Dance your way to Inclusion

<< Background >>Both partner organization work with young people facing fewer opportunities and we are always looking for opportunities to help them develop. By working with them on a weekly basis we realized that we are often faced with a major problem: their lack of trust in themselves is a barrier in their development and in social interactions.We tried several methods to improve this self-trust and we realized that the methods that they are responding the best to are the ones that are giving them some sort of pleasure. When they do something they enjoy and they see they are doing it well, their self-trust is slowly improving.Our beneficiaries are having these needs:- Feeling appreciated- Feeling seen- Understanding themselves better- Work closer together with other youth- Travel and discover new cultures- Making friends- Understanding their own barriers- Thinking more positive- Being more optimistic about the future- Developing their social skills- Discovering a new hobby that can occupy their time- Having more personal achievements- Being seen and listen to- Expressing their ideas freely<< Objectives >>1. Helping 28 disadvantaged young people (from the beneficiaries of the partner organizations) to feel more included inthe society by developing their self-esteem.2. Offering the opportunity for 28 disadvantaged young people to develop their dancing skills, personal and interpersonalskills.3. Promoting inclusion and the development of self-esteem trough dancing and non-formal education by creating aprofessional documentary and short YouTube videos on this topic.<< Implementation >>1. Team Meeting in Romania. In this meeting we established the step-by-step curricula that we are going to use with the youth that we work. 2. Activity in the Community - Bucharest and Belen. Weekly workshops with the youth - dance and self develpment (inclusion, self esteem etc)3. First Youth Meeting - in Romania. This interaction was one of the key points in boosting the self-esteem of the participants. The fact that they will met, learned from each other, interacted, made them feel seen and heard.4. Second Youth Meeting - in Turkey. Same benefits as Romanian camp, plus they had the chance to meet and discover another culture and therefor felt more international, more included.<< Results >>The Inclusion Documentary-Duration: 51 minutes-Purpose: raising awareness about the problematic and inclusion and promoting dancing and NFE as a way to help youth to better face the disadvantagesThe YouTube channel-30 videos-the videos are made with professionalism-they were uploaded and promoted monthlyThe Project Booklet-all participants were involved in creating it