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November 18, 2020

NGO Emailing: newsletters that deliver results

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This autumn our newsletter open rate has risen from around 30% to more than 40% – a result, which could be considered an achievement for any organization. Us being us, we have decided to share our insights with the community. Est. reading time: ~5 fruitful minutes How to increase the email open rate? Naturally, your decision whether to…

Active Youth
November 3, 2020

Volunteering in Italy During COVID? Mission “Possible”

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It all started as the great need for adventure. In early 2020, I got the email which changed my life. “Congratulations for a very successful application!” – and this is how I was selected for the ESC volunteering programme held in Italy, the small city in Puglia region called Orta Nova. Together with association “Beyond…

Active Youth
September 23, 2020

Empowerment Through Sports Heroes: Eduardas

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Our world is full of heroes. We witness them saving the world in epic stories and blockbuster movies. But there are also those who work tirelessly to create opportunities for the disadvantaged. Yet these are the heroes that the world doesn’t hear about too often. Why is that so? The answer is complex & unclear,…

Active Youth
September 3, 2020

Free sports events in Vilnius!

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Sport can be used in many ways. It can help you grow your personality, may offer career and even fame. However, used with a different intention, it can also foster inclusion and positive ties between people coming from different backgrounds. Think about it! Once we are in one sports team, suddenly all of our social…

Active Youth
June 12, 2020

“Woods of Wisdom” Volunteering Project

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The beginning This is a story about how a simple coincidence and right decision can change lifes. My name is Rasa, I am 29 years old, I am from Lithuania and I have a two year old son Matas. When I was 18 years old and I was graduating from school, together with my other…

Active Youth
May 13, 2020

Top 6 NGOs in Lithuania

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This post about NGOs in Lithuania was last updated in Dec 2023. This post is for those, who are either: 1) looking for a partner NGO; or 2) are willing to join an NGOs in Lithuania as staff/volunteers. First, what is an NGO? NGO in short is a non-governmental organization. It usually doesn’t seek profit…

Active Youth
March 31, 2020

Erasmus+ Youth Exchange “One Step Ahead”

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5 Lithuanians spent 11 amazing days in Erasmus+ project in Bulgaria, Bansko called ‘’One Step Ahead’’. They feel grateful about this opportunity to meet people from other countries (Malta, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Latvia, Romania and Croatia). Participants are more than sure that this kind of projects are the best opportunities for young people to…

Active Youth
March 17, 2020

Erasmus+ Training Course “Sports4life”

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Five international partners collaborated to join in Terceira Island (Azores-Portugal) 27 young trainers and coaches from Portugal, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Greece in an Eramus + Sport project. During an intensive training week, the youth group carried out a series of activities aimed at creating a support handbook for European coaches who work with young athletes…

Active Youth
March 6, 2020

Step Back From The Edge

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As we all know youth exchanges allows young people from different countries to meet, live together and work on shared projects for short period of time. And this is what we, a group of 4 girls (Renata, Adelė, Ugnė and Karolina) from Lithuania together with other youngsters from Romania, Turkey and Portugal did. On January…

Active Youth
February 21, 2020

Erasmus+ Training Course “Elan”

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ELAN is a training course where start-ups on social entrepreneurship was developed by 24 youths in Bucharest. European youth workers assisted at the intensive course of training about social entrepreneurship through the Entrepreneurship Learning in an Active Network (ELAN) project, co-financed by the Erasmus+ Programme. During the 8 days of training, the participants will learn…