Youth exchange in Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire Youth Service hosted two foreign exchange programmes for young people during August.
The Youth in the World exchange project gave forty three young people from Italy and Israel the opportunity to learn all about sustainable development through the medium of Youth Work in the County.
Young people stayed at the Waunifor Centre and Pendine Outdoor Education Centre for ten days where they had a valuable insight into the Italian, Israeli and Welsh Youth Culture and how young people viewed their countries in relation to cultural issues.
Youth Worker Fiona Beale said:
“The young people worked together using experiential education, discussion groups, work shops and intercultural activities, utilising the unique environment of Carmarthenshire and South West Wales.
“They participated in a range of outdoor educational activities such as canoeing, kayaking and rafting down the Teifi River, coasteering in Saint Davids and a visit to St Faggons and the Welsh Assembly Government.
“The exchange encouraged a respect and understanding which helps promote a sense of commonality and world citizenship.”
The Buliding Bridges Youth Project also took place in the summer. The four-way exchange with Hungary, Belgium, Poland and Wales developed European Awareness through the medium of outdoor education.
Both exchanges encouraged a sense of identity amid young people and an appreciation of other countries.
The Youth in the World exchange project gave forty three young people from Italy and Israel the opportunity to learn all about sustainable development through the medium of Youth Work in the County.
Young people stayed at the Waunifor Centre and Pendine Outdoor Education Centre for ten days where they had a valuable insight into the Italian, Israeli and Welsh Youth Culture and how young people viewed their countries in relation to cultural issues.
Youth Worker Fiona Beale said:
“The young people worked together using experiential education, discussion groups, work shops and intercultural activities, utilising the unique environment of Carmarthenshire and South West Wales.
“They participated in a range of outdoor educational activities such as canoeing, kayaking and rafting down the Teifi River, coasteering in Saint Davids and a visit to St Faggons and the Welsh Assembly Government.
“The exchange encouraged a respect and understanding which helps promote a sense of commonality and world citizenship.”
The Buliding Bridges Youth Project also took place in the summer. The four-way exchange with Hungary, Belgium, Poland and Wales developed European Awareness through the medium of outdoor education.
Both exchanges encouraged a sense of identity amid young people and an appreciation of other countries.
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