''The Key to Connection'' in Pandemic

Notes of pandemic

Written by Ilze Zirina

the coordinator of the project

This project met the challenge of Pandemic during the most important moment – after the first partner meeting when all the participants got on the same page, groups of young people were formed and everybody was excited to experience the Kick Off Seminar in Latvia.....

....March, 2020.

Latvian National team was excited to welcome international partners for Kick Off Seminar. It was supposed to happen in Rauna, Latvia, March 31 – April 4, 2020. The facilitators were more than ready: the avio tickets – bought, accommodation– organized, young people – ready to participate and meet international guests. In March 11, 2020 concerns about the the Covid 19 attack was so high that we seriously considered about the cancelation of the meeting in Latvia. And in March 12, the seminar in Latvia was canceled.

What’s next?!

Everybody confused and full of concerns.

We came together on zoom platform April 3 to agree in next moves.

We resisted digital platform. Some more than others. We all agreed that the essence of the project is about being together – physically in one room and time. Besides we were sceptical about kinesthetic learning on digital platform.

Greece was more ready to start looking for new ways to connect through digital platform than rest of us. But... it took long and painful time till pandemic broke us and we started to look for digital tools.

We did extension for the project 2 times. Final changes – we extended as far as we could – until December 31, 2021.