Simple Acrobatics

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Y.E.S., believe it or not, we are a non-profit organization that truly cares about you, the one reading this. Not only we want to inspire you with the magical sense of European citizenship, solidarity and tolerance, but we also aim towards becoming a whole unit with our youth and, therefore, grow together. By doing so, mobility within and beyond Europe, non-formal learning, interculturality and higher employability rates are thoroughly sighted on by our entity, as we encourage the inclusion of all young people, regardless of their backgrounds because in our unit, every single one of you matters.

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We have organized successful Erasmus+ youth exchanges on environmental protection, videography skills, photography skills, financial literacy, intercultural dialogue and entrepreneurship skills. We have established partnerships with NGOs from Slovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Romania, Macedonia, Portugal, Lithuania, Spain and Turkey.

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Legaramlat is a non-profit non-governmental organization founded in Budapest, Hungary by active university students to promote active lifestyle, create opportunities for their peers to try sports like sailing and paragliding in which organization members are highly experienced. The main goal is to provide young people with equal opportunities to participate in the events, projects organized by our organization and our partners to try out new sports they usually would not have an opportunity to do, to grow personally and professionally in safe non-formal learning contexts.

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Description

Simple acrobatics is a youth exchange organized by Legaramlat non-profit organization and co-founded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. The project took place in Mezoebereny, Hungary,  between 2-13 July 2021. The young people who participated came from Romania, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.

The main objectives of the project were to increase the juggling competencies of young participants. They also developed other skills like how to use poys and how to solve the Rubik cube.

Beside the hard work, they enjoyed the free time activities in an intercultural environment.

After a few days of practice, the participants organized a street performance in the center of Bekescsaba, during their study visit.

“Erasmuta” logo was created by the participants during a teambuilding activity in order to represent them, everyone agreed with it.

Benefits of juggle and tips

– throw the objects you juggle with to the same height

– try learning it in teams so you can inspire each other

– start practicing with one or two objects

– practice but don’t forget to take breaks

– learn the technic first

– don’t give up

Timetable of activities

Day 2: Teambuilding and Erasmus+ Youthpass

• We played team building games (trust fall, name games)
• We had a quest in Mezobereny
• At the end of the day, we had presentations and learning outcomes

Day 4: New equipment for juggling (balls, poys, sticks, clubs)

• Next steps into juggling
• Individual practice
• Intercultural night (Romania)

Day 6: Training for Street performance

• Script of the show
• Preparation for the show
• Final practice and Movie night

Day 8: Wrapping up juggling

• Review of the study visit
• Rubik‘s cube basic information
• Game night

Day 10: Dissemination plan + certification

• Certification
• Goodbyes
• Intercultural night (Hungary)

Protection and safety

• Animal attack – don’t touch animals you see on the road, just don’t touch animals when you don’t know them
• Allergic reaction – before project inform the group leader about your allergies
• Intoxication – don’t drink alcohol, or don’t be forced to drink more than you can
• Bad weather – strong wind, tornado, thunderstorm, extreme heat, heavy rain
• Electrocution – wear slippers, don’t touch electricity
• Robbery – always lock your door
• Sunburn – heatstroke – drink a lot of water, don’t spend much on the sun
• Food poisoning – before the project inform the group leader about your allergies
• Injuries – be careful about yourself and the others
• Erasmus babies – use protection
• Venereal diseases – use protection, don’t have sex with someone you don’t know
• Covid-19 – wear mask, use disinfection
• Getting lost – ask or use maps

Achievements and Recognition of the Results

Achievements of the projects are the following: learn to juggle, learn the basics of the Rubik cube, make new friendships, making a live performance, socializing with people from other cultures, improved self-confidence, public speaking, and obtaining a  Youth Pass certificate.

Recognition of results:

* After some time of practicing and concentrating with juggling and Rubik cube, the results were visible.

* Stage fear – getting to know the people around ourselves and our city performance, helped us with the sensation of fear, improve self-confidence, and public speaking.

* Stepping out of our comfort zone, starting to socialize, and talking to each other helped us to make new friends and create memories.

* Seeing people do paragliding looked scary, but after trying adrenaline, we saw that it’s possible to do it and that it’s not that hard.

* Participating in Erasmus+ gave us Youth Pass, which can help young people to find jobs.

* Seeing our facilitators and their amazing work here made us want to be part of the other projects and to get involved in the implementation of youth exchange too.

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Erasmus+ is the European Union’s program for educating, training, support, and mobilizing youth across Europe. The 2021-2027 program places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green, and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life.

Simple Acrobatics project is funded under Key Action 1 of the program, which focuses on mobilizing and bring together youth for learning and individual development of the participants. The main goal of the Key Action 1 of the program is to fund opportunities for individuals to enhance their personal skills, increase their knowledge and understanding, develop their personal skills to increase their chances of employment.

Simple Acrobatics project came to life by demand from young people from the partner countries to learn a skill which will also indirectly help them develop other important skills which are teamwork, time management, etc. The project took place in the town of Mezobereny, Hungary starting in early July. A diverse group of participants from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia took part in the project. When the project started the group had never done any kind of street performance or juggling but after 7 days the group had a street performance in the nearby town of Bekescsaba, where the participants had a study trip and were able to explore the town as a group

The project not only allowed the participants to learn juggling but was also able to develop entrepreneurship competence and enhance their understanding of other cultures. By the end, they were very enthusiastic about sharing their skills and experiences upon their return. The project participants saw the project as a huge success and are encouraged to be a part of more projects in the future.

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