intercultural youth exchange

SPEAK UP
WITH A
STORY!4. - 13 . July 2022, Germany
STORYTELLING AN LIVE-ACTION-ROLEPLAY
FOR TOLERANCE AND CREATIVITY
Essential preparation guidelines and information
for the participants of the exchange
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PROJECT SUMMARY
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COUNTRIES AND ORGANSIATIONS

We work together to make this project a success

Waldritter e.V. (Germany) is a hosting organisation with much experience in

using Live-Action-Roleyplay for educational purposes. The organisation is
focusssed on civic education, ecology and media education.
website www.waldritter.de
Contact for German Participants: janine.radeke@waldritter.de

Ma Theatre Productions in collaboration with ITTA (Ukraine)

http://magdalenatheatre.com
Contact for Ukrainian participants: magdalenatheater@gmail.com
Academy of Innovation (Russia)
http://academy-of-innovation.com
Contact for Russian participants: englishstyle19@gmail.com

Terrible Creations (Croatia)

http://terriblecreations.com
Contact for Russian participants: info@terriblecreations.com.

Bait Bayout (Palestine)

http://www.baitbyout.org/
Contact for Russian participants: info@baitbyout.org

SAREM (Turkey)
https://gencliktesporsanategitim.org/
Contact for Turkish participants: onen.musab@gmail.com

The project is funded by Erasmus + Program of the EU

and the German National Agency

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PROGRAM
The Youth Exchange aims in countering discrimination with narratives
of equality and diversity

Methods and Methodologies which we will use

during the exchange : LARP (Live Action Role
Play), Learning by experience, Learning by
doing, Debate, Storytelling, Theater of the
Oppressed (Augusto Boal), Improvisation
Theater (Keith Johnstone), Biografical theater
(Maike Plath), Body Movement and Dance
(Butoh); Playback Theater and much much
more;

Key Elements of the Program

What is storytelling? How to structure your story
and how to speak up with a story using various
creative methods of art available? How can I make
an impact with a story?
What is discrimination and various forms of it?
What are the roots of discrimination and how we
mitigate challenges our communities face?
What are Drama Games? Fundamentals of Larp:
how to design a game?

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ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation and food will be provided by the hosting organsiation
free of charge. Make sure you notify us about any dietary needs.

The venue offers diverse rooms and open spaces in

nature for creative work, board games and getting to
know each other.

You will be accommodated in 4-, 6- and 8-person

rooms in the first floor. We will have people from
different countries in one room. Each room has
showers and other facilities.

Food We have towels and bed linen (5 Euro rent), washing

We will have 3 vegetarian
machine, wifi and drinking water available.
meals per day + two Check out the website of the venue with photos
coffee/fruit breaks in
between the activities. One in
the morning and one in the
afternoon.

Please notify us in advance!

Accommodation address:
Tagungshaus Drübberholz, Drübber 4, 27313 Dörverden

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PACKING LIST
Comfortable and warm clothes and comfortable shoes which you would usually take for
hiking. The weather is usually warm in summer, however nights might get coldish. When
choosing clothes think: forest... morning dew... trekking... being at nature...
Travel light :) We suggest a backpack as an alternative to other bags with wheels because
it might be hard for you to move it around.
House shoes (and if you like, also shoes for taking shower)
The venue kindly asked us to minimise our impact on nature where we will reside. Please,
take less things which later will end up in the waste basket of the venue (like plastic bags,
packages, etc.).
NEWSPAPERS
STORY TO TRADE WITH OTHERS AND AN OBJECT TO EXCHANGE
PHOTOGRAPH OF YOU WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD
Raincoat (in an unlikely event of rain)
Sunscreen and mosquito repellent (we reside almost in the heart of the forest)
Refillable water bottle (we will have drinking water from local springs available)
Any medicines or anything else you might need for personal hygiene. The closest shop to
the venue is quite far (1-2 hours). It's better if you pack all necessary toothpastes,
shampoos, etc.
Make sure you secure a Travel and a Medical Insurance; Please, bring your own
Mask(s)/hand sanitizer for personal use and some FFP2 masks. We will not provide those
individually.

Intercultural Night?
We like to use this opportunity and
encourage your groups to prepare an activity
representing something special/traditional...
from your country. An INTERACTIVE
EXPERIENCE for the whole group they will
not be able to enjoy without you.
Get Creative!

