Empowerment – Living Diversity in Germany and Israel

Krembo Wings – Creating a Place for Everyone

LivDiv — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 08:00:58 +0000

Krembo Wings is the only inclusive youth movement in Israel for children and youth with and without disabilities, providing weekly social activities for young people with all types of mental and physical disabilities together with their able-bodied peers. Established in 2002, Krembo Wings has sixty-five branches across Israel, and welcomes thousands of young people aged...

“Plan Together – Experience Exchange!” Practical Guidebook for German-Israeli Youth Exchange Has Been Released

LivDiv — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 11:18:04 +0000

As part of the new Practical Guidebook for German-Israeli Youth Exchange, Volume II (Methods for diversity-conscious education and encounters) now invites experts in German-Israeli exchange and educational work to consciously choose methodological approaches for their exchange projects that address the diversity of the individual and collective background of young people from both countries. It combines...

Your Story Moves! II – Learning About the Other Is Learning About Ourselves

iliraaliai — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:25:31 +0000

Nothing can connect people like a whole week spent together, travelling around the country and sharing life stories! Young people in Germany and Israel have diverse cultural, religious and national identities. Many of them come from families with a migration story or have experienced migration themselves. Under the motto “Your Story Moves!” a group of...

Your Story Moves! I – German-Israeli Youth Exchange Connects and Creates Shared Experiences

LivDiv — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:55:45 +0000

Twenty young adults from Germany and Israel met between October 8 and 14 for a first exchange program in Israel as part of the project „Living Diversity in Germany and Israel – Challenges and Perspectives for Education and Youth Exchange“. It is organized and run by ConAct – Coordination Center German-Israeli Youth Exchange and the...

Diversity Through the Camera Lense

LivDiv — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:15:19 +0000

Both the German and the Israeli societies grow in a wide variety of narratives, stories, identities and backgrounds. Be it a cultural one, religious, ethnic, social or gender related. These topics are tackled in various forms through literature, music, politics and more. In both countries these themes have made their way onto the big screen...