Medusa
Youth Exchange on self-discovery through larp and challenge by choice
When: autumn 2025
Where: Hopeland, Greece
For whom: 30 youth + 6 group leaders
[Medusa]
represents a dangerous threat meant to deter other dangerous threats, an image of evil to repel evil
Main info
Medusa’s head is an experiential learning program, youth exchange, focused on letting youngsters to:
- discover their shadow, embrace it and use it to their advantage
- recognizing their full capabilities and using them fully
- setting up their identity, boundaries, and purpose in life
- enhancing their proactivity, confidence, courage, and readiness to step out of the comfort zone
- boosting their skills, mostly: Communication skills, Cooperation, Empathy, Improvisation, Proactivity
- enhancing their cooperative, inclusive, and solution oriented mindset
VISION: Hero of my life
GOAL: Let youngsters tap into their full potential
O1: Establish a safe space in which youngsters with fewer opportunities can grow together
O2: Let youngsters realise what they are capable of
O3: Boost youngsters soft skills, especially Communication skills, Cooperation, Empathy, Improvisation, Proactivity
O4: Boost youngsters confidence, readiness to tep out of comfort zone, inclusivity, and mindfulness
O5: Let youngsters recognize their shadow, their skills, and make a plan on how to use it
O6: Disseminate the learnings
You can review the program plan here:
Do you want to be a partner?
We are seeking partners interested any of the following topics:
- eduLarps
- Challenge by Choice method
- ecology & sustainability
- you will provide a group leader who will support us in the process (note: group leaders will work hard in this project, so we are searching highly motivated or experienced people)
- you will run short survey among your youth in the planning period
- you will fill in our partners form
- you will provide us with the PIF
- you will support the dissemination and evaluaton process
- We are collecting a participation fee of 30 euros. This fee will be send to you as a sending organisation (we are not keeping it)
- Do you have other needs? Tell us, we will be happy to discover how to make this experience meaningful for your organisation!
- youngsters will run a local eduLarp (we will provide them with materials), workshop, presendation, or develop a product (podcast, etc.)
- we will develop an eBook of used edularp activities
- dissemination of photos & videos
Interested?
write us on hello@hopeland.gr
Project's Team
Vojtěch Žák
Project supervisor
I am a trainer, facilitator, coach, storyteller, and writer.
The main topics I am focused on are the labor market, social inclusion (mainly of the LGBT+ spectrum), and personal development. The main methods I use are storytelling, coaching, systemic work, body movement, art, gamification, and LARP.
I went from a career as a journalist and marketing specialist to becoming a coach, facilitator, and trainer. I have worked for 6 years as a scout leader and later participated in the EVS program at Olde Vechte Foundation in the Netherlands.
info@czechinspire.eu
+420 775 636 658
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Veronica Spagna
facilitator
I have been working as a project manager and writer in the International Cooperation and European programs field. I have experiences in facilitating activities with young people, in formal and informal education about human rights, sustainable development and social inclusion using non-formal educational methods like embodiment, dance, arts and crafting. Creative and proactive, always a dancing step forward.