Programme and abstracts - GIH

etter support young people to appreciate nature and the outdoors, particularly those living inurban areas.Title:Yes, we can – and … we want to!Author/s:Johan Reinert, bsj Marburg, Germany.Abstract:Neubrandenburg, a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in february 2013:During a conference at the university, dealing with the theme „inclusion of people withdisabilities“ some of the members of the “network inclusion `Stettiner Haff`” (“InkaHa”) arepresenting the aims and criteria of their project. The audience consists of students of socialcourses, representatives of different authorities, teachers and other persons, who areinterested in the issue – all in all over 200 people are sitting in the lecture room. The speakerson the conference are professors of Germany and Switzerland, a staff member of theuniversity, and … “InkaHa”-members with and without handicap! The presentation is a resultof one year of intensive cooperation and working partnership. From the beginning onadventurous methods and experiental learning were important and necessary means toenable their self-confidental and self-supportive resources.These resources can be important“keys” to support their “owners” to be equal members of society – even in an urbansurrounding. They can help to make people – with AND without disabilities – strong enough tolive their own lifes and to fulfil their own ideas! In this seminar the origin, development andexperiences of the project “InkaHa” will be described and discussed. Possibilities to useexperiential and adventurous methods to reach self-strengthening results will be explainedand practicably proved.35