYA
• Connecting Society