The Young Generation CNRV members of PTPI’s Roman, Romania Chapter are happy to announce their project proposal has been approved by the National Agency. It is included under Action 1.1 – Youth exchange, of the Youth in Action Programme run by the EU.The project is called ”Ready, steady... go for a healthy life!” It took place in Piatra Neamt, the recently named green city of Romania and consisted in organizing a multilateral youth exchange August 19-28. The main theme of this project is maintaining a healthy lifestyle ina problematic and stressful environment. The activities lasted for nine days, and the participants were 30 young people who represented six non-governmental associations from Romania, Lithuania, Turkey, Malta, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic. The Bulgarian and CzechRepublic youth are also PTPI members, while the others are partners from different European exchanges.The activities mimed a healthy way of living. There were debates related to this topic, and a lot of physical outdoor events. There was also a full day in the countryside, where everybody took part in rural activities and tasted natural and healthy products. The final day was dedicated to putting together a Healthy Life Guide written in seven languages (six of the participants’ languages plus English). The guide presented healthy activities that can be undertaken in the participants’ countries. All of the activities were achieved through non-formal methods of education and involved every team in the organization and implementation stages.
Andrei Corduneanu, Youth Coordinator
