Use your heart instead of Wrist

The project will organise two youth exchanges – in Portugal, and in Turkey. The project aims to spread awareness in the area of youth violence. The project encourages people to think about ways to help reduce this problem. The project emphasises sport as a mean of preventing violence.

Activities to be undertaken in the project:

 The project will include 2 mobilities, one in Portugal, and one in Turkey. During the mobility, participants:

• will share experiences of youth violence in different countries and cultures
• During the study visits, they will learn about ways to prevent violence directly from the authorities who deal with it
• they will prepare posters on the subject of violence in order to display them in public spaces in their country after their return from the mobility
• They will share good practices on countering violence in each partner country
• They will talk about the biographies of famous athletes who grew up in violent environments
• They will consider how sport can be promoted to young people who are particularly vulnerable to discharging their emotions through violence
• they will visit the Duzka Youth Centre, where a workshop will be held, followed by participants playing sports with the young people who come to the Centre

What we do during the project:

• We teach young people about the problems that violence can cause 
• We show young people the causes of violence
• We talk about ways to prevent youth violence 
• We raise young people’s awareness about fighting against violence
• During the mobility, we raise awareness among young people that sport can help to counter violence
• We are preparing new proposals to reduce the use of violence among young people
• We are spreading awareness of the practice of sport among young people