{"id":11937,"date":"2025-09-29T15:51:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/?page_id=11937"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:57:38","slug":"ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"project-tile\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 140px; object-fit: contain; margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D&#39;http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg&#39;%20width=&#39;_w_&#39;%20height=&#39;_h_&#39;%20viewBox%3D&#39;0%200%20_w_%20_h_&#39;%2F%3E\" data-czlz data-src=\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg\" alt=\"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia\" \/><i>Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia: Preserving Stories of Change for the Present and Future <\/i>was a 12\u2011month youth\u2011led solidarity initiative based in Trnava, Slovakia. It empowered Ukrainian and local youth through art therapy, creative writing, and digital storytelling to promote empathy, inclusion, and European values. The project aimed to challenge stereotypes, foster active citizenship, and create innovative resources for youth workers and organisations.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative combined non\u2011formal learning activities with digital outputs. It offered 7 art therapy workshops for children (8\u201316) and a 6\u2011part creative writing course for older youth (17+), helping participants develop self\u2011expression, confidence, and intercultural understanding. Alongside these activities, the team produced 10 multilingual video interviews documenting the experiences of Ukrainian youth, complemented by a social media campaign to reach a broader audience.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its digital transformation focus, the project developed and published narrative game assets on itch.io, turning creative concepts and story arcs into open\u2011source materials for future development. Methodological guides were also created to support youth workers in replicating integration\u2011focused activities.<\/p>\n<h4>Key outcomes<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Seven art therapy workshops and a six\u2011part creative writing course empowering local and migrant youth.<\/li>\n<li>Ten multilingual video interviews published on YouTube documenting Ukrainian youth experiences.<\/li>\n<li>Public release of narrative game assets and workshop methodologies for youth workers.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthened social cohesion and validated learning outcomes through Youthpass certificates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Useful links<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0056b3;\"><strong>Instagram:<\/strong><\/span> <a style=\"color: #0056b3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tretiekolo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@tretiekolo<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0056b3;\"><strong>YouTube Playlist:<\/strong><\/span> <a style=\"color: #0056b3;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zODpWt0PO5w&amp;list=PLllG8yv27fLsmrmDdsVznvSfn0q7mn-50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch interviews<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia: Preserving Stories of Change for the Present &#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11937","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia - European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia - European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia: Preserving Stories of Change for the Present ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T13:57:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/\",\"name\":\"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia - European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-29T13:51:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-29T13:57:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/\",\"name\":\"European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia - European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia - European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog","og_description":"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia: Preserving Stories of Change for the Present ...","og_url":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/","og_site_name":"European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog","article_modified_time":"2025-09-29T13:57:38+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/","url":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/","name":"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia - European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-29T13:51:04+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-29T13:57:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/KO.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/ukrainian-youth-in-slovakia-preserving-stories-of-change-for-the-present-and-future\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ukrainian Youth in Slovakia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/","name":"European Dialogue - Europsky Dialog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11946,"href":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11937\/revisions\/11946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/europskydialog.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}