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Youth Democracy Exchange
Currently Fishbowl is working on a Democracy Project, and for that we partnered with two Italian organisations. Other partners in this project are Scariff Community College, Scariff Youthreach and in Rome Liceo Nomentano, a large secondary school with about 1500 student.
We have been running workshops in all the schools and now we have just returned from our first trip to Italy:
Democracy Explored : The First Exchange.
Democracy Explored is a project in which young people analyse democracy. As part of this project, nine students from Scariff Community College, one student from Youthreach and two young support leaders went on an eight day exchange to Orvieto, near Rome in Italy. They were supported by a teacher from Scariff Community College and a leader from fishbowl Youth.
During the exchange we took part in workshops and presented our work, but we had loads of fun too. We played games, took part in teambuilding activities and had an intercultural evening when we presented our culture in the form of song, dance, DVDs and food. The trip was part of Youth in Action, which is a programme funded by the EU.
It was a fantastic experience which we all enjoyed, and we made great friends who we hope to meet again soon!
This was only the first leg of the international project, as it will run until June 2010, with a final presentation in the first weekend of June.
Four students of the Italian school will come to Ireland from the 18th to the 21st of March. During this visit we will explore and make decisions on how we will edit the documentary and compare the research we have done so far.
We will now continue with the workshops in Scariff, and start our research of how our schools are governed, we will interview all the people involved in our school community and create an overview of the way our school works. Our Italian friends will do the same in Rome, and we will compare the results of our research when we meet again in the next few months.
Posted in News.
Democracy Exchange in Italy
Title: Democracy Exchange in Italy
Location: Orvieto, Italy http://utenti.multimania.it/artemide/
Description: Participants from the Democracy Project will meet each other in Orvieto, close to Rome. We will get to know each other, build skills to run the project and design the research for the project
Date: 15 February 2010
Posted in International Projects, News.
Planning Meeting in Rome
Visiting "Liceo Nomentano"
Moving right along…“Rome and Away”.….an advance planning trip took place in Rome (Italy) between 7th and 12th January 2010. Mieke, Catherine and Alan were warmly welcomed by the leaders of the Italian group, Pietro, Marco and Damiano, who are co-ordinating this project in Rome.
With many airports opening and closing due to extreme weather conditions, we were very lucky not to have got stuck in the ice.
The temperature in Rome was 16c with some sporadic rainfall, but with so much to arrange our focus shifted to the work at hand.
Our visit to the Italian school happened on our first morning. We were introduced to the Vice Principle, Professor Gala, who subsequently introduced us to the Principle and English teachers. We then met with the students and received a whirlwind tour of the school mixed with laughter and good humour. The school hosts 1400 pupils and about 70 teachers.here is the link for the school: http://www.liceonomentano.net/nomentano/index.htm#
The students were so enthusiastic that they called us up after school to arrange to meet later the following evening, we already felt like we were making new friends.
Liceo Nomentano, the school in Rome
The visit overall was really good, we seemed to have been in a continueous conversation that was sprinkled with laughter and many ahhaa moments, you know the ones, when the penny drops and you get it, or in planning logistics or aspects of training you have a brainwave and the light goes on, problem solved, ahhaa.
Meeting up with the Italian students was great, they have enthusiasm for this project and have a healthy sense of curiosity. They are fun to be with and enjoy laughter as much as the Irish do. It seems like we’ve already got one crucial thing in common, humour.
Sure were would we be without it, it crosses most bridges, afterall laughter is a common international language.
Posted in International Projects, News.
HEY, OLD FISHBOWLIANS!!!!
Are you interested in being part of an exchange this summer?
Fishbowl is planning to host an exchange here in Ireland. We are looking for volunteers to help out in areas such as:
- Cooking
- general organisation
- transport
- etc.
Volunteers are also welcome to leading workshops on personal development and/or non verbal communication, through art, music, dance, film, or acting, so if interested in this aspect… contact us!!!
The exchange will be held in late July beginning of August we will have a showcase of our work in the Scariff harbour festival.
So if you’re up for it or want more information let us know on: info@fishbowlyouth.org
Posted in International Projects, Members, News, Older Fishes.
Fishbowl Haiti Earthquake Fundraiser
An evening of Indian food & Acoustic Music
Saturday 30th Janurary
in
CAFE INDIA
In aid of Fishbowl Haiti Project
Buffet @ 15 euro per head
Two Sittings 6-8pm & 8-10pm
Tickets Available from:
CAFE INDIA
or Contact Emma(0877782488),Naoise(0870629890),leave a comment or e-mail info@fishbowlyouth
Posted in News.
WE ARE STARTING AGAIN!!! EVERY FRIDAY EVENING FROM 7 TO 10
Hey everyone Fishbowl will be starting up again on this Friday 2nd October from 7-10pm.
Please tell all your friends and bring them along!
We will be starting a pool tournament this Friday, come along and sign up its open to everyone! There will even be a fancy trophy!
Posted in News.
Beatbox and Rapping Workshop
given by
kerrynini (http://www.myspace.com/kerrynini)
in
Ennis
on
9th,10th & 11th October
Limited spaces.€45. Please contact;
Jean Tierney
Clare Youth Service
Carmody Street
Ennis
065-6845356
065-6845350
jtierney@clareyouthservice.org
Posted in News.
Call for Internship with SALTO, 2010 – Identity
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We are now accepting applications for an intern to assist with the concept of Identity, and its role and importance within international youth projects in Europe.
This placement is only open to residents of European Programme countries. and Switzerland. Continued…
Posted in Older Fishes.
