All together: safer and better!

This action was carried out in several objectives which were directed towards the pupils but also towards the teams and the structures. For the students, it aims at informing in order to prevent, ...

This action was carried out in several objectives which were directed towards the pupils but also towards the teams and the structures. For the students, it aims at informing in order to prevent, enhancing self-esteem by reinforcing generosity, solidarity, environmental awareness, finding alternatives to risky behavior, promoting open-mindedness through the discovery of new cultures and encouraging interactions, creating a spirit of civic engagement and training in European values and culture. The challenge for the teams and structures was to develop skills in project pedagogy, to improve teamwork by relying on innovative and multidisciplinary activities, to discover new educational systems, to create partnerships in the vocational education sector and to create or solidify local partnerships. Through this project we wanted to develop the students' willingness to commit in collective work, taking initiatives particularly in actions related to environment and solidarity. In the process, reflection on risky behavior should guide them towards informed choices.

Throughout the project, we carried out prevention work on risky behavior, in particular with the creation of comic strips and the organization of awareness raising campaigns in schools for the students but also their families in specific cases. In the field of citizenship, each school organized for each school year of the project at least one solidarity action and an environmental one. We can quote for example the “O'Gourmand project”, the 'Delicious to Eat Do good' and 'I believe and Help' initiatives, collections of products for Ukrainian people and for the Association Camion Douche, a campaign to collect toys for the RIE association, a partnership with ONCE for an action on visual impairment. On the environmental level, we implemented actions like bird monitoring, fight against waste initiatives, conservation of water campaign, awareness-raising work on recycling with the dissection of garbage bags, environmental awareness workshops for young children, study of species and biodiversity in a protected area, a barter… In terms of citizenship, events such as Erasmus days or a Citizen Fair have been organized. More details can be available on our website: https://all-together-safer-and-better.jimdosite.com/

Files presenting the actions were created and presented during mobility or interactions. This regular sharing served as a source of inspiration for new initiatives. The solidarity actions carried out by the students had a real impact on their motivation because they were successfully implemented. For instance, thanks to the O'Gourmand action, our schools could take part in the financing of a wheelchair accessible vehicle for a young disabled girl, the Delicious To Eat Do Good action, carried out in Bulgaria, has helped four young people in social or health difficulties. In Spain, young people got involved in collecting toys for the RIE association (for deaf persons) as well as in actions in partnership with ONCE to work with the visually impaired persons. Environmental actions, less visible in terms of direct impact for students, have raised real awareness and allowed them to participate in the collective action carried out in their territories. In France, the work led on the fight against waste has improved the operation of the catering service and has directly impacted the daily well-being of students at school.