Asociația SUPER TINERI (ASIRYS)

July brought new meetings and activities, I finally started experimenting the photography workshops with the local volunteers and youngsters, who started to accompany us in our activities. Being able to work with them was motivating and it helped me to learn and improve in communicating and teaching to young people something about my passion. During the first part of the month I also dedicated to continue the photographic project regarding the search for what most attracts my attention in the city of Târgu Frumos: the markets, the surrounding hills, the streets. For the project I chose to focus on aspects related to daily life, nature and the relationship between the inhabitants and the landscape. Through my photos I chose to document  details and moments along the streets of the city, looking for connections and relationships between different environments.  Towards the end of the month in the youth center we held a conference attended by some teachers and psychologists. During this e

Sports Activator was presented in Adana, Turkey, at school to 15 pupils and one teacher. It was prepared an introductory board that included the name of the project, the countries’ flags, photos from the project held in Romania and information regarding Erasmus +. Elif Ipek Demir mentioned that she shared her experience about the project and encouraged the participants to do more sports activities, eat healthier. Pupils had to share their thoughts by writing an essay, a poem or an article in English or Turkish. The participants offered positive feedback, they understood the importance of practising sports and having a healthy lifestyle. They were impressed by the project and would like in the future to be involved in similar ones.   Sports Activator is co-funded by Erasmus+ Sport Programme, with the support of the European Union. Sports Activator project had two main meetings in Romania, which involved more than 70 participants from 8 countries and different communities. We managed to

Dimitar Benev, the coordinator of the team from Gabrovo, Bulgaria, affirmed that 28 individuals with ages between 9-18 years old took part on the Sports Activator event, held in a local school. The young people were encouraged to adopt a healthy lifestyle and to do sports. The team chose the interactive method “learning by doing” and combined the method developed in Romania and local good practices to create sports activities. The event had a great effect on the participants. They stated that: "We should do it more often.”    Sports Activator is co-funded by Erasmus+ Sport Programme, with the support of the European Union. Sports Activator project had two main meetings in Romania, which involved more than 70 participants from 8 countries and different communities. We managed to gather together sport teachers, trainers, youth workers, volunteers, coaches, people involved in sport clubs and different participants with various backgrounds in the sports field.    One of the meetings o

July, I would say that this month was the month where we finally did what we were supposed to do during the project. After the success of the music video about Târgu Frumos, the organization changed their focus on actual events, workshops and conferences where me as an international volunteer got to interact with all kind of new people. During the first week I was adding subtitles to the music video while also preparing workshops and other activities for the local volunteer meetings. It was exciting to see new passionate people participate in the organization who were willing to help us out in many different task but mainly in translating. The meeting with the new volunteers went great: the girls were excited to participate in the organization and it was a great introduction in getting to know each other. Each of us ESC participants were assigned with a specific volunteer and I had Bianca, someone who was enthusiastic about movies, TV shows and acting. It’s always great to have someone

In July started working with the new volunteers, doing workshops and getting to know each other better. We welcomed the new volunteers with workshops and lots of fun. It was a month of great progress after the time of the pandemic. I finished recording the first song of the “Resilience” project with the help of the music teacher Gisela. We started the project 20 beautiful things from Târgu Frumos. We went to take photos, we got up at dawn and we stayed up to see the stars so we could take photos and record sounds. Regarding the volunteers, we started the music classes, where I teached them how to compose a song. Now we are composing the anthem for Super Tineri. At the end of the month we made the exhibition of sounds and photos in a small activity with teachers from the area and we also started the long-awaited caravan. Anyway, it was a productive month and I am happy with how little I have achieved. In the end, vacations came and we traveled a lot, but that's another story! Writte

Pinar Çorbacioğlu held in Istanbul, Turkey, a conference at a school to talk about Erasmus+ Programme and Sports Activator.  Pinar shared with the public the experience that she had in Romania. During the discussion 20 people participated in which they learned more regarding the importance of eating healthily and being active. Afterwards, they all had a session of Yoga poses and of Zumba. The sports activities outdoor consisted in matches of Chinese football and frisbee.  At the end to every participant was given a sticker of sports activator. The performed activities worked as a motivator, most of the participants showed interest and decided to be more active.  IMPRESSIONS form the participants  “It was funny, exciting”  “I have learned new games that are chinese football, frisbee”  “I have new information”  “We had a great time”  “We loved this activity so much”  “It motivated me to keep swimming”    Sports Activator is co-funded by Erasmus+ Sport Programme, with the support of the

Din luna iulie 2020, Consiliul Director al Asociației Super Tineri (ASIRYS) are următoarea componenţă:  Mihaela Diana Podariu – Preşedinte  Ioana Ursache – Manager de Proiecte  Ștefana Vintilă – Manager Resurse Umane   Anamaria Avadanei - Cenzor Din iulie 2020, în asociație activează 10 voluntari locali, cărora li se vor alătura în perioada martie - decembrie 2021, alți 5 voluntari internaționali prin Programul Corpul European de Solidaritate. În cei 12 ani de activitate, asociația a lucrat cu peste 500 de tineri europeni și peste 2000 de voluntari locali, având în 2015 și în 2019, un angajat.  Pe termen mediu și lung, ne dorim sustenabilitate organizațională și implementarea de proiecte la nivel regional.