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TRAVELLING
The venue is located in Dörveden, Germany. The
next cities are Bremen (50 km), Hannover (70 km),
Hamburg (100 km) and Osnabrück (110 km).
Adress: Tagungshaus Drübberholz Bernward Nüttgens
Drübber 4, 27313 Dörverden

There are flights available from your home countries to Western Germany's
biggest cities such as Hamburg. We prefer if whole groups travel together. We
can have a bus transfer arranged for the whole group running from Dörveden
on the arrival day.

If you travel by car the B215 leads almost directly to the venue.
If you go by train: The next railway station is Dörveden for train line RE1 and
RE8. From there you can take the Bus 735 to Drübberholz or we can have a
bus transfer arranged for the whole group running from Dörveden on the
arrival day.
Once in Germany, it's best to travel by train or bus. Check out such websites as
https://www.omio.com
https://global.flixbus.com
https://www.bahn.de

WARNING! We want to ensure you choose the best route and that you get
safe to the venue. Which is why we kindly ask you to confirm your tickets
with organisers before buying them. To confirm, send us flights/trains
suggestions to cultureworldme@gmail.com

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COVID-19
We have several measures at place
to secure your travel and stay at the
venue, so that we all have an
enjoyable experience.

We will act according to the official rules of the region

Niedersachsen, where our venue is located. Furthermore we
might apply some further rules depending ob the current
situation as we see fit. These will employ measures such as
testing before arrival and durng the stay
wearing masks during mealtime an in the communal
spaces

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COSTS
The project covers all costs, including
traveling. Note, there is a participation fee
of 30 EUR
Accommodation and food expenses are fully covered. Travel related
expenses will be reimbursed within 120 EUR for participants from Germany
and 275 EUR for participants from Ukraine, Croatia, Turkey, Russia, and 530
for participants from Palestine (this includes travel tickets, as well as
PCR/Antigen tests to enter Germany). Note, we are restricted by our
funding to cover private taxis, first class train tickets/business class flights.
If you travel with your own car it's possible, you have to inform us in
advance.

Visa Related expenses for participants from Russia, Turkey, Palestine are at
150 EUR/per person.
WARNING! Keep all your boardning passes and receipts for the
reimbursement!
Participation fee will be deduced from your travel reimbursement amount. We will make
transfer of your travel reimbursement after you send us all confirmation documents
regarding your travel costs. If you are unable to pay the participation fee, yet motivated to
join, reach out to us for exemptions!
Want to get to know more about the reimbursement procedure?

Click here to check out our reimbursement guidelines :)

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PARTICIPANTS
The project is open for 30 participants with various backgrounds. For this youth exchange we
will cooperate with Ibis refugee centre in Oldenburg(they have a broad network all around
Germany) so that to make sure they send us at least three youngsters with refugee/migrant
background. The partner from Ukraine we know, is going to send us at least two
participants with economical obstacles (registered unemployed youth), there will be two
persons from Italy who are refugees. We foresee that refugee youth(from Germany) will have
more problems to be available every day, because very often they have their weekly
schedules here they have to be present at their german class or deal with other issues. That is
why we are planning to invite refugees from the area we are doing the project, what will make
it easier to coordinate these difficulties. Participants of the youth exchange are aged between
16 and 26. Some of the group leader's age is between 27 and 30.

We agreed with all our partner organisations that every partner (who sends participants), will
send at least two participants with fewer opportunities. All of our partners are well connected to
local youth centers and as well to youth with fewer opportunities such as economical
obstacles, cultural differences, geographical obstacles, social obstacles and
with refugee history.

#Palestinian partner ill send us youth with social obstacles, cultural differences and economic
obstacles;
# #ITTA (Ukraine)
Our partner from Ukraine is going to send us at least two participants with economical obstacles
(registered unemployed youth). This local organisation from Chernivtsi has good connection to the
local youth in the area.
#Turkish partner will send us youth with cultural differences and learning difficulties;
#Dutch partner will send us youth with educational difficulties and refugees;
#Croatian partner will send us youth with migrant background and youth with economic obstacles;

Requirements or the participants

age 14 - 21 years
sufficient English skills for everyday communication
hand in a motivation statements 200 words during the registration

J o i n # S P E A K U P S T O R
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