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Start date: May 1, 2016, End date: Oct 31, 2016 PROJECT  FINISHED 

Context:Nowadays life has brought up many changes in balanced nutrition and physical activity of individuals. We had noticed that youngsters have become more inactive regarding their physical activity and more critic against the appearance of others. Besides the lack of movement, another major problem in our society, particularly in young people, is malnutrition which is resulting in an epidemic of obesity. Among the 19 EU Member States for which data are available, the proportion of adults (aged 18 years and over) who were considered to be overweight or obese varied in 2008 between 37.0 % and 56.7 % for women and between 51.0 % and 69.3 % for men. Added to this, lack of exercise links to lack of communication and raise of depression due to lonely way of life. Prevention of diseases is more efficient than the treatment and awareness increase on healthy lifestyle is one of the priority policy in the world. That is why we thought about a project that revolves around the idea of healthy lifestyle, because we know that is a first and necessary step towards our well-being, playing also an important role in the development of one's personality while influencing the development of the environment, local economy and society in general.Objectives:Our goals are for the participants to:- develop new healthy habits (in what concerns both eating and physical activities routine);- gain correct information about healthy food and healthy body;- increase awareness to the dangerous consequences smoking and consuming alcohol and/or drugs can have;- be able to apply the new information to their own case;- improve their social and cultural skills by engaging in direct interaction with people from the local community and also planing intercultural informal evenings;- improve their language skills;- be able to auto-evaluate their own learning process using the Youth Pass tool and being guided in their process by their leaders;- increase awareness to all programs dedicated to youth that the Erasmus + Programs offers.Number of participants: 24Profile of participants: All 4 participant countries will have a group of 5 youngsters and one group leader. The youngsters will be aged between 13-19 years old. All participants attending the project will do it because they are interested in the project's topics and activities. In the selection and profile of participants it will be important to find his/hers desire to learn and to spread the knowledge and what they have learned to other young people.Description of activities:The program includes activities such as:- morning workout each day;- games and energizers to get-to-know each other;- workshops of exchanging information about: healthy eating habits, diseases correlated to eating habits, and the dangerous consequences of habits like smoking, consuming alcohol or drugs on health;- group work and applying information gained in workshops in practical activities;- street interviews with local people and developing a common action plan of promoting our youth exchange ideas and methods inside the bigger event of Sea Days Festival;- reflection upon and evaluation of our learning process.Methodology used:We will use different methods like demonstrations, participatory techniques, group work, team work, interviews, supervised practical work, presentation of real cases, "learning by doing", open methods, Youth pass and methods of non-formal education. The application of "learning by doing" is a way of learning based on experiential and participatory experiences. Also, informal meetings such as the International Night will create a space between the participants for intercultural dialogue.Expected results: - knowledge about what a healthy lifestyle means- participants will be able to apply theoretical information acquired to their own personal daily routine- smash cultural barriers and prejudices about "the other" - raise participants' awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries;- to support and boost their sense of autonomy by giving them an important tasks Impact envisaged and long term benefits:Firstly we hope to influence the participants in order to become more open and to learn more about healthy lifestyles, that may benefit them in their everyday life, to learn new tools, concepts and know the realities in other countries.Participants will be more aware on activities of non-formal education and outdoor sport, health, nutrition and diet and know so much more about the Estonian people.Secondly, we know this project will have a powerful impact in our local community also, and it is expected to increase people's awareness about healthy habits, to have cultural exchanges with young people who participate in the project and increase their motivation to participate in the different activities offered in the future by the youth center, such as: Hearts Week, Wellness Camp, cooking classes, sport challenges and so on.

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