📌 Project Type: Erasmus+ Youth Exchange
📅 Activity Dates: 11 – 22 November 2025 (including travel days)
📅 Application Deadline: Ongoing – early applications have higher chances!
📍 Venue: KulturHaus, Osterholz-Scharmbeck (Bremen, Germany)
👥 Participants: Young people aged 18–30
🌍 Eligible Countries: 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
✨ About the Project
EnCourage 5 is more than a youth exchange — it’s a mythic adventure! Inspired by Greek mythology and Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey, this program invites you to step into your own story of courage, transformation, and growth.
Through interactive workshops, creative storytelling, and outdoor activities, you’ll draw wisdom from Athena, courage from Hercules, and guidance from Hermes while discovering your inner hero. ⚡
🎯 Activities & Learning
- 🌿 Outdoor adventures (12–72 hours in nature – safe & guided)
- 🎭 Creative storytelling & mythology-inspired workshops
- 🔥 Community building & personal reflection sessions
- 🗣️ Intercultural dialogue & teamwork activities
- 🌍 Opportunities to design and implement your own mini-projects
👤 Participant Profile
This youth exchange is for you if you are:
- 18–30 years old from the listed countries
- Interested in personal growth, storytelling & mythology
- Open to spending time in nature 🌿
- Curious, creative, and eager to explore outside your comfort zone
- Facing fewer opportunities or with little/no international experience
- Able to speak basic English
🏠 Accommodation, Food & Costs
- Accommodation in shared rooms 🏡
- Meals fully covered 🍲
- Travel reimbursed up to the Erasmus+ limit ✈️
- Participation is free of charge, funded by Erasmus+
📥 Application Info
📝 Apply here: Application Form
🔗 More info: Infopack
Organised by Ideenhochdrei e.V., an independent NGO creating innovative learning experiences for sustainable development and youth empowerment.
