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Bringing the young and old together
— how to connect international youth work with intergenerational practice | | Author(s) | Michael Teffel |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 15, no 2, 2011 |
| Pages | pp 53-57 |
| Source | http://www.pierprofessional.com/wwopflyer/index.ht.. |
| Keywords | Age groups [elderly] ; Young people ; Personal relationships ; Social work ; Projects ; International ; Germany. |
| Annotation | This case study describes the efforts of the Kreisau-Initiative (KI) based in Berlin, Germany, to connect the field of international youth work with intergenerational approaches. The study describes three projects of the KI, illustrating the general background of the intergenerational projects, discussing opportunities and challenges, and highlighting some of the implications for practitioners. When offering international exchange projects for people of all ages, the paper made one interesting finding - it is more difficult to find younger people (aged 50 and younger) to take part in such activities than seniors. From this case study the author learned that every project which aims to foster intergenerational dialogue needs a topic in which every participant (both young and old) is interested - it should be connected to them and to their daily lives. For organisations which would like to work both intergenerationally and internationally, it is difficult to obtain funding as there are only a few funds supporting international meetings for people of all ages. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-111220001 A |
| Classmark | BB: SB: DS: IG: 3E: 72: 767 |
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