Once we were all together at the hostel, we met what would be the entertaining routine every morning: having breakfast and then playing a couple of games to get us going. In the following days each of the participating teams will play these games.
In the morning we got to know our exchange partners a little better through a simple and very fun dynamic in which we each described how we are using four drawings, then someone else had to describe us having an idea (or not) of what those drawings meant.
We also discovered that not all the participants spoke English fluently, but that did not prevent us from communicating effectively. Maybe it can be slower, but it is part of the learning and those things that make these events more special.
There was also time to get to know the associations we come from and what they do in their respective countries. For many of us it was satisfying to know that there are much more people than we imagine working to create change and bringing young people into that work.
The day ended with a casino night. But it was a very peculiar casino: it ended with an auction, where the products to be bought were basic citizen's rights but which in many of our countries are not easily accessible to everyone, such as housing, education, food, security, gambling and work. After having some fun playing, we had a space to reflect and exchange some ideas that revolved around whether there were rights that were priory over others, or how some people could not access these rights or did so in a precarious way.
By the way, you can already see our first photos by clicking here.
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