"It's a Council of Europe-funded project, but it does tally with the work I'm doing at The NYA," she explained. "The aim is to inform these young people of their fundamental rights, because many don't realise they have any. These would include access to services, the right to have an education and rights of equality set out by the United Nations. We wanted not only to give them that knowledge, but to train them to act as community advocates with other young people."
The Budapest event, a four-day residential, followed up the UK October event that was attended by young people from 11 different countries. Becky said: "The training programme proved to be quite innovative as it combined informal learning, looking at the ways different cultures can be shared, with interactive methods, using music, art and drama. That way, we could overcome a lot of language barriers."
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