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The idea of the project is to implement activities to equip intellectually disabled primary and secondary school students with universal knowledge of traditional cuisine, national music and folk costumes as well as handicrafts of each of the participating countries, i.e. the Czech Republic, Northern Macedonia, Latvia, Turkey, Portugal and Poland. Another important aspect for us is the desire to bring the skills of people with intellectual disabilities to a healthy society by organizing at least 5 exhibitions with photos presenting their skills and a gallery of products made during the workshop of the handicraft technique of partner countries. The target group will be about 250 intellectually disabled young people of school age. Due to the set objectives, the project will be implemented in two planes: 1.WE! - ABOUT US, FOR US!In this part, we plan to organize National Weeks of each country during which each partner will present, using information and communication technologies enabling live coverage, cooking a regional dish, learning national or regional dance steps, regional folk costume, as well as dance music of a given country, at which everyone will be able to have fun at one time. Thanks to the use of existing IT capabilities, disabled students will be able to see and meet each other, as well as hear the sound of foreign languages. On the last day of the National Week presentation, craft workshops proposed by each country will be presented. The interactive method of communication will allow all viewers to participate actively in this meeting and learn new handicraft techniques that will be permanently included in the school's work program during art therapy classes . Model making workshops run by a school from the Czech Republic, ceramics by a school from Turkey, wicker and salt dyeing by a Portuguese school, rug weaving by a Macedonian school, tailoring - weaving by a school from Latvia and scrapbooking by a Polish school. Portfolios will be developed from the National Weeks conducted by each school, which will constitute a compendium of knowledge in the presented field about each of the participating countries. At the same time, a photo course will be organized for students who will learn how to take pictures. The photos they took, documenting their skills and products made with the techniques learned, will be presented in the second part of the project, which will be implemented under the slogan: - 2.WE ! ABOUT US, NOT ONLY FOR US! The activities undertaken in this part will be the organization of a photo exhibition and gallery of handicrafts made with learned techniques. These exhibitions will take place in at least 5 cultural or public institutions that will condition a large flow of people, thus ensuring a large audience. The implementation of the project will help to improve the manual skills of disabled students, which will help them enter the labor market, thanks to which their sense of value and self-acceptance will increase. Participation in the photo course will equip them with skills that will allow them to present their skills and present the world seen through their eyes. Purchased equipment for making handicrafts will remain in school and will be able to be used in subsequent years of working with other youth. Parents of the project participants will feel satisfaction with the skills of their children, and the increased employability after graduation will reduce anxiety about their future. Teachers will improve their language and workshop skills, as well as improve the organization of their own and team work. Contacts and friendly relationships will be strengthened. Prepared exhibitions organized in cultural and public centers will contribute to changing the perception of young people with disabilities in the environment of people with an intellectual norm, which will help them accept their participation on the labor market. The exchange of international handicrafts traditions and information on cooking, music and dance will guarantee mutual knowledge of their cultures and the exchange of European cultural heritage.
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