The activity seeks to promote gender equality and diversity among children and young people through playful, educational and awareness-raising activities.
A total of 15 young people aged 16 and 17 are taking part in the volunteer camp “Equality with action: building a fair future”, which the Balearic Youth Institute (IBJOVE) has organised in Calvià in collaboration with Temps Lliure Projects. The Councillor for Families and Social Affairs, Catalina Cirer; the Director of IBJOVE, Tomàs Amer; the Director of the Women’s Institute (IBDONA), Catalina Salom, and the Mayor of Calvià, Juan Antonio Amengual, have visited this Tuesday the activity that takes place in Es Burotell.
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A group of 15 young people from all over Spain participated in the volunteer camp “Equality with Action: building a fair future”.
The programme “Equality with Action: building a fair future” seeks to promote gender equality and diversity among children and young people through playful, educational and awareness-raising activities. In addition to working towards a fairer and more egalitarian society, this set of actions aims to allow participants to get involved in youth actions and awareness-raising activities carried out in the municipality.
The young participants, who come from all over Spain, will attend different training workshops and will design an awareness campaign to be carried out in the towns of the municipality, as well as develop recreational and sporting activities that will give them a much closer perspective of Balearic culture.
Programme of volunteer camps
The volunteer camps programme has a budget of almost €80,000, provided by IBJOVE and with the collaboration of the town councils of Santa Maria, Alaró, Calvià, Inca and Sóller. The aim is to bring together young people from different backgrounds to develop a work project of social projection and complementary activities. Thus, among other things, the values of coexistence, tolerance, solidarity, participation and intercultural learning are promoted.
In addition to the one in Calvià, the following volunteer camps are being held this year:
Alaró (12 – 26 July). “Archaeology in Alaró Castle”. Young people from 18 to 30 years old.
Calvià (4 – 18 August). “Equality with action: building a fair future”. Young people aged 16 and 17.
Inca (19 August – 2 September). “Educating by example”. Young people aged 18 to 30.
Sóller (24th August – 7th September). “Promoting culture with deeds”. Young people aged 18 to 30.
25 young people are taking part in camps in the rest of Spain and abroad.
This year, 7 young people from the Balearic Islands are taking part in the camps in Mallorca, while the rest (65) come from other autonomous communities. Likewise, a total of 15 young people from the Balearic Islands will do so in other autonomous communities (4 in Galicia, 4 in Navarre, 2 in Madrid, 2 in Catalonia, 1 in Aragon, 1 in the Basque Country and 1 in La Rioja).
There are also 10 young people from the Balearic Islands participating in international camps: 3 in Cambodia, 3 in Portugal, 2 in Germany, 1 in France and 1 in Sweden.