On the last day of the Youth Exchange, the young participants went to the Olympic park were they had the chance to see some waterpolo matches and look around. This was such a great way to celebrate this busy week. At their return, we organised a evaluation meeting, where each participants had the chance to hold the Olympic torch given …
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Creating new olympic sports – Sixth Day
Today, the young participants had to create their own olympic games. They had to spend some times in group to find and test some new inovative ideas. They seemed very motivated to find something original. They then spent some time to learn each other new sport and test it. This was such a great way to learn the Olympic Games …
Visit of the Olympic Boulevard – fifth day
8:00 – 15 participants left Gold de Letra to watch the Judo 10:00 – The other participants visited the Museum of Art of Rio (MAR) 13:00 – Free time at the Olympic Boulevard 16:00 – Joined by the 15 participants who went to the judo we then went on a tour around the Olympic Boulevard. 20:00 – Gol de Letra …
Interview for BBC York radio
During the project two of our UK participants Joe and Wanipa recorded an interview for BBC York radio.
Conference and sport activities at the British House – Fourth day
9:00 – Departure to the Lagon 13:30 – Conference at the British House for the youth workers… 13:45 – … While young participants took place in some sport and intercultural activities 16:15 – Participants were invited for a drink at the British House. They had the chance to meet multiple Tour de France and Olympics winner Chris Froom 19:00 – …
Creation of a mural for Gol de Letra – Third day
9:00 – 30 lucky participants went to see some swimming competition… 9.30 – … While some even more lucky participants had the chance to create a mural for Gol de Letra
Getting to know each other – Second day
Today was all about meeting each others! Here’s what happened 9:00 – The second day of our Youth Exchange started with some name games 10:15 – Followed by the presentation of the organisations involved in the project 10:50 – … And the participants themselves. 11:40 – Participants played a football game where they were tied together with someone from another …
First day of our Youth Exchange
8:00 – Participants have just arrived in Sao Paulo and will now join Rio by bus 16:00 – Participants have just arrived! They are all fine but tired. 16:45 – official welcoming by Fundação Gol de Letra and Everything is Possible. Football legend Rai, also co-funder of Gol de Letra, was there to welcome the group. Here’s a very nice …
Our project on a major newspaper in Rio
O Dia, a a major daily newspaper in Rio de Janeiro, mentionned in their sunday paper. The average circulation of this newspaper is 300.000 copies. Let’s say that it gave a large visibility to our project in Brazil!
My mobility project at Gol de Letra (Rio)- by Bence Garamvölgyi youth worker at Polgár Foundation
My name is Bence and I am a voluntary project manager and youth worker of the Hungarian Polgár Foundation for Opportunities. I also consider myself as a youth leader as I am leading an informal group promoting physical activity and healthy living for young people in Budapest. Concerning my educational background I obtained MA degree in International Relations in 2014 …