'Unity in Diversity' is an EU funded youth exchange project involving a total of 56 youths from 6 different countries: Malta, Hungary, Turkey, Belgium, Ukraine and Armenia.

The Emergency Response and Rescue Corps of Gozo developed the idea for this project with the collaboration of other organisations which also work in the youth sector.

The ERRC said that the project involves young people from both EU and non EU member states who come together to participate in a number of activities that are both interesting and educational.

This project aims to motivate disabled persons and young people with fewer opportunities to take part in activities in order to promote healthy living, active participation in society and social inclusion.

These 56 individuals will consist of 7 young people with special needs and 35 youths with fewer opportunities who will come together at a camping site in Dwejra, Gozo, to implement this project. This project will also involve 7 accompanying persons and another 7 group leaders.

The ERRC said that the main themes of this exchange are to develop more awareness on the need for social inclusion of persons with some form of disability and those with fewer opportunities and to promote active citizenship and mutual understandings of different cultures.

The main activities will include a mixture of outdoor activities, workshops and discussions, and culinary nights, presentations and tutorials which are all intended to promote the main themes of this project.

The project, which is taking place between the 18th and 23rd of August, will seek to help young people to understand better the concept of solidarity because they will have to work together and assist each other in order to obtain the desired result, the ERRC said.

During this project the young people will also be involved in a voluntary experience where they will offer assistance to another organisation.

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