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Ommen, Netherlands
Application deadline: 30th June, 2022
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YOUth ACTivist Camp | Youth Exchange in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏕️ LGBTQIA+ community, activism, community building 🏳️🌈
📅 When: YE: 08.08 - 19.08, 12 days of program excluding travel days.
📌 Where: Ommen, the Netherlands
Are you an ally or part of the LGBTQIA+ community? Are you interested in activism?
Would you like to learn about different types of activism and discover which is the one that works for you the most?
Do you enjoy meeting new people and living new experiences?
If your response to these questions is a yes, then THIS is the learning program you were looking for this summer!
Applications are now open to participate in the 5th edition of our YOUth in ACTivism learning program, which we organize once again in cooperation with and at Olde Vechte Foundation!
“YOUth ACTivist Camp” edition brings together 40 LGBTQIA+ and allies youth in a shared space, where you can explore and experience different forms of activism through non-formal learning. It’s gonna be playful, interactive, colorful, and dynamic!
Find out more:
ℹ️ https://bit.ly/YACamp_Infopack
🎥 Watch last year’s project recap: https://bit.ly/YiAC_Recap
🎥 Watch what participants say: https://bit.ly/YiAC_interviews_1 & https://bit.ly/YiAC_Interviews_2
At Active Rainbow, we look forward to bringing to life our annual activistic summer camp in picturesque Ommen! This program is very special to us, and to our youth who have already participated in the previous editions. So far, we count more than 160+ people who have directly been impacted by their participation. See you in Ommen!?
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We are an educational platform and community of people that celebrate personal growth and inclusivity. Our platform is open, accessible, and welcomes everyone who is interested in non-formal learning, mobility opportunities, and contributing their verse to society.
Active Rainbow was founded in 2014 and started at first as a self-organized initiative. Since 2020, it is an organization in Latvia.
Our team is active in the field of youth work and in the implementation of learning programs for the past 11 years, working on a local, national, European and international level. We have established and leading a sustainable network of organizations, collectives and informal groups working with LGBTQIA+/Queer Education, and sharing mutual values for increasing the quality of inclusive, intersectional, accessible and safe youth work.
[Our Vision] We contribute to the creation of a world where diversity is welcomed and celebrated as a value.
[Our Mission] We are committed to strengthen the implementation of Human Rights and improve the quality of LGBT+ spectrum education, by offering learning opportunities for people to grow and thrive.
Our motto is - learning made simple, yet significant.
[Our objectives]
- Support (young) people in their personal and professional development - equipping them with lifelong skills
- Offer safe and inclusive educational environments for everyone without discrimination, especially to LGBTQIA+ people
- Promote and participate in the development of youth work and the training of youth workers and educators
- Promote the initiatives of young people
- Increase the visibility of non-formal learning as a type of activism
- Offer and foster volunteering opportunities, building young activists and social changemakers
- Develop and sustain an engaged and connected network of organizations, fostering international cooperation and cross-cultural exchange
- Create a more inclusive and cohesive society to ensure equal opportunities for all to achieve full potential in life