Off Record
Esmeraldas is a wrap up. First community finished, down in the books. Now it’s documenting time- videos, audio, photos, and text. The question I ask myself is…
Vivimos para el esfuerzo que hacemos nosotros
Vivimos para el esfuerzo que hacemos nosotros Cuando pregunté a un joven ‘como percibe su rol como joven en la comunidad’, el me responsdió deciendo las palabras…
Building bridges – blindfolded
To be honest when this project was launched with a mind for working with youth aged 18 -25, I never really conceptualized a clear idea of what…
Identity Politics – some things just cannot be pinned down
I will often be the first to rant about the impossibility of defining an individual’s identity. Simplifying it to ethnicity, race, gender, religion and all that fun census stuff – does not quite cut it. The fact is that once you explore each of these further you realize that the boxes are not accommodating anymore.
Rainbow of Desire
What I have been feeling is perfectly normal. Wow this might be one of the first not projected statements I have written, and which now I am…
Lucha de Voces
When you start a journey, a 100 voices journey, to collect stories of people you have never met, whose homes you have never visited, and whose deepest…
Just not the traditional way
Some news: the project, in an official sense, has yet to begin. Yet were I might have once allowed this to bother me I feel oddly reassured…
RecrearAppy Kazan
Today is the last day of RecrearAppy Kazan and it’s almost the time to wrap up our project.This makes me sad, but also very excited for more…
Quoting project participants: Alsu
8 days of the workshop has passed. Few weeks ago I didn’t know anything about Recrear organization, I didn’t know exactly why I had agreed to take…
RecrearApply family
From the very beginning of the project we were saying that we are in Kazan to work. When the project participants were asking whether we had a…
Goodbye Chittagong!
After a glorious morning visiting Chittagong University, Kirsten, a lot of flip-charts and I went to catch a train back to Dhaka escorted by the super cool/efficient/extraordinaire…
Apply Nolan
It’s Saturday, and it is not so different that we will be going to the school this afternoon to deliver another workshop, but more crazy that I…
Transit Notes
I am 1 and a half hour in my 17 hours layover in Kolkata, India. This first hour has been eventful, but I have the strong sensation…
Quoting project participants: Marina
Now passed 4 classes Recrear. Unfortunately, I later joined the other participants and was afraid that I will have excess, but for nothing. organizers flexibly approached this…
Qouting project participants: Ksusha
I’m sitting at home today- unfortunately it’s the last day of my vacation – and enjoying of reading the Recrear’s Blog. I think about Nolan’s warring (ex:…
A message from the local coordinator!
Hello everyone! Im so thankful for RecrearApply which organized such wonderful workshop! It’s very necessary experience for me and I hope It will help me to reach…
Intercultural experience
It is only the third day of RecrearApply, but I feel I have known our project participants for ages. It’s amazing also because new people keep coming…
Recrear is not a joke
After a week of sharing Recrear’s vision, projects and internal organization with the management of YPSA, I am reminded forcefully that Recrear is not a joke. YPSA’s organizational…
Updates and Holiday Wishes
Hello again everyone, So we have now complete our first two days of Apply!Kazan and are working on material for day three now. The group we presented…
Day 1 impressions
So, glad to tell everyone: Fist session of Recrear Apply is finished and it was very fascinating! It sounds like some usual thing – first day of…