Kuala Lumpur as a Resilient City by Yvonne Field
Good things come to those who wait…or so my mother used tell me when I was impatiently waiting for something to happen….. Two years after starting the Common Purpose, Commonwealth Senior Leaders Programme, I travelled to Kuala Lumpur (KL) in Malaysia. Significant work commitments in 2016 and 2017 meant that […]
Aisha Khan writes about her recent trip to Ankara in Turkey for the closing meeting for the Pandora Project
View fullsize View fullsize I recently returned from Ankara, for a closing meeting for a Erasmus+ project we have been working on for the past two years called Pandora. This four (Italy, UK, Poland & Turkey) country partnership project which was led by HYRO – HUMAN RIGHTS YOUTH ORGANIZATION ASSOCIAZIONE in […]
IRETI: London, where trains of chances never terminate by Luca Delfino
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize It’s been seven days since I’ve came back from London. And now I’m physically here, in Palermo, my hometown, but my mind and heart are still playing the paths of my London life: it feels like a part of me is still wandering the […]
Diving into two fascinating approaches to community work – Theory U and Action Learning, European Summer School in Berlin by Ahmed Mohammed
Taking part in the European Summer School Programme ‘Towards Resilient Communities’ in Berlin was a great experience. I had the privilege to learn about and dive into two fascinating approaches to community work, ‘Theory U’ and ‘Action Learning’. I am a young person and Employment Adviser for Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, and my role involves engaging […]
The power of sharing experience and learning, European Summer School in Berlin by Karina Morales
The experience with the European Summer School run by The Ubele Initiative within Erasmus+ programme has been the most powerful training I have been part of until now. As a student I would have never thought I was going to be in different cities, such as Amsterdam and Berlin, learning from people’s professional and personal […]
Action Learning Facilitation, European Summer School in Berlin by Rachel Gnagniko
“People bring their own live current issues and decide on their own action points and learning which results in commitment, motivation” “It is a collaborative process – with value coming from hearing others talk through problems and identifying options as well as exploring our own” Extracts from “Action Learning in a Nutshell” by […]
Black to the Future: Sankofa Youth Work Practice by Dr Yansie Rolston
March 2017 How Did We Get Here? I’m in a space where I intend to learn a considerable amount and in some respects, it’s a space filled with trepidation. I have never worked in a youth club, but have mentored young people including at risk youth, and hosted learning events for young […]
LONDON CONNECTS… by Aleksander Kisiel
View fullsize View fullsize My time and experience with The Ubele Initiative is not only about self-development and meeting new people, but also about gaining self-confidence in a multicultural setting. At the very beginning I was introduced to the organizational culture of Ubele and I learnt about all the projects and […]
Youth Change Makers Training by Adiam Yemane
I would like to start by thanking Ubele for selecting me to participate on YCM training. And resilience earth for creating an insightful training that has empowered me to continue developing my ideas and projects. A week or two before I was selected by UBELE to participate on YCM training I was hoping to find […]
IRETI mobility: London sounds like a story that is still to be told by Luca Delfino
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Everytime I talk about my first weeks in London, I just can’t avoid relating to my deepest feelings. So, as I’m not supposed to go into the emotional side of the life I’m experiencing here, I’m about to start the following few lines by […]
“The time has come for formal education to be restructured” – attending CSI Cross-Sectorial Conference in Istanbul, Turkey by S.M.Gedi
Such great 4 days at CSI Cross-Sectorial Conference in #Istanbul Turkey! Around 55 participants from 25 different nationalities. I met participants from across Europe and beyond, from places like Palestine, Russia, Armenia and many more amazing group of people enormous amount of dedication to community development and social justice. I found the first couple […]
Reflections of 4 students of Goldsmiths, University of London who attended the Erasmus+ European Summer School in Amsterdam
Goldsmiths students and staff (present and past) From the left: top – Michael Hamilton (a former lecturer on the Turning Point Programme), James MacGregor (student), Naomi Thompson (lecturer), Anabela Semedo (student); middle – Karina Estefania Cuji Morales (student), Yvonne Field (lecturer), Aisha Khan (graduate), Lara Pereira (student), Sireita Mullings (completed her PhD at Goldsmiths), […]