Youth in Action Seminar
This August we will be running a Youth in Action Seminar which will be one week long. The theme is ‘Active participation of youth within democracy’ We aim to provide the young people involved with an insight into how they can be directly involved in their political environment, we will use three examples of professions to do this, Art, Social Work and Politics. Through workshops and informal debate we will create a better awareness of how these areas can have an effect within democratic societies. Trainers will provide presentations and facilitate the workshops and discussions to meet the above aspirations. Support staff will help in the general facilitation and practical needs of the participants in supporting the seminars running.
The project venue will be Ballyloughran House; Kerry, Ireland, from the 8th to the 15th of August 2009. Participants will be 18 to 25 years old.
Participants will be joining us from Italy, Lithuania and Slovenia, 6 from each country.
If you are interested in participating in this seminar you can contact naoiskapish@gmail.com for more information and an aplication form.
Posted in News.
Democracy Project
This project will focus on democracy in schools. During the first part of the project we will focus on researching and documenting (film) the democratic processes in 3 or 4 Irish schools: Scariff Community College, Scariff Youthreach, Woodford Mercy College, the maybe the ALFA Project (if they can start up again next year) and in 2 schools in Rome. Continued…
Posted in International Projects, News.
Youth In Action Seminar
Hello,
This is a call for Irish participants aged between 18 and 30 years old for a seminar organised by Fishbowl Youth coming up in august, here’s a brief description:
Our project ‘Effective and Creative participation Within a Democracy’ will be a youth seminar, action 4.3 under the YIA programme. It will take place in August (8th to 15th) of 2009 and will be one week long. We aim to provide the young people involved with an insight into how they can be directly involved in their political environment, we will use three examples of professions to do this, Art, Social Work and Politics. Participants will engage in all three areas. Through workshops and informal debate we will create a better awareness of how these areas can have an effect within democratic societies. Trainers will provide presentations and facilitate the workshops and discussions to meet the above aspirations.
If your interested (or know others who’d be interested) please contact me (naoiskapish@gmail.com) or Joe (josephnoonanganley@gmail.com) for an Aplication form.
Thanks for your time, look forward to hearing from you,
Naoise and Joe.
Naoise & Joe working hard for a better Ireland. Posted in News.
Interested in being a leader on a Youth Exchange???
A Training Course for Beginners in Youth Exchanges is taking place in Greece from 4th -8th November 2009.
If you are interested check the Older Fishes Section and contact me on: miekemcmahon@gmail.com
Posted in Older Fishes.
Waterways Ireland Currach Building Project
Hi everyone, We are hosting a Currach building project at Fishbowl from the 27th to the 31st of July. There is a group of young teenagers coming to Fishbowl from Belfast as part of a cross border youth exchange to build the Currach with some local youths during the days. We are looking for 4 or 5 participants to work on the boat for a few hours in the evening for the week. The Currach will be launched at the Opening Cermony of the Scariff Harbour Festival. If your interested in participating please contact kenny10033@gmail.com or leave a comment!
For more info on the Scariff Harbour Festival visit http://www.scariff.com/SHF2009.pdf
Posted in News.
National Youth Council of Ireland Youth Event
Call for young people
to attend NYCI Youth Event
to be held in
Dublin on Saturday 5th September 09
Participation Free, for 15-30 yrs. Those >18 must send Parental/Guardian Consent Form Prior to event. Public Transport (within Ireland) costs will be reimbursed.
There is a proposed new Strategy for Youth in Europe. Europe has given its suggestions. Now it’s time for YOUR ideas.
Opportunity for 2 young person attending this event to
Represent Ireland at the Swedish EU Presidency Youth Event on 10th-14th Sep to feed back results of this Youth Event.
please see links below for the New Strategy and a presentation on it.
Limited places available so book ASAP. For Application forms for Youth Event and Swedish Event contact
Jean-Marie in NYCI Email: international@nyci.ie
Tel: 01 4255945.
Deadline for Application 12th August.
If your interested in going or you want help with the aplication/Information please contact Emma on 0877782488
Posted in News.
East Clare Community Canoe Club
Funded by a National Lottery sports equipment grant, the Club is getting a fleet of canoes and kayaks for use by all members.
The boats will be based on Lough Derg, close to Scariff – six plastic kayaks and six plywood “Canadian” canoes.
Safety equipment will be provided, and qualified canoeing instructors will show us how…
Local boat-builder Pete Brown of Greenbay Boats will be running a series of Canoe-building workshops as evening or weekend courses for members who want to get involved and learn the straightforward techniques of plywood canoe construction.
If you want to join, to go canoeing or to enjoy the workshops, please contact Emma on 0877782488 or leave a comment.
Posted in News.
Stranger Festival Video Competition
StrangerAcademy
For the second time the StrangerAcademy opens its doors in Amsterdam, this year from 14 – 17 OCTOBER 2009. StrangerAcademy is a place where more than 100 young video makers from across Europe come together to develop their skills in the field of video making and storytelling.
The StrangerAcademy has different levels. Both experienced and inexperienced young video makers get a chance to participate in workshops, meetings with professionals, master classes and showcases – and to expose their work to a broad audience. The StrangerAcademy will be concluded with the Stranger Award Show at Studio K in Amsterdam Saturday, October 17.Upload your own video and win a chance to enrol for the Stranger Academy!
We have entered Fishbowl’s “Every Bit Counts” Video into this competition, please show your support and voting for the video by following this link Vote for “Every Bit Counts”
Posted in News.
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