About
'Yoga for Peace' brings youth from Belgium, Georgia, Greece, Spain, Armenia, and Ukraine together for a journey of peace and understanding through Yoga. It highlights non-violent conflict resolution, cultural appreciation, and healthy living, aiming to nurture a more empathetic and united world.
Expectations
Active and involved before, during and after the project:
- Before: follow-up of your emails/Whatsapp regarding the practical organization and presence during an online pre-departure meeting with the group.
- During: 100% active presence during the project together with your group (you travel together to the project and return back to Belgium as a group).
- After: follow-up of your emails/Whatsapp regarding the further practical/ financial handling and dissemination of the project. Also being present during a fun reunion day in Belgium with other participants.
Stay in contact
When you are selected, we will be in contact with each other via email and Whatsapp. You receive all the necessary information via e-mail. Whatsapp will be used for sending reminders, sharing photos and information.
The group leader of a youth exchange will facilitate the Whatsapp group chat.
Price
There is no participation fee for this project.
Erasmus+ provides a fixed budget for transport with tram, bus, train and plane of maximum 510 euros. If your transport to and from the youth exchange stays within this budget, you pay nothing. If you go over the budget, you will have to pay for the difference. Reimbursement is only possible when we are in possession of a your personal details and all original tickets/boarding passes as proof of transport costs incurred.
During the project date, Food and accommodation are included. We are not able to reimburse any costs that happen outside of the project date.
Transport
We expect you to draw up your own itinerary and travel plan. JOETZ supports you in this where necessary. You pay yourself in advance for transport costs. Reimbursement takes place approximately three months after the end of the project (see above).
We expect the group leader will facilitate the drawing up of an itinerary and travel plan (you travel together to the project and return back to Belgium as a group). JOETZ supports in this where necessary. Everyone participant pays itself in advance for transport costs (for example, the group leader collects the money and immediately uses it to purchase all the tickets). Reimbursement takes place approximately three months after the end of the project (see above).
Deadline for buying your tickets is 12/12/2023.
Selection procedure
- View the information on this web page and in the info pack (download infopack).
- Fill in the online form at the bottom of this webpage. Please read the questions carefully and take the time to answer them in English as completely as possible. If you want, we can support (please let us know by email but bare in mind there is a deadline to apply, so please contact us max. 2 days before the deadline).
If you are interested to be the group leader, mention this through the application form, or send us a separate email.
- You will receive confirmation immediately after sending your application.
- Regardless if you are selected or not, a few days after the application deadline we will contact you. This decision is made together with the organizing European partner on the basis of your written motivation and your involvement in youth work.
Only Belgians can apply through Joetz.