IULY-AUGUST

Padis Camp

The teenagers from the Day Center and a group of 24 Scottish people from Lewis Isle involved in the programs of The Duke of Edinburgh Award participated in a camp. The camp was in the Padis Mountains from the 30th of July to the 6th of August.

During the camp we had various cultural activities, all sort of games about the cultural identity and diversity, about the similarities and the differences between the two cultures.

The camp program also included hiking and visiting the caves from that area, orientation games, daily discussion about educative and spiritual topics and an evening with Scottish songs, dances and food.

The theme of the camp was SURVIVAL. We chose this theme to be in agreement with the mountain surroundings, with the activities organised by the Mountain Rescue representatives and with the challenges that a teenager must face through this troubled times. During the discussion times, we tried to discover together how to survive fear, inferiority complex, failures and arguments with the parents and how to survive peer pressure.
At the end of the camp we organised a fair where the teenagers could buy what they liked, but instead of money we used points they got all through the week for discipline, for being on time at the activities and for their involvement.
For the Romanian and Scottish teenagers, all these activities were unforgettable experiences that helped their personal growth and helped them create new relationships, with a positive impact on their lives.