Focus on Practise!

I attended a Training Course called "Focus on: video and photo as tools for peacebuilding" in Lizbon-Portugal between 13-21 November. It was really a pleasure being there and breathe in that atmosphere. I think it was a bit different from the other usual trainings as this was more based on practical side and discussions rather than just theory. All participants enjoyed and used every moment to learn, create, experience and something new so we felt like really productive. As well as taking a look the general definitions of peace, stereotypes, media, conflicts, identity, most important point was to feel the real team building to create something new both through video and photography. That was the spark leading us discover and creative new things.

  Especially the preparation part of the TC for videos and photos was a lot fun. Eveybody and everygroup were trying to produce something. After finding the topic it was more easy to get closer our main aim.

 But at the end it was a real success! We produced 3 qualified videos and a photo exhibiton in which I worked in. Then we showed all the videos to the people who are working there and made the exhibiton on the youth hostel. It was really a pleasure too see what you produced after all your efforts!