Civic Education
d. What is the relationship with the empowerment of young people and improving their situation?
e. What is the project going to aim to change?
f. What is realistic and achievable?
g. Has it been done before?
h. Is it being done by someone else?
Your notes
Institutional priorities
1. Put the following text in order (from 1 to 4)
This happens to be very much in line with the experiences at Ban Uppa!, whose board has been looking for ways to address those issues. When meeting with colleagues and the board, we have received a lot of support and advice. We were also told, however, that the organization existed for the whole community and therefore it would be important for the project to help restore the image and relationship between the youngsters and the rest of the community. We, Matto and Dali, two youth workers/trainees, have talked with the young people and other partners in the community and think that delinquency seems to be the consequence of unem - ployment, drug abuse (people steal to buy drugs) and a general social degradation that leads to a careless attitude towards others. We think that whatever project we come up with, it should address the question of self-esteem and of drugs. It should, we feel, give young people opportunities to experience and do positive things. Somehow, to break the circle of violence, exclusion, and bad image and to offer motivat - ing alternatives (for example traveling abroad). And in no way should the project be moralizing or stigmatizing: too many young people have problems, there is no point in pointing the finger at anyone. We were given the green light to proceed and submit a project idea.
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