Team Tornado video from the time in Estonia

Case studies

Case 1

Jessica (20) is an exchange student from Cuba. Last year she started her IT studies in Tallinn Technical University, Estonia. Back home Jessica was an extremely active young lady. Her hobbies were singing, football and charity projects. To find new friends in Estonia, Jessica decided to join a local football club. From the very beginning everybody stared at her because of her exotic appearance. Always sunny Jessica decided not to pay attention to the strange behaviour of the team mates. Unfortunately things became worse. The football team mates started to insult Jessica by using rude vocabulary, and they started to ignore her at training. Jessica is very unhappy and does not know what to do.

• What should Jessica and others do to be accepted to the team?

Criteria

Solution of the problem

Originality and creativity

Teamwork

Presentation

Use of IT

Case 2

Riina and Georg’s daughter Mari is studying abroad. Mari was born when her parents were not in the first youth. They are retired by now and have always been very conservative. The farthest trips they have ever made were to Latvia. They talk to Mari approximately once a month on phone and are happy about their daughter as it seems she likes studying there and is satisfied with her life. They never ask extra questions. But Mari has fallen in love with a Japanese guy. They have known each other for two years by now and have decided to come to Estonia together to see Mari’s parents. Unfortunately, Mari does not know how to present this news to her parents because she is absolutely convinced it will be very difficult for them to accept her Japanese boyfriend. Therefore she has put it off to tell her parents that there are two of them coming.

• What are Mari’s opportunities to solve the problem?

Criteria

Solution of the problem

Originality and creativity

Teamwork

Presentation

Use of IT

Case 3

Adanya is a five-year-old girl living in Estonia with her parents. She is really black and very different from Estonian kids. Her father’s name is Ola and her mother is called Folami. They are Nigerians. Her father has got a job here in Estonia. But her mother is still unemployed. Adanya has been to an Estonian kindergarten for nine months by now. She understands quite a lot what her playmates tell her in Estonian and she can even speak Estonian a little. She is a friendly girl and gets on well with her playmates and in the kindergarten everybody wants to play with her. She was very happy until the day she heard everybody discussing a birthday party they had taken part in. The first time she did not realise she had been the only one who had not been invited. From there on she heard about the fascinating birthday parties in fancy places almost every month. She became sad and did not want to play with the children. Finally kindergarten teachers found her crying alone in her bed because of that.

• How could people around Adanya help her?

Criteria

Solution of the problem

Originality and creativity

Teamwork

Presentation

Use of IT

The second day. Team Tornado

Today we, Team Tornado, we were hiking somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Estonia :)

We saw a lot of things during this trip, a lot of trees, green and white lakes and went up a big tower which is the highest point of North-Estonia. Then we went to a fish farm that also has a big, fluffy seal :)

Later on we went to visit an Accommodation Centre for Asylum Seekers in a forest near the Jaama village. There we got a lot of information about people searching for asylums.

Then we went to the AQVA spa and had a lot of fun there.We were swimming, talking, sauning, sliding, laughing :) Some people missed that and now they have small depression and we are not joking now :( (Anastasiia and Sigmar (c))

We can't  wait for tomorrow!!! xD Case studies and especially bowling and pizzaaaaaaa.This night everybody should practice their singing O_o 

See you!

Our not so friendly friend the fluffy seal

The Tornado in the wild

(also by the lake)

Us with lovely social worker from the Asylum

The team TORNADO

Hi guys this is team number 1 which we named team  

TORNADO. 

We come from different countries, which include Lithuania, Finland, Iceland, Latvia and Estonia.

Our names are Simona, Anastasiia, Sigmar Ingi, Aušrinė and Raigo.

And we are looking forward to the future of this project :)

We had a great day, which was full of information about racism. Also we had a lot of activities, like we visited the Rakvere castle, and saw the famous bull statue

Video From Estonia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWpy4X6sWZI&feature=youtu.be

Essay from Estonia

Throwing Away Prejudices of Racism 

Racism is discrimination of other people because of their skin colour, language, customs, place of birth or any other factor that supposedly reveals the origin of the person. The main reason why people have prejudices is that they do not have experience, they are not familiar with people who are different from the mainstream and they believe that other people behave wrong from what they presume. 

Due to Estonian recent history, some people from the older generation have a negative attitude towards Russians. However, most people accept that nation. This is also the background reason why we are careful about immigration and problems that it may accompany. Nevertheless, we can say that Estonians are not very racist, especially young and educated Estonians, who understand that new and different is not always bad. Why? Because we have had opportunities to study with students from other countries, they study in Estonia, and some of our young people go abroad as exchange students. And thanks to Erasmus we can go and do our training abroad, it is becoming more and more popular. I can say that my friends and the people I know are not racists. Many of them have been exchange students or have experience in working in other countries. Nowadays it seems to be popular to have a friend from another race or culture. 

