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Why Youth Centers UP?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Youth Centers UP was a project funded by the European Solidarity Corps that aimed to create new safe spaces for expression and learning, dedicated to the young people. In the same time, in the context of Timisoara becoming the European Capital of Culture, there was also a need for spaces where young people could express and develop freely. Neighborhood youth centers are now spaces for all young people, regardless of identity, preferences, sex, religion or other characteristics. Thus, the project aimed to lay the foundations in order to become communication spaces between young people and the community, where they come together and develop (themselves).<\/span><\/p>\n

Over a period of 40 days, young citizens from 26 different countries had been engaged in solidarity activities as volunteers, alongside the Community of Timisoara, to set up and transform old industrial buildings into urban youth centers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Project stages<\/h2>\n

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\u201cAfter many days of planning, we came to see the youth center. The feelings were mixed, it will take a lot of work, many hours and maybe a little love for the cause, so that the old building becomes a beacon for culture. The strange thing is, however, that Ihave no doubt that we will succeed, because the people in our team are amazingly inspired and at the same time, good and they care, that there is not the slightest fear that we will not reach our goal.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

\u2013 Marietta Tselepi, Greece<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u201e<\/span>\u201eToday we had the action in the street, so many questions appeared in our minds: can we convince them to join our mission? We tried to stay positive.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

\u2013 Danjela Jakaj, Albania<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u201e<\/span>\u201cOne of the main sources of our motivation came also from the support of the community. I have witnessed many examples of kindness from neighbors. One morning, we had not yet received the working tools and a man, who worked nearby, came to us with three tools and enjoyed the day. Also, other neighbors gave us water and food when we all needed it, and they also welcomed us with open arms and a smile on our faces.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u201d <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2013 Red team (Lipovei Youth Centre)<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u201e<\/span>\u201eThis week we started cleaning the youth centre. The first time I saw the space, I thought it would probably take weeks for it to be cleaned, but now I realized that through teamwork, anything is possible. I feel that our centre is really beautiful and has a lot of prospects to become very great with a beautiful yard, I am very pleased.\u201e<\/span><\/i>\u201d <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2013 Christina Fountou, Greece<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u201e<\/span>\u201eEvery day this week we came home, dirty, tired, with plaster pieces in the hair. Our feet and hands are covered with cement. The feeling of fatigue is a little overwhelming for everyone, but the pride and satisfaction are even greater. How can we be so tired, sweaty and yet so happy? Maybe that\u2019s what volunteering in about.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u201d <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2013 Red team (Lipovei Youth Centre)<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u201e<\/span>\u201eBeing a part of the Youth Centres Up project was a life changing experience that also changed me as a person. If you asked me if I\u2019d do it again, I\u2019d never think twice before saying yes. I met amazing people from literally all over the world and made beautiful friendships that I want to keep for the rest of my life.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

…<\/i><\/h3>\n

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…<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

I had the luck to be part of an amazing team of volunteers that made the process of building that youth centre so much smoother and fun despite the challenges and we achieved the goal of making a safe place for the younger population of Timisoara. In most of the days I got to the dorm exhausted and covered in dust, cement, paint (a lot of paint) and sweat but always with the amazing feeling of knowing I was doing the right thing and that I was making a change in that community. I felt useful and that I was not wasting my summer break melting on the couch looking at my phone.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

…<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

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…<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

I have so many great memories from this project. From the jokes, the cultural nights and complaining about walls to the trips and chilled moments, to the talks about solidarity and knowing how to get to a consensus in your team\u2026 There\u2019s just so much I could say about how much fun it was to be a part of this and how much I miss everyone that I could almost write a book. I came back home a different person. I gained skills, I met people, I learned a new language and got to know a lot of many different cultures.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

…<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

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…<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

The FITT team was amazing and they did everything to make sure we felt good during this project. They were always by our side and ready to help us if we needed a hand (or last-minute materials) and none of this would\u2019ve been possible without them. They were one of the main reasons this project was this successful.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

Ask me again. Would I repeat the experience? Definitely.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

Not only I gained skills and friends and a couch to sleep on in different countries, but I also gained a family.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u201d <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2013 Andreia Nunes, Portugal <\/span><\/h3>\n

