Food 4 Thought III - Youth Exchange in Lombardia, Italy

Malta UNESCO Youth Association is looking for participants to participate in the below youth exchange to take place in July in the Lombardia region in Italy. 

Themes:
Food, Environment, Healthy Lifestyle, Intercultural Learning 
 
General Description
 
This will be the 3rd Edition of Food for Thought. Two previous youth exchanges were held in Italy. One held in Torino in 2009 and another in Passignano sul Trasimeno in August 2012. For the 3rd Edition will be hosted in the Region of Lombardia (region of which Milano is Capital) as in  2015  the World  EXPO  will  be  in Milan  and  the  themes  of  the  EXPO  are  Nutrition  and  Healthy Lifestyle.

Objectives

• Provide the participants with an intercultural learning experience
• Increase knowledge about food from different countries
• Break stereotypes relating to culinary traditions
• Inspire the participants to develop a passion for cooking
• Learn from each other using food as an educational tool
• Provide  the  participants  with  skills  to  be  able  to  understand  basic  nutrition  (i.e.  understanding packaging, energy values in food, etc.)

Group preparation and participant involvement 
 
Prior to the project the national groups will be provided different preparation tasks: 
 

• Preparing a menu to teach other participants for their International Night
• Creating a presentation of the traditional food of their country
• Creating a small sketch about eating and other environmental problems in their country (means to be decided by each group)

Dates:
19th - 29th July, 2013

Details: 
Group Size: 5 participants + 1 leader  per country. 
Age: 18 ‐ 25 yesrs old.
Location: Monte Campione, on the Alps close to Milan

Conditions:
Travel will be reimbursed up to 70% as long as the 100% of the travel costs are within the budget allocated for Malta. 
Food and accommodation will be provided. 
An administration fee to MUYA of 10 EUR may apply 
A participation fee of EUR 25 to the host organisation applies. 

Application form: 
Fill in the application form found at the link below and send it to [email protected] by the 20th of June 2013

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