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My name is Karolina. I’m 18 years old and come from a small village that lies in the south-eastern part of Estonia. Currently I’m a high school student, studying visual media.



I love nature, swimming, biking and animals. I enjoy learning about various cultures, travelling, and studying languages as well as playing the flute. I’ve been palying the flute for ten years and am a member of a local orchestra.
I came here to try out volunteering, get to know new people, and experience new things.
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Hello my name is Hilal. I’m from turkey . I’m 23 years old I’m a fifth year medical student. I volunteered at my school’s hospital for two years. I played games with children who were hospitalized because they had a chronic illness. I even became a clown once!



I love learning about new cultures as much as I love spending time with children, so I really wanted to come to this project. and here I am. I hope I will have many good memories with many people and be helpful because I think there is nothing more important in the world than this.
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Hello, I’m İrem, 23 years old, I come from Turkey. My interest in different countries has existed since my childhood. Visiting different countries, volunteering there, making new friends and getting to know different cultures have always been one of my interests.



That’s why I applied to many projects and I was selected for the Romania project. I’m finally here! This project excites me very much, I want to evaluate every moment and improve myself and my language to the fullest. I already love the people here. We have a lot of work ahead of us for this project. Waiting Impatiently. I am ready to do my best.
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Greetings! My name is Rimantas, I´m 21 years old and I come all the way across from Lithuania, where I was born and raised. In my free time, I like riding my longboard for long distances while listening to my favourite songs, rewatching my favorite movies, spending time with my wonderful dog, and petting all the other dogs I see around the park.



I came to Transylvania because I am very enthusiastic about diving into new cultures: this year i finished my first year main course of Anthropology/Sociology in my university, so I´m very excited about interacting with people from different parts of the world, understanding their views and what set of values they have by getting to know them, and that´s why I´m happy to be here, in Transylvania! I´m thankful to be here in a place with rich culture, friendly people and wonderful surroundings, filled with mountains. Thank you for letting me be part of your community!
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Our newest long-term volunteering project starts in September 2022. We are looking for motivated volunteers who wish to spend 10 month in the magical Transylvania, Romania.


We would like to invite you to be our newest team member, a volunteer of ours! We are planning to expand our team with 8 enthusiastic volunteers who will assist us in organizing our yearly events (local events, festivals, workshops and also youth exchange programs) or who are open to work with preschoolers in kindergartens or those who are interested in supporting NGOs who work with the disabled.

If you would like to learn more about the program, click HERE. If you would like to apply, fill in this FORM.

Application deadline: 31st of July 2022

We can’t wait to meet you, new volunteer!

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We, the Greek, Lithuanian and Spanish partners have finally finished all 3 phases of the Artability+ Strategic Partnership which is financed by Erasmus+. What does this mean? That in the past 30 months we have done at least 72 art labs or workshops with more than 60 disabled young adults and also 72 tutorial videos for other disabled and non-disabled to learn how to create art. We are extremely proud of the target groups we worked with, the caretakers, teachers, video editors and staff for their tremendous work.

On this Youtube channel you can view all the 72 videos

We of course wish to highlight the last 5 from Romania:

Klau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onImdJIrwUQ&ab_channel=ArtabilityPlus
Eni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LrT81FY95A&ab_channel=ArtabilityPlus
Kinga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uicUJ0-r_i8&ab_channel=ArtabilityPlus
and again Klau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl4Rzps43jg&ab_channel=ArtabilityPlus
and Eni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgvvoigZBvY&ab_channel=ArtabilityPlus

With this, we have also gathered all 18 artworks from Romania and had the inauguration of our artwork exhibition. It was in the local Molnar Istvan Museum as part of the larger Night of the Museums event where around 1000 people came. Out of them at least 300 saw the exhibition and the tutorial videos. The artworks will be up until September. At the inauguration all 3 entities were present who we worked with in the project -the Providence Association, the Orban Foundation and the Harom Galamb Association – and 6 of the 11 disabled persons who had artworks featured in the exhibition. They were thrilled to see the artworks on the walls or tables but mainly to see the videos on a big screen.


For more details about the project and how to get involved in the next steps, write us a mail at office.ata@gmail.com!

This project is financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission.

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And now, that we have reached our goals the tears have fallen and goodbyes were said. Our mobility, the Youth Exchange about the topic of disabilities had ended after eight eventful days.