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\u201e<\/span>\u201eIt was around eleven in the night when I finally arrived in Timisoara after two flights, a three hour stay at the Frankfurt airport and a four hour ride. I was so very tired and after my roommate brought me to my room for the next 40 days I had only the presence of mind to put on my pyjamas, wash my teeth and fall on my new bed.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

…<\/i><\/h3>\n

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The next day brought a warm sunny summer morning and an hour long walk to the Youth House. Looking back, I was so nervous and shy that first day, afraid of starting conversations with people who at the end of the project had become so very close to my heart. That first day, we painted our flag and because green and red with an yellow circle between them was kind of boring, the Portuguese decided to write \u201cwelcome\u201d in every language that would be spoken in the project. When the Portuguese girls walked around with our flag asking everyone \u201cDo you see your language here?\u201d was the moment I felt that this project could be a truly wonderful thing.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

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Training was strange for a lack of a better word. My team, which I now think it was surely the best ( I may be biased\u2026.) was still starting to know one another and fighting out how the work together. Still, when the training ended we weren\u2019t a proper team. Not yet. That would come later.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

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The first two weeks were hard, emotionally if not physically. On one hand, our centre was in such degraded state we could only wonder if we could even manage to finish on time. We didn\u2019t have a floor! That was always on the forefront of our minds and all we could talk about. Our conversations between us and with people of other teams always, every single time, ended in the same way: \u201cWe don\u2019t have a floor!\u201d. On the other hand, our community engagement wasn\u2019t very rewarding. We thought we were in a neighbourhood who didn\u2019t care about the work we were doing and didn\u2019t want to help. Through the next weeks, we found out just how wrong we really were.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

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The Red Team worked hard, so so hard. We stayed late on multiple occasions. We painted walls with only the lights from the FITT van to light our work. We would arrive at the dorms covered in paint and walls everyday. We built a floor. We spent three or four weeks working exclusively on the walls (we now hate walls). And we danced and sang while we did it. We had fun. And when the day came for our opening ceremony and we weren\u2019t expecting more than twenty people and suddenly we had seventy inside and out of our centre\u2026. Well, I haven\u2019t felt more proud.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

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However, no matter how proud I am of our work, what I treasure most about my time in Timisoara is our everyday lives. The dorms. The small stories that made our days brighter. The common meetings spent laughing. The fact that people who are now hundreds of kilometres away from me were just down the hall or in the floor below or above me. The dinners in the second floor kitchen. The gossip of what had happened that day in the others centres. Sharing our lives so we could compare the differences and similarities between all the countries. The nights spent in the yard, dancing and singing some more. I would do it all again, the hard work and the countless hours fixing walls, just so I could walk those halls one more time, saying good morning to everyone and attend one last morning spot.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n

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I will forever keep this project in my heart. The people I met are people whom I miss everyday. And I can only be grateful that I applied and was lucky enough to be accepted. And even that my heart broke when leaving Timisoara, even that sometimes I wake up expecting to see my roommate on the bed next to mine, I can take comfort in knowing that a piece of me was left behind in the walls of a youth centre behind the bazar and next to the school in Lipovei, Timi\u0219oara.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u201d <\/span><\/h3>\n

\u2013 Beatriz Botequilha, Portugal<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Youth Centres UP este un proiect finan\u021bat de Corpul European de Solidaritate<\/strong>, proiect care \u00ee\u0219i propune s\u0103 creeze noi spa\u021bii sigure<\/strong>, de exprimare \u0219i \u00eenv\u0103\u021bare pentru tineri. De asemenea, \u00een contextul \u00een care Timi\u0219oara va fi Capital\u0103 European\u0103 a Culturii \u00een 2021, avem nevoie de spa\u021bii unde tinerii s\u0103 se poat\u0103 exprima \u0219i dezvolta \u00een mod liber. Centrele de tineret de cartier<\/strong> vor fi spa\u021bii ale tuturor tinerilor, indiferent de identitate, preferin\u021be, sex, religie sau alte caracteristici. Proiectul \u00ee\u0219i propune, astfel, s\u0103 pun\u0103 bazele ca ele s\u0103 devin\u0103 spa\u021bii de comunicare \u00eentre tineri \u0219i comunitate, locul unde ei vin \u00eempreun\u0103 \u0219i (se) dezvolt\u0103.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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