During November, December and January we have been mainly working on the curricula of the second group of tailormade workshops for a new group of young adults with disabilities, this time collaborating with the Orban Foundation from Odorheiu Secuiesc and with their young and young adult clients with disabilities. keep reading

In its final stage the 3 year long Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership called “TRY – Educational Approaches and Self-Management Practices (TRY)” shares the main project’s results and outputs with the objective to facilitate the implementation of Non-Formal Education for the promotion of Participation, Autonomy and Sustainability.

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In the May 2021-February 2022 period we, the Youth Association from Transylvania, will host 10 volunteers from the EU for 9 months, in the small town of Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania, through an already approved European Solidarity Corps project. The candidates have the choice to be active in 8 different areas: support person for entities working with disabled youth (1), for kindergartens (2), for herbalists (3), for the www.keresztur.info news portal (4) and for the host organization (5), manager of up-cycling education (6) and puppet show group (7) and as promoter of rural traditions (8). keep reading

We are glad to announce that the European Commission has approved our Erasmus+ project called “EU-WISE: Young Citizen Consumers” which was submitted by us within the call EACEA/34/2019, social inclusion and common values: the contribution in the field of education and training. The project started in the beginning of December, this year and will last 2 years until the end of 2022. The project is coordinated by us and the partners are Equo Garantito from Italy, Fair Trade Advocacy Office, which is based in Belgium, Polish Fair-Trade Association from Poland and Project School, also from Italy.

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RENATA WATTS- UK

• Hi I am Renata and I am 23 years old. I grew up in a rural place in England called Norfolk surrounded by nature and studied a Masters in International Development.
• I am half Hungarian so I am very excited to learn and improve my Hungarian here.
• I am also passionate about the environment and combatting climate change. I will be taking on the upcycling education role which I am really looking forward to!

NADIA MADOUI- UK

• En nevem Nadia. 
• I am 23 years old and from London. 
• I look forward to learning all about all Székelykeresztúr’s and even Transylvania’s traditions and cultures as ATA’s promoter of rural traditions!

Even though the past months have been difficult due t the COVID-19 pandemic, we and our Greek, Lithuanian and Spanish partners have finished the first set of artistic workshops and video tutorials linked to those. We have managed to directly work with 17 youths and adults with various disabilities and with the tutorial videos made wth them, to inspire and teach countless others. keep reading

• Hello my name is Niko, I am 24 years old and from Hamburg, Germany.
• I am really looking forward to learning about the Szekelerland and its people, especially the children and youth as I am a kindergarten support person here in Székelykeresztúr.