Training course: Star – Surviving in family

Location: Hungary

Dates: 20-30 June 2016

Number of participants: 35

Participating countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Spain

Organizer: Mentál-Mankó Alapítvány

Apply here: application form

Deadline to apply: 20 May 2016

Date of Selection: 21 May 2016

Inquiries about this training course: Beáta Kovács Tesléry: teslery@gmail.com

For general Inquiries and consultation: contact us

Costs: This project is financed by Erasmus+ programme. The accommodation, activities, meals, costs of safety equipment, trainers are covered by Erasmus Plus project.
Travelling will be reimbursed after the project, after receiving all travelling tickets, invoices, and documents in original copy. Reimbursement happens for partner organizations in one amount, and partners will forward it to the participants. The travelling costs will be reimbursed within the limits below:
Czech Republic: EUR 80
Greece: EUR 170
Romania: EUR 80
Italy: EUR 170
Bulgaria: EUR 170
Spain: EUR 270
If the cost of travelling is above the mentioned limits, then participants shall cover the difference.

Star – Surviving in family

Surviver outdoor training for youth workers to prepare them to train youngsters who wants to have family in future to strengthen their purposes in life, and give suggestions to have good family life.

Purpose:
*To prepare youth workers
-for training youngsters how to live in a family in harmony, and how to make them closer to harmonic family life.
-show youngsters a healthy lifestyle, how to live in the forest, how to survive in a forest.
*To know other cultures, and how to work in an international group with tolerance other cultures.
*To meet other youth workers and to share the methods learnt here with other organizations.
*To find partners for future cooperation.

Participants:
• above 18
• 5 participants from each country
Competencies:
• development of personality
• enforcement of partnership
• stress management
• healthy lifestyle
• problem solving
• showing methods for preparation for waiting for and receiving children, giving birth, the life with the baby

Tools:
• relaxation techniques
• meditation
• transdance
• outdoor training
• nordic walking
• breathing
• establishment of goals
• horse riding
• yoga
• hypnobirthing
• nursing advice
• baby carrying, attachment parenting
• Maminbaba (dance with baby carrying)
• Hand in Hand parenting
• alternative education (e.g. Waldorf)
• baby yoga, baby massage

The training is an outdoor training with a lot of experience in the woods, nature. There are always evaluations after activities.

Accommodation:
in yurt-type mobile houses, in the forest (see „jurta” in google). Sleeping bags will be necessary.
The training is nomadic so be prepared for it. In the forest there is no electricity, water, internet, network. In case of emergency the closest town is very close, we can reach it in 15 minutes, and also the place can be reached. Showers and toilets will be provided but not as in hotels. The mobile network can be used in case of emergency.

Organizers

Our foundation organizes several-day programmes especially for youths to help them to realize themselves, and to reach their purposes. For this purpose our professionals work with the help of horses, nature, exercises, and special games.
Our aims are:
• preventive programmes for addictions (drug, smoking, alcohol, etc.)
• managing stress, solutions for depression
• programmes to build and strengthen (self-)confidence
• team building
• crisis management
• planning/change of lifestyle
• determination/realization of aims/systems of aims (short term, middle term, long term purposes)
In our programmes sustainability and environment protection are also very important. We try to take participants in harmony with nature and animals.
Our organisation deals with outdoor activities, e.g.:
• learning based on adventure and experiences
• therapeutic horse riding
• being in cooperation with nature
• teaching stress management techniques: yoga, meditation, tai chi, music, etc.
Our organisation was partner and organizer in some outdoor YiA programmes.