Grundtvig - Archimedes

all'attività fisica e al coinvolgimento emotivo. Tutte le attività verranno ospitate nella struttura
ricettiva a Poggio Mirteto dove gestiamo un'ostello della gioventù da circa un decennio. L’alloggio
è previsto in camere con bagno proprio. Disponiamo di un'ampia cucina, di un ampio refettorio, di
una sala conferenza, di connessione Internet Wi-fi, di sala proiezione e di una reception con
funzioni anche di ufficio. I trasporti locali saranno garantiti tramite l’ utilizzo di autobus, il
trasporto dall’aeroporto alla struttura ricettiva è molto pratico visto che il treno collega direttamente
l’aeroporto di Fiumicino con Poggio Mirteto. Da aggiungere che disponiamo anche di trasporto
indipendente (due auto) disponibili 24 ore al giorno per qualunque evenienza. Per il resto siamo nel
cuore del borgo medievale, il nuovo centro moderno è a 500 metri, ed è allestito con negozi e
servizi ed offre un’ottima accoglienza ai visitatori.
Being inspired by the English expression "food for thought" we aim at creating a series of activites
who can enable the participants' skills and support them to reach a higher degree of self-sufficiency.
From shopping to cooking, from physical activities to recreational and intercultural ones. All these
practical tasks can activate mental awareness and increase the quality of life of these participants
commonly perceived as dependant on others. Concretely, every day we will have a working system
to have all participants focused on learning and elaborating dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner:
starting from the number of guests around the table and their requests, participants will choose
ingredients, create a diverse and healthy menu, adopt several cooking methods, lay the tables and
create atmospheres with decorations, music and light, they will learn norms of hygiene and safety in
the kitchen, which are normally taken for granted but probably not for them. The working hours
will be then in the early mornings, lunch time and dinner time. The working hours in the midmorning
will be used for sport and motion activities, all based on team play, to educate in a very
practical way the disabled participants to the lifestyle known as "mens sana in corpore sano"
("healthy mind in healthy body"). In the afternoon hours between lunch and dinner we will deepen
the knowledge by dealing with more cooking skills and tips (see the "Planning of Activities" for all
the details"), whereas after dinner there will be 7 intercultural evenings: 6, dedicated to the
participating countries, will be prepared in each country before coming to Italy with the help of the
national tutors and our Italian tutors who we will send abroad for preparation; the 7th evening of the
project will be dedicated to the EU and will be created altogether on the spot. Thus, we will invite
all the participants to share their national traditions with particular attention to dances, music and
games in order to give space to physical and emotional involvement. All the activities will be
hosted in our structure in Poggio Mirteto where we have run a youth hostel for almost a decade. We
can rely on a spacious kitchen and refectory, a conference hall, Wi-fi Intenet connection, a
projection room and a reception used as an office, too. Local trasportation consists of buses whereas
the transfer from Fiumicino airport is very convenient as there is a direct train to Poggio Mirteto.
Furthermore we can add that we can rely on our own transportation consisting of two private cars,
available 24 hours a day for all our needs. We are in the heart of the medieval town, the modern
centre is 500 metres away and it offers shops and services welcoming visitors at its best.
Workshop Organiser:
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
PARTHENOPE ONLUS
Contact details: VIA GRADINI PONTI ROSSI, 5
80141 NAPOLI
IT-ITALY
Tel.: 39-817514220
Fax: 39-818822048
E-mail: INFO@YMCAPARTHENOPE.COM
WWW.YMCAPARTHENOPE.COM
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