Babel Education's projects are put into action with the help of young volunteers willing to help and join us in making a change. We believe in education and in its future benefits and we support young people to be proactive involved in the process of the change in education.
We are active in the following areas:
Empowering young people to have a proactive attitude
The NGO has a wonderful young team of volunteers in which it invests a lot by providing non-formal education methods workshops, getting them involved in local and national projects such as Storytelling evenings -in Children's Library or within several open air events- Flash Mobs or Photovoice exhibitions and going even internationally by taking part in youth exchanges and also setting up youth initiatives. This way the NGO supports youth discovering themselves towards the development of the community and following their dreams and passions.
Promoting non-formal methods of education
As most of the active volunteers come from the field of education, the NGO has been very active in developing and promoting non-formal methods of education. We first came into contact with the term when one of the volunteers participated in the second edition of the Laboratory of Non-formal Methods of Education. We have then disseminated information on various methods and put in practice some of them (Photovoice at ZEN in 2010, Storytelling at ROjam Saliste, 2011, Mogosoaia, 2013, World Cafe in Storytelling around YOUth project,2013, Open Space at Jobshop 2013). We are also part of the REN network which is initiated by the National Agency and aims at bringing people together who can contribute to the promotion of these methods. One of the main activity of promoting the non-formal method of education, i.e. Storytelling is by being part of the team of editors who contribute to the site entitled www.nonformalii.ro, where we are in charge of developing the page connected to Storytelling.
Storytelling and Creative Writing
Babel Education has provided free access to books by creating in Timisoara city; in Recas, nearby Timisoara in a foster house; and in Martinesti village in Hunedoara county three libraries. These three libraries are dedicated to children, including those with fewer opportunities. These libraries are animated by storytelling and creative writing sessions held by our volunteers. In this way children have the chance to discover the pleasure of books through the storytelling non-formal learning method and the young volunteers have the possibility to work with children and children with fewer opportunities and to organize and facilitate, with the help of an expert, the learning process. Storytelling and creative writing process are not only related to the library space. Our volunteers are providing storytelling sessions in open air festivals as well, in Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Mogosoaia or within the Laboratory of Non-formal Methods of Education at Gura Portitei.
Resource Center for teachers EduCafe
The most recent project developed by Babel Education is The Resource Center for teachers EduCafe, a space in which promoters of education to meet, to share and to create. EduCafe will be, starting from May 2014, a space where teachers and youth workers experience will be valued. This way we want to create an active community of educators who can have access to didactical materials; who will have the change to create materials within the “Do it yourself” workshops; who can participate on workshops held by our NGO’s volunteers and who can facilitate themselves workshops to share their experience and good practice.
Building empathy
Babel Education has organized three international workshops on NVC, non-violent communication which give the participants a new dimension to their relationships with themselves and others, a dimension in which all needs are met beyond conflict. The activities are focused on observing, experiencing, understanding and practicing a model of communication which is focused on clearly expressing and emphatically receiving messages so that everyone’s needs are met.
TEMEsoara- the town of easy homework
TEMEsoara is the project that offers space for the children with fewer financial possibilities that have difficulties in doing their homework given in schools to get support and help from our volunteers, through non-formal activities. Children have the chance to come as many times as needed and receive one-to-one support in understanding and doing their homework.
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