Summary of the Project

“Life is a magic circus: Juggling for inclusive growth”

The project, called Life is a magic circus: Juggling for inclusive growth will take place in Palermo, in Sicily, from the 7th of July till the 18th of July. 
The project will involve 25 youngsters, of which the 60% with fewer opportunities, plus 5 leaders, coming from Italy, Poland, Frances, Bulgaria and Czech Republic with the aim to practice and use juggling, clowning and social circus as tools to realize social inclusion and inclusive growth.
The youngsters will undergo through a non formal process ofdeveloping juggling competences, practising them with other European youngsters and be protagonist in perfomances and public events. Most of the activities will be non-formal and informal and practical exercises of clowning (mime, improvisation, ) and juggling (with claves, diablo, devil stick, …) together with inofmal activities related to settle down the public events. 
On top of this there will be non-formal learning activities such us workshops and role games related to social inclusion and cultural diversity; and ricreative activities to foster group dynamics and socialisation.

Participants: 30, 5 + 1 leader per country

Countries

Costs: food and accommodation will be 100%, you just need to pay 30% of the travel costs

Terminals:Palermoairport (PMO) – Trapani Birgi airport (TPS) is two hours away

Financial conditions: the project budget cover 100% of food and accommodation costs, 70% of travel cost and 100% of APV cost (travel included)

The youth exchange “Life is a magic circus: Juggling for inclusive growth!” will take place inPalermoinSicily, from the 7h till the 18 of July. The project will involve 25youngsters from :France,Italy,Poland,BulgariaandCzechRepublicwith the aim to practice and use juggling, clowning and social circus as tools to realize social inclusion and inclusive growth. The youngsters will undergo through a non formal process of developing juggling competences, practising them with other European youngsters and be protagonist in perfomances and public events. Most of the activities will be non-formal and informal and practical exercises of clowning (mime, improvisation, ) and juggling (with claves, diablo, devil stick, …) together with informal activities related to settle down the public events.

On top of this there will be non-formal learning activities such us workshops and role games related to social inclusion and cultural diversity; and ricreative activities to foster group dynamics and socialisation.