We took part of a seminar two weeks ago, taking place in Nuorten Kouvola. We have reflect on how to improve the inclusion of volunteers in organisations, how to communicate and we have shared good tips between each other.

It was an inspiring meeting, especially because mentors and volunteers were working together, sharing their own experiences.

Thank you for the organisation and the shared moments.

Yesterday, I also visit Nuorten Kouvola and their workshop place. A really nice place to work with youngsters on different skills: wood, wool, furniture and a lot of others. With Solange, the French volunteer in Kouvola, we presented our country, from where we are from and some cultural aspect of the country to the participants of the workshop. A lovely collaboration!

Last Saturday, 4H participate in an event in Heitunlahti, which gathered different activites for children: Youtuber, Benji trampolin, candies, e-sports and so on.

Lemin 4H organized a lotery and sold candies.

We would like to thank all the organizators of this event and all the participants who manage to create a really nice atmosphere, despite the rainy weather!

Yesterday, the participants of the clubs and their families were invited to an activity in the forest to celebrate the end of the school year and the beginning of the summer holiday.

4 stops lead to a camp fire when then could spend time together and eat the barbecue.

The first stop was to discover what kind of vegetable was hidden in a bag. With closed eyes, and only with their hands, the participants needed to guess and recognize different vegetables.

Then, with a pantomime, each participant should helped his or her team to find which animal he or she was imitating.

After that, we asked a few questions about 4H association.

To finish, we asked questions about nutritional information you can read and find on food package when you buy it in a shop.

Despite the huge amount of mosquitoes around us, some children went to swim in the lake, other fished, and all together we shared a really nice moment around the camp fire.

Thank you for this year and enjoy summer! Hyvää kesää!

 

Yesterday, on Tuesday, May 21st, we have been invited to the Etelä-Karjalan Kulttuurirahasto evening in Imatra.

With two youngsters of 4H, we have received a founding to organize the Lemi Music Festival 2019 (LMF). This event gathered all the people who are funded by the Etelä-Karjalan Kulttuurirahasto. It was an honor to participate to such an event and give strength and motivation to plan the best LMF ever!

Next Monday starts the last week of school before the summer holiday. We organize in Lemi’s school a thematic day for the pupils to get to know with games, how to behave in a working place and the basic knowledge useful to apply for a job.

Last week marked the end of Céline’s project! Time flies and after 9 months in Finland, it was time for her to pack, say goodbye to everyone and go back home with a lot of memories in her luggage.

Thank you Céline for volunteering in Lemin 4H, you brought fresh energy, ideas and shared a piece of Liechtenstein with the local community. We hope all the best for you and a lot of success in your art project.

It’s not a formal farewell because we know that we are going to meet again, in Finland, in Liechtenstein or anywhere else!

Best wishes and see you soon!

As the school ends at the end of May, we are planning day camps for all June : handcraft, games, outdoor activities, day trip to visit an alpaca’s farm and even more!

Soon you will see the result, but for now on, you can have a look to our poster:

As you have read, our experience in Romania was the first step for a campaign to promote voting among young European people.

With the 49 participants of the Youth Exchange, we have prepared some communication tool to raise awareness about how important voting is.

You can find more contents and videos on the Facebook page: @youthdecideEU

And don’t forget that the elections take place between the 23 and 26 of May!

Hello everyone 🙂

Tomorrow we are flying to Romania to participate in a youth exchange there, with participants form 6 other countries. The topics we are talking about there are democracy in the EU, EU citizenship, the EU parliament, fake news, disinformation and why it is important that especially young people go to vote.

We are very excited about it and if you want to know more about it,  just follow this link

The Erasmus+ Volunteering Awards are a celebration of the achievements of young people volunteering abroad as part of an Erasmus+ or European Voluntary Service project. The idea is to share a unique volunteering experience with other young people from across Europe, to inspire and encourage them to start their own adventure.

If you want to see and vote for our video, follow the link

Our video is called “Volunteering in Finland wonderland!”