Aliko Muska stated that in Ioannina, in Greece, the initial plan was to have the Sports Activator event with 4 teams of 7 people in order to held 4 games in 3-4 days, although it was difficult to find 28 individuals willing to participate. Even if many people were invited, the final number of participants was 14 in total. The whole schedule needed to be rethought and reduced at one day in which they had a great football match. The activities made the participants more active and helped them to socialize. Aliko shared his personal impression as a coordinator: ”I am very happy that I had the opportunity to organise such an event because before that I couldn't even imagine that I could pull such a thing out.”   During the dissemination was presented the Erasmus programme. Although, few participants showed real interest and tried to learn more about it. fortunately, at the end of the event, a group was created to organize new sports days.   Sports Activator is co-funded by Erasmus+ Spo

Hugo Agra Gomes dos Santos and his team created an online Webinar about Family Health and Well-being. The city council had helped him to promote the event on their cultural agenda. On social media they had 17 days of promotion and the webinar was done from a recognized Local Business Habitat co-working space of the city, normally where creative/entrepreneurship projects born and are developed. They reached more than 1000 people via social media marketing actions, on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. They had more than 20 people participating on the event. The webinar was made on Zoom platform and all presented speakers were professionals with experience on the program topics. Their main purpose was to increase awareness on local families about this topic and get their interaction with speakers, so they can get motivation each day, and responsibility to apply the knowledge on their daily-life.   Sports Activator is co-funded by Erasmus+ Sport Programme, with the support of the European

În perioada iulie - septembrie 2020, vom oferi persoanelor interesate din Târgu Frumos și zonele limitrofe, posibilitatea de a participa la 4 laboratoare artistice:  1. Laboratorul de film - facilitat de Hanul Choi (Coreea de Sud), cu sprijinul Biancăi Gavrilescu 2. Laboratorul de ceramică - facilitat de Deniz Ataman (Turcia), cu sprijinul Luciei Frumoasa și Monei Ursache 3. Laboratorul de fotografie - facilitat de Eliana Colzani (Italia), cu sprijinul Iuliei Bălașa 4. Laboratorul de muzică - facilitat de Omar Trillo (Peru), cu sprijinul Elenei Vintilă și Biancăi Rusu În cadrul laboratoarelor se vor desfășura diverse activități și ateliere tematice, gratuite. Activitățile vor avea loc în fiecare săptămână,  la Centrul de Tineret ACT House și în studioul de ceramică. Programul va fi anunțat în fiecare zi de luni pentru săptămâna ce vine, prin email și pe paginile organizației. Laboratoarele vor fi facilitate de voluntari internaționali, comunicarea fiind în limba engleză, însă vor exis

Let me tell you a story. It was the month June of that year, the weather just started to get warmer and warmer everyday. I could feel the change in my small room, it was quite unbearable to stay inside and impossible to sleep. Well, we could say that summer has come.  After a beautiful and unpredictable month, I was quite excited for the beginning of a new one. I knew that something amazing is going to happen and help me achieve one of my goals: Learning how to manage an art studio. Because I always wanted to be an independent artist, creating in my small studio, managing the advertising part and reaching a lot of people. It happened, with small steps. After having discussions with Mihaela about renewing the old youth center and turning it to a ceramic studio, we started preparing. First, we bought the materials we will need there: Clay, shaping materials, glaze, pigments and the ceramic kiln- that huge oven to ‘cook’ the ceramics and make them strong enough to stand for ages. I rememb

June has passed and I now find myself in the half of this volunteering experience in Târgu Frumos. More than the previous months, June has been full of new encounters and trips to discover new places. During the first week we visited the Jewish cemetery, a place rich in history, located in the hills around the city. The place is unfortunately left in a state of semi abandonment with most of the gravestones covered with vegetation. Here I met the caretaker, a lady who lives nearby and who told me something about the history of the place and how even today, despite none of the Jewish community is living in the city, somebody still comes from other cities to visit it. Near where the cemetery is located I also met some families belonging to the Rroma community, with the help of a local volunteer I talked with them and took some photos that will become part of the photographic project through which I am documenting Târgu Frumos. As I like drawing in the computer I collaborated in the editin

June came and went faster than I thought. The on arrival training has finished and with the less strict condition of the alert status we were able to move around more freely (with a mask of course). My mind was concentrated on the various task that went evolving progressively even though I faced some difficulties on the way. For example, the video. If anyone follows the activities and uploads of Super Tineri knows that a video about Târgu Frumos had been published. Well behind this simple video a lot of things happened. The video was on the making before the quarantine began and there was even a shotlist (paper where the recording plans are written) ready. When the state of emergency happened, it was put on pause for two months. For this month, I was determined to finish it. I finished the video with my friends and it’s now out there displayed to the world. Now I am satisfied that it’s over and people can watch it. My intention for the crowdfunding projects things was to make documenta

June was a month of discovering Romania and make new friends. The situation with the virus improved, so we had the opportunity to go a little further from the city. The first week we had an approach with the Rroma community in a sector of Târgu Frumos and we learned how they live. We all went to see the abandoned Jewish cemetery and according to the inhabitants of the city, no one was in charge of that territory. We met with the children of the area and they taught us some places and a little of the Rroma language. The second week begins with the creation of crowdfunding, with the first song about my life and with the intention of deepening the music in Romania. I began to work with the Gisela, a music teacher, and her students. I learned a lot about Romanian music, its rhythms and melodies. Also, we were always meeting more artists. The third week was a week of recording and meeting new musicians to advance the project. I have walked through the city recording sounds. We visited the t