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World Press Freedom Day

Let's spread this poster and express our freedom of speech and support our friends who can't simply do the same, like in the Ukraine.
Loesje in Latin America
Loesje International Series of the Month (April 2014)

If you haven't seen the new series yet, have a look and spread the word (uh...the poster)

www.loesje.org/posters
Loesje sticking posters in Belgium

For several days Loesje went to Belgium to do some serious poster sticking. Of course our friends from Loesje Belgium were all present, the sun was shining big time and so were we We started in Brussels on International Woman's day and the first poster put on a garbage pin, namely “Sexual liberation / were did we stop last time / the grandma of”, immediately drew a lot of attention. TV Brussels even filmed our poster and asked if they could have one for themselves. Fortunately we didn't have a shortage of them. We were sticking around old buildings, parks, statues, markets and even in the street full embassies. The poster “Confusion of Tongues / I call it European poetry” will surely raise some eyebrows just as we like it. Besides sticking posters there was also time for stories, special drinks and hanging around in old churches and cafés.

When we finally arrived in Gent, we spotted a poster from 1883. Yeah I know. One century too early, but it looked like an old painting. Later on we found out that our Loesje friend from Gent did stick this one some years ago at night. We had a great day in Gent, though we had to escape the police several times, because they were on the hunt for something and the posters were directing them to Loesje people, but we all knew how to behave like tourists, so when the police came we immediately brought out or camera's and took pictures of the old buildings around us.
Oh, and not to forget: In Gent there is one tavern which looks so mysterious that you think you have entered a different age. The owner looks like some old magician who tries to pull you in and will only let you out in a different world. A really cool thing is that he made us stick a lot of Loesje posters in front of his tavern. Not bad hè.

Ok that's it for now but there are more adventures on the horizon.
Europäischen Freiwilligendienst in Frankreich

Ein Jahr voller abenteuerlicher Ereignisse habe ich im Rahmen des EFD in Frankreich erlebt. In Poitiers habe ich in einem Appartement im studentischen Wohnheim zusammen mit zwei Freiwilligen aus Spanien gewohnt. Zur Arbeit bin ich etwa 20 Minuten zu Fuß durch eine hügelige und romantische Landschaft gegangen. Zu meinen Aufgaben im Regionalen Informationszentrum für Jugendliche (CRIJ) gehörte die Betreuung des Empfangs und die Information des Publikums rund um die Wohnungssuche, Ausgehmöglichkeiten, Suche nach Mobilitätsprogrammen im Ausland…

Außerdem habe ich viele Dokumentationsrecherchen im Internet gemacht und Datenbanken gepfelgt. Ich habe bei verschiedenen Foren von meinen Erfahrungen als Freiwillige erzählt. Was mir auch viel Freude gemacht hat war, dass ich meinen Kollegen in der Region Poitou-Charentes bei verschiedenen Veranstaltungen mit Partnern von meiner Organisation assistieren konnte. Auf diese Weise habe ich einen umfassenden Überblick über die Funktion der CRIJ bekommen. Die Kollegen waren sehr hilfsbereit und haben mir viel Zeit gewidmet, damit ich einen Überblick über die Arbeitsbereiche jedes einzelnen Mitarbeiters bekomme.
Darüber hinaus hatte ich einen Tutor an meiner Seite und eine Sprachunterstützung ein Mal pro Woche.

Da Poitiers eine Universitätsstadt ist, in der mehr als 20 % der Bevölkerung Studenten ausmachen, konnte ich dank der Studentischen Initiative Méli Mélo an vielen Ausflügen mit Erasmus Studenten teilnehmen, wie z. B. Latino- oder Polyglotabende, Exkursionen durch die Umgebung oder private Partys. In meiner Freizeit habe ich die Atlantikküste entdeckt, wo ich das bekannte Aquarium in La Rochelle oder den sehr bekannten Zoo in Palmyr besucht habe. Außerdem habe ich mithilfe von couchsurfing die Cote d´Azur bereist.
Dieses Jahr hat mein Leben in persönlicher und beruflicher Hinsicht sehr bereichert. Ich habe viele herzliche und sehr interessante Menschen kennen gelernt und habe meinen Horizont erweitert.

Ich empfehle es sehr, sich zu trauen neue Kulturen

und Lebensweisen im Ausland zu entdecken, da man dort viel lernt und man mit seinen Aufgaben wächst.

Daria
Creative writing session with Loesje

Call for people in the Netherlands: We will do a series of great Loesje-workshops in English in Nijmegen! The first workshop will be on tuesday 18th March and the following one on thursday 27 March. Spread the word and join! See details in the picture and sign in
Loesje International Series of the Month (March 2014)

www.loesje.org/posters
Nieuwe posterserie: Maart 2014

Hupsakee, vier nieuwe posters erbij.
Do it right. A training for Trainers in Human Rights education. Call for participants

This is the training course where you can develop your trainer competencies

in working with Human Rights Education on national and international level!

Objectives:

■ Developing trainers’ knowledge and compe-

tencies in key concepts of Human Right Educa-

tion with young people.

■ Reviewing and addressing essential compe-

tencies, skills and attitudes for a trainer when

working with Human Rights Education in non-

formal learning setting.

In this training:

■ An analysis of the competencies, skills and values of

trainers working with Human Rights Education.

■ Practical workshops on essential skills and attitudes

for trainers.

■ A review of the evolution of Human Rights Education

in Europe and the present challenges that it faces.

■ Opportunities to share experiences and challenges

of developing Human Rights education in formal and

non-formal education settings.

General information

■Dates: April 16-25, 2014.

■Location: Armenia, city of Dilijan.

■The working language is English.

■36 Participants from 12 countries.

■Only for people from:

Finland, Armenia, Egypt,

Macedonia, Palestine, Hungary, Ukraine, Italy,

The Netherlands. Latvia, Germany, Serbia.

Financial conditions

■Accommodation and catering are fully covered.

■70% Reimbursement of travel expenses.

Travel reimbursement

Expenses for accommodation and catering,

as well as 70 percent* of your travel costs

are covered with financial support from

Youth in Action programme of the European

Union.

About the organisation

Loesje is an international network of young, creative citi-

zens organised in both local informal groups and national

associations. It is also a “Dutch girl” who so-to-say signs all

the posters. The foundation ‘Loesje International’ was founded

in the Netherlands, and has its international office in Berlin.

The Loesje network’s main focus areas are culture and crea-

tive expression; human rights and democracy; international

peace, tolerance and the fight against racism and xenophobia;

environmental protection and climate change and internation-

al as well as personal development. With the posters Loesje

inspires people to reflect, take action and form their own

opinions. As well as this, Loesje develops inspiring projects

which create space for the participants to develop and express

their ideas, thoughts and opinions, and offer opportunities to

disseminate the results to a wider audience, both locally and

internationally.

Deadline: 28th February

For more information and for the application form contact: martina@loesje.org
Sticking the International Series of the Month

Sometime...somewhere.