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Working with Older Volunteers in Manual Intergenerational Projects elderly guided the young without being patronising. At the same time the elderly were surprised that the young made suggestions regarding further procedures, which the elderly had not thought of before and willingly accepted. The adolescents in Oberhausen were particularly impressed that they were officially allowed to call the senior citizens by their first names. The elderly welcomed this rule as well, since it contributed to the reduction of reservations on both sides. The adolescents were proactive and helped out wherever necessary. This was probably due to the fact that the pupils themselves benefited from the projects and therefore had a direct personal interest in them. In interviews the elderly repeatedly emphasised how committed and enthusiastic the adolescents were at work. Vice versa the adolescents were impressed how agile and, as one pupil put it, “in good shape” the elderly were despite their considerable age (the oldest participant was aged 84) and how well they managed to perform hard physical labour. This “agility” was also proved in a spontaneous intergenerational football match during a work break. The enthusiasm and proactiveness of all voluntary participants must be explicitly emphasised. The participating teachers also commented on the very positive course of the week. According to them they had never seen the pupils so enthusiastic. Furthermore, they pointed out the educational value of the project week in terms of the development of technical as well as social skills. One teacher in Oberhausen said, for instance, that the involved pupils were soon to leave school and the project work helped to reduce their fears regarding contact with “adults”. With regard to the elderly, the integration of children and adolescents had an educational value beyond the “method” of Exchange Prague/Zbraslav, after work party - using the new garden promoting communication. The majority of elderly participants in Prague and all of the elderly in the other three exchanges confirmed that they had gained new experiences in contact with the young, although all participants had been involved with younger people before the <strong>TRAMP</strong> project (for example with grandchildren, friends, neighbours, via the voluntary project work in the home countries etc.). As I said in the final discussion on the first day of the Conference, the increase in senior citizens is enormous. In my country, Portugal, the Social Security frightens us with statements such as this: “Nowadays we have one person working for one retired person, in the next 20-30 years the relation will be one working for two retired…” It will be the end of the Social State… Well, we can’t be so pessimistic and nor should we dig our heads in the sand. All of society must work together (young and old people), the problem is important to all of us and we need to find a way to solve the problem. I would venture to advise the European Commission to implement policies to protect all members of society and, regarding us “elderly people”, to maintain the support of all the initiatives which concern us. Elderly people are very important for this experience, they are patient and good mediators in conflict situations; young people can provide new ideas, new skills and tools and new technologies. Someone once said: “Alone I can do nothing, together the world is ours”. Pedro Pimenta, Travel Agents, Porto Final Report 35
<strong>TRAMP</strong> – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe Following these encounters all participants noted the extraordinary experience that should be spread among the elderly that “Europe does not belong to the younger generation alone” and that “there should be more intergenerational work” in order to erase those artificial divisions between generations. The young people are supposed to learn something from the elderly, but the young should also be allowed to teach the elderly, for example about new technologies or about their view of social developments. After all, they are the generation that will govern the world of tomorrow and beyond. Joël Jamet, Culture et Liberté, Paris 36 Part 1 The cooperation between the generations proceeded so well that in two cases senior citizens from Germany and the Czech Republic invited some of the youths to visit them in their home country. Since then, a group of German pupils has been to visit Prague; a further visit is planned for 2010. The inclusion of adolescents as language mediators proved very meaningful. In order to further improve this in future, the adolescents should be more intensely prepared for their assignment. In terms of manual work the cooperation between old and young was unproblematic and it was obvious that both sides benefited from it. Since intergenerational cooperation proved to be particularly encouraging in terms of communication, it is highly recommended that the concept of intergenerational cooperation is retained during such exchanges. The concept to conduct project work so that adolescents have a personal interest in (especially improvements of schoolyards) has proved successful. Evaluation of Pupils of the Harkort school Concerning the Participation in Practical Projects Preliminary remark: the questions were asked in order to examine whether the projects can serve as preparation for a future job. 41 students replied. (The difference regarding the usually mentioned 31 is due to the inclusion of students that only attended sporadically). Overall assessment: Very good Good Satisfactory Bad Very bad 21 13 5 1 1 Isolated questions: Question Yes No The event helped me to get to know my own strengths and weaknesses 29 12 The event helped me in my thoughts on a future job The event gave me an insight into everyday working life (e.g. 19 21 within the scope of an internship or training position) 30 10
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