The first few were spent getting to know each other and learning about the basics of approach methods and the correct attitude when working with the disabled. This was especially important, since we received a one-of-a-kind opportunity, provided by Filipova-Soó Zsuzsa, a member of the Három Galamb Association, who regularly work with disabled, providing workshops, activities that develop their skills to visit them for a day and put the knowledge acquired in use. This day was for sure an unforgettable experience for the participants since theory and practice should always go hand in hand and their empathy have for sure deepened while working together with our target group.



Besides this, one of the most important moments were the ones spent with Remus Ilisie and Lavinia Chitu, from whom we learned some basics of sign language and gotten to know the complexity of their culture, community.



It was truly an experience we will never ever forget. We discovered parts of ourselves that were hidden way beneath the surface, we faced our fears and concoured them, thus developed and became better. From the part of our association it was wonderful working with such young yet wise souls, who are willing to learn and want to contribute to the bettering of the world. In the future, when we continue to work on this topic we will definitely incorporate the things we have learned through this exchange and try to expand our influence even further.

Special thanks to Erasmus+ and the experts who kindly agreed to work with us.

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Who do we consider disabled? Where are they? Why are we not seeing them in the workplace, in the community or on television and how can we support them, be an ally to their members? These are all questions our brand-new mobility, a Youth Exchange aims to answer.


We, as a society are not aware of this colorful community’s needs and wants, how to treat them in a respectful way. This is partially because it is not included into our school education program (though we would strongly argue beside the need of this), but also since it is kind of a taboo to discuss about this openly. We fear being disrespectful, hurtful, and like to concentrate on the aspects we are more comfortable with, instead of actually bettering ourselves and develop skills that can help our community. This is the reason behind our initiation. Our goal is to educate young people about the correct attitude regarding disabilities, ways of approaching these people with respect and inform them about how they can help, support them in their day-to-day life.

Thanks to Erasmus+ funding 40 participants from 8 countries, Turkey, Greece, Poland, Italy, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania were able to visit our small Transylvanian town, Cristuru Secuiesc to learn about the topic using non-formal education methods and real-life experience. The youth are full of energy and are seeking knowledge, we are ready to concour the world and start working. Throughout the 8 days spent together we will be learning from experts like Remus Ilisie, a deaf artist from Romania, Lavinia Chițu, who is a hearing child of deaf adults (CODA) and Filipov-Soó Zsuzsa from the Három Galamb Association. The latter also invited our group to spend a day at their association, where we will be working together with disabled people, playing, singing, and doing some crafts. This will be a great opportunity for us to use the knowledge we obtain throughout the first few days and interact with the disabled.


By the end of this mobility our participants will become more sensible regarding disabilities, they will acquire knowledge about the correct behaviour and approach towards this group. Besides these goals, they will also build friendships and put each other through that uncomfortable phase of culture shock before being able to fully appreciate the differences that make us unique and colorful.
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The greatest adventure of our Artability+ Strategic Partnership has just ended. Between May 9 to 13, three disabled young adults, two caretakers and the project coordinator from ATA have attended the training course in Lugo, Spain together with similar groups from Greece, Lithuania and Spain.


It was a fun and chaotic five day long rollercoaster of new experiences, knowledge, friends, art and exhibitions not only for the main target groups of the project, but also for the organizers, staff members and caretakers, not to mention the 3 travel days where our team but actually most of the teams have had the chance for many of their first lifetime achievements, including but not only first visit to a capital city, first (second, third and fourth) airplane trip, first trip abroad, first stay at a hotel, first time seeing and stepping into the ocean, etc.


Even though it was a lot of fun, we are also glad to have made it back home safely and we are already thinking on how to make such inclusive mobilities a possibility in the future.

Stay tuned for updates from us as we are soon finishing the third phase of the project and we will have new video tutorials for you and an exhibition also in our hometown, Cristuru Secuiesc.

For more details about the project and how to get involved in the next steps, write us a mail at office.ata@gmail.com!

This project is financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission.

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If you want to have an active and boredom-free summer, but you are not quite sure how then you are in luck! We are here to help!



We present you with an exciting opportunity for this summer, where you can make friends, develop your skills and gain experience!

YOU can be our newest team member; YOU can be our new volunteer!

If you are interested in organizing camps and youth activities, then THIS is where YOU should be!

Application deadline: May 25, 2022

Project period: July 10, 2022 – September 6, 2022

Number of volunteers: 12

Read more here and if you interested fill this form

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