Community Blogs
Here you can find blog posts from all the local communities.
Each SEYF Regional Community has a dedicated space where publish news and projects.
Scoprire la cultura Italiana… alla maniera italiana!
Our first days
Written by Diego and Lorenzo
Ciao!
It’s Diego an Lorenzo again. We’ve been here for almost a week and we started to taste a little of SEYF’s experience and Lecce’s in general. First weekend could resume with the presentation of our beloved coordinators Sandro and Enzo of Negroni Sbagliatissimo and a little sample of Lecce’s nightlife.
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Chicos from the block!
Written by seyf.comunicazione
Ciao! We are Diego (24) and Lorenzo (23) and we come from Galicia, Spain. We are part of the European Solidarity Corps provided by EU within the Erasmus+ programme, which made us the new volunteers in SEYF Italy. We are so excited to start this experience, to help and to get to know everybody!
In this program called Imagine we hope to grow as a person creating a safe free environment where we can share and learn together. You will find us around taking care of social media, giving you regularly content for the next 9 months.
See you around!
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Ciao! Siamo Diego (24) e Lorenzo (23) e veniamo dalla Galizia, in Spagna. Facciamo parte del Corpo Europeo di Solidarietá promosso dall’Unione Europea nell’ambito del programma Erasmus Plus, che ci ha impegnati come nuovi volontari in SEYF Italia. Siamo così entusiasti di iniziare questa esperienza, di offrire aiuto e conoscere tutti!
In questo progetto chiamato Imagine speriamo di crescere come persone creando un ambiente sicuro dove poter condividere e imparare insieme. Ci puoi trovare sui social media. Alla prossima!
1x1=0 - Io non sono razzista, ma…
Written by SEYF
Quando 1 fa soltanto per sé, il risultato è invariabilmente 0!
SEYF per i diritti di riproduzione
Written by SEYFSEYF supporta il progetto Parto da Qui, per la promozione dei diritti di riproduzione e per una sessualità consapevole.
Parte All Rights!
Written by SEYF
Parte All Rights”, il progetto di SEYF per superare le differenze!
SEYF is looking for 2 Spanish participants aged 18-27 years old for a 6 months project (European Voluntary Service) in Italy on European Citizenship and Integration from 15th January 2019 – 16th October 2019
R.A.Y. Youth Exchange in Italy
Written by SEYF
Be part of an Erasmus+ youth exchange on Integration and Art with Refugees in Italy, with SEYF Malta!
SEYF-South Europe Youth Forum ha aderito all'appello di Libera Una #magliettarossa per #fermarelemorragia di umanità, lanciato da Don Luigi Ciotti con l'obiettivo di sollecitare l'opinione pubblica su un modello di accoglienza capace di coniugare sicurezza e solidarietà.
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Be part of Religion≠Hate - Youth Exchange on social inclusion, inter-religious and intercultural dialogue
Dates: 21 – 30 September 2018
Location: Karlobag,Croatia
Age: 17-30 years
Costs: Food and accommodation 100% free.
Travel costs maximum amount reimbursed €275
Participants needed - 8 participants
Participating Countries: Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Jordan and Georgia.
The exchange “Religion≠Hate” is a multilateral youth exchange under the KA1 of the Erasmus+ programme. The project’s idea come from the need to promote psychological well-being of LGBTI youth, inter-religious and intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and solidarity. Religion is very important because it often informs individuals and societies about moral values and appropriate rules of behaviour. At the same time, religion is often very hostile towards sexual and gender minorities (LGBTI). This causes two problems:
1) many LGBTI people are religious and are conflicted between their sexuality and their religion
2) even when LGBTI people are not religious many of their friends and family are, which makes coming out far more difficult.
The activities during the youth exchange are all based on the non-formal education method. The activities will include ice breaking activities, energisers, intercultural night, team building activities, role-plays etc. related to the theme of the exchange.
If you would like to participate or for further information kindly send an e mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Looking forward to hearing from you!!
È tempo di intercultura
Written by SEYFQuando l’alternanza scuola-lavoro diventa integrazione.
Uno degli obiettivi dei progetti di accoglienza per richiedenti asilo è quello di sostenere e fornire strumenti che facilitino l'inserimento sociale e lavorativo dei beneficiari.
Per tale motivo sono stati organizzati nei centri di accoglienza, in collaborazione coi volontari di progetto, alcuni laboratori di riciclo creativo con la finalità non solo di recuperare lo spazio della creatività e dell’espressione di sé, ma anche per rivalorizzare alcune abilità manuali ed artigianali dei beneficiari.
In particolare Gautam e Thing del CAS di Alessano, hanno avviato la produzione artigianale di oggetti realizzati utilizzando la carta di vecchi giornali, iniziando quindi un percorso di autonomia, sociale ed economica. Supportarli durante il processo creativo e artigianale a accresciuto il loro senso di autostima e la capacità di sentirsi utili a sé stessi e alla comunità accogliente.
Per far conoscere questa storia abbiamo proposto a Thing di supportarlo nell’organizzazione di un laboratorio di riciclo creativo tenuto da lui e destinato alla comunità locale di Giuliano.
Il "Laboratorio di riciclo creativo", realizzato nell'ambito del progetto PEOPLE supportato dal programma Erasmus Plus e cofinanziato dall'Agenzia Nazionale per i Giovani, si è svolto il 18 marzo ed è stato l’occasione per Thing non solo di far conoscere la propria abilità nella lavorazione della carta di giornale, ma anche di confrontarsi con la comunità locale, creando quindi un’interazione attiva con la stessa.
Insieme al laboratorio di riciclo creativo, è stato realizzato un laboratorio gestito in collaborazione con Palaminja, artista del cemento e della ceramica. Montaggio di Ignacio Diaz Gayoso
Support LGBTI Migrants! Training Course - A powerful and heartwarming experience
Written by Michaela Bonello
"No human being is illegal. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat
or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?” - Elie Wiesel
The name of the project I attended was ‘Support LGBTI Migrants’ a training course under KA1 of the Erasmus+ program coordinated by Platypus and consisted of a non-formal learning approach to several topics during the 7-day course. The topics covered during the training course were the social exclusion of LGBTI refugees and migrants, lack of employment and safe housing, difficulties encountered by LGBTI refugees seeking asylum and stereotypes in the media. On the final day, new project ideas were created by the participants for future ERASMUS+ exchanges.
My interest in applying for this exchange was for educational and personal reasons. Firstly, I wanting to gain more knowledge on LGBTI refugees and migrants through a non-formal approach, where I could participate in workshops with individuals from different countries who could share their different experiences with me. I also wanted to meet different people who shared common interests with me and be able to continue working with them even after the training was finished. On a personal level, I believed this training course would allow me to come out of my comfort zone when talking about certain issues and gain more confidence when it came to presenting ideas and participating in workshops.
I believe this training course was a powerful way to inform and further educate individuals regarding the real issues LGBTI migrants and refugees face. This course allowed me to challenge myself in coming up with ideas and solutions which might help LGBTI migrants and refugees. Although the participants came from different backgrounds and we spoke different languages, it was heartwarming to see how we all opted for change and expressed how we wanted to help LGBTI migrants and refugees in any way we could. Not only did this exchange allow the participants to share their experiences and knowledge on the topic, it also allowed us to create projects which were designed to further offer knowledge and support to LGBT migrants and refugees.