The seminar on mentoring youth with fewer opportunities in Sofia was closed today

The participants’comments on the seminar and its organization were more than positive. Topics such responsibilities of a mentor of youth with fewer opportunities and the challenges that they face in their work were discussed during the seminar. There were discussions about the role of the mentor for the personal development of young people from a disadvantaged background. The methods included in the seminar were discussions, work in small groups, workshops, role play games. The active participation of the volunteers were stimulated by the following methods – “open space” и “world cafe”.

Most of the participants shared the opinion that the seminar had deepened their knowledge in the field and now the felt more secure when working with the target group. It became clear that the information and the work we did during the seminar fulfilled the possible lack of knowledge in some fields.

Another main goal of the seminar was to gather all the good practices shared by the participants in the topic and to organize them in a guide in mentoring youth with fewer opportunities. The guide will be in English. We have formed an international team to work on the guidebook, to design it and to print it in the next two months. End of January you can expect the guidebook published!

More photos and some comments from the participants you can find on the CVS Facebook page here.