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Overall goal
The overall goal of our community at this stage is to support each other in this difficult time and to support the teachers and students in our neighborhood as much as possible.
Of course, it is important to meet the basic vital needs — safety, food, shelter.
But at the same time, psychological support in the crisis situations we are in is also important.
Our social media community has about 2,000 subscribers
FORUM
On 1 March, the Somewhere Here creative space hosted a forum on the Mental Health of Educators. The forum was organised by the Power of the Future NGO, which has been developing innovative methods to help educators make the atmosphere at school more positive and supportive for 6 years in a row.The forum was an event held as part of the Artists of Consent training project, which has been conducting trainings for educators and children since 2018.The project shared its experience in preventing professional burnout, relieving tension and stress in times of war, and building a healthy environment.The programme of the event included workshops by project trainers on "Mental health of educators and ways to support and prevent professional burnout", a playback performance by the Farba Fabra creative association (participants shared their stories and actors played them on stage), networking over a cup of coffee and communication in a professional circle. The project is implemented with the support of the Federal Government of Germany as part of the Civilian Peace Service programme.
FRUITY TEACHING
"Creators of Concord" is not just a training project, it is a large community that has been meeting together at live meetings throughout the time, using various recovery techniques and methods: playback theater, drum circles, art therapy, various master classes, workshops. At these meetings, all the artists could communicate, support each other, share experiences and feel supported.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, our project has continued its work. We are actively working with teams of educators who find it difficult to find resources, motivation and inspiration to work.
We have created fruit and pedagogical events aimed at providing support, resources and motivation to all educators. Techniques and methods of quick recovery, practices of working with children and parents experiencing acute stress, panic attacks and anxiety.We are alive, we continue our activities — this is an important message for development, inspiration and hope.
The main factor in educational activities today is the psycho-emotional state of children. Therefore, we pay a lot of attention to this in our project. Our trainers teach many different techniques and methods to quickly stabilize the mental state of all participants in the educational process. These are techniques for stress relief — breathing, body, art techniques. As well as motivational and resource techniques to maintain inner balance. On our Facebook page, you can learn more about the techniques and take them into your own work.