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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.

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

Visiting "Liceo Nomentano"

Moving right along…“Rome and Away”.….an advance planning trip took place in Rome (Italy) between 7^th and 12^th 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.

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

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

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!

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

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.

The internship will include the following tasks:

• Linking and networking with various stakeholders connected to the topic of identity.
• Gather and catalogue research/resources linked to identity and put them on the SALTO toolbox to make them available in one place for the general public.
• Work together with a contracted author to create a publication on the topic.
• Create a new section of the SALTO website ‘identity’, providing links, resources, research, information etc (see www.salto-youth.net/roma for example of theme based webpages)
• Supporting the other activities and tasks within the SALTO Resource Centre.

Please note that administrative tasks are an integral element of the work.

The intern is expected to work 5 days per week for a 6 month placement from February/March 2010 (start date is negotiable). A stipend of €1000 will be paid to cover accommodation and living costs.

For more information about how to apply, the background and what will be expected of you, please click here.

To apply, click here (deadline 31st October 2009)