The main reason why prejudices of racism decrease is globalisation that causes cultural integration and increases tolerance. Equally, movies have important role in the process. Who would not love Morgan Freeman or Jackie Chan? 

In conclusion we can say that prejudices of races are disappearing. There are many reasons, such as globalisation, educational exchange and entertainment media. I can claim that being a racist is not popular in Estonia and educated people know other cultures and accept them. 

Self presentation - Estonia

Hi, my name is Raigo Lepp and I am 21 years old. I live Estonia and I attend Lääne-Viru College, where I am studying social work in the first course. I have great sense of humour and I like company of open minded people. My hobbies are working out and writing. I also like researching some of the social problems that have the most impact on children and families. Without acknowledging the problem, there will be no change.

Hi there! My name is Riina. I`m  a second year student and I study Business Administration in Lääne-Viru Collage. I’m a vice president of student union. My hobbies are football, volleyball and singing. Also I love helping people in need.

Hey! My name is Martin and I'm 21 years old. I recently started studying Business Management  in Lääne-Viru College. On my free time I like to hang out with friends and play football or volleyball. Also I like to meet new people.

Hello dear Nordplus project participants!

Mobility 5

May 4-8

Theme: Throwing away prejudices of racism

It is time to start preparing for the 5th mobility of our Nordplus project. The fifth mobility will take place in Estonia. This time you will visit Lääne-Viru College http://www.lvrkk.ee/index.php/et/, which is in Mõdriku (address: Tiigivahe tee 2, Mõdriku, Vinni vald, 46609, Lääne-Viru Maakond, Estonia).

Accommodation for all students and teachers from Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland:

Lääne-Viru College dormitory (address Rohuaia 12, 44308 Rakvere). Dormitory is situated in center of Rakvere and due to the location, public library, theatre, sport center and waterpark are within a walking distance and students can also enjoy cultural and recreational activities offered by the city.

Accommodation for Finnish teachers:

AQVA Hotel & Spa http://www.aqvahotels.ee/en/contact/kontakt

Please don't forget to do your homework (essay, video clip), which have to be posted into theblog. More information about the project week you will be available in a few weeks.

Directions:

 

To get to Tallinn bus station from  Tallinn airport:

By bus:

The bus stops are located on floor 0, i.e. by the car park that is located at the front of the airport, next to the so-called lower entrance. From bus stop 1, bus route no. 2 departs towards the city centre. Tickets can be bought from the bus driver when entering the bus. If you buy the ticket on the bus, it costs 1.60 EUR

By taxy:

For a €5-10 trip to the centre, we strongly advise you use one of Tallinn Airport`s contractual taxi partners, which are Tulika Takso, Tallink Takso and Tulika Business. The taxis of these companies will wait for passengers at the front of the terminal.

To get to Rakvere from Tallinn by bus :

Bus times: http://www.tpilet.ee/en/timetable/tallinn/rakvere

To get to Mõdriku from Rakvere: (someone will be there to meet you in Rohuaia dormitory and show you to the bus station).

Bus times: http://www.tpilet.ee/en/timetable/rakvere/15965?

Maps:

Tallinn-Rakvere-Mõdriku

https://www.google.ee/maps/dir/Tallinn,+Tallinna+linn/Rakvere,+Rakvere+linn/M%C3%B5driku,+L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Viru+maakond/@59.3846056,25.309733,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m20!4m19!1m5!1m1!1s0x46929499df5616bf:0x400b36d18fc6270!2m2!1d24.7535746!2d59.4369608!1m5!1m1!1s0x469375d2d183e92b:0x400b36d18fc6760!2m2!1d26.365315!2d59.3465821!1m5!1m1!1s0x46937710dc882aad:0xa00b36f6fe5e510!2m2!1d26.456339!2d59.3068069!3e0

 

Weather forecast: http://weather.ee/rakvere/

 

See you soon in Estonia! 

Best Regards

Laivi Annus-Anijärv

Case studies

Group I  //  FANTATASTIC
http://www.slideshare.net/Nordplusprojekti/case-study-45582052


Goup II  //  NORD WOLFS
http://www.slideshare.net/Nordplusprojekti/the-plan-45582227
http://youtu.be/ZP0JXWz2beQ


Group III  // MELYNA AUGU DAMEN

http://www.slideshare.net/Nordplusprojekti/melyna-augu-damen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhzvZjScKlM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ASaK4Owos

Team Fantatastic in the morning

Good morning or good day everybody :)

So today is our day in school, we have no trips to participate in action like we did yesterday :( But dont worry, we still have things to do (like stare in monitor and prettend we are working, jk). 

Right now we are still kinda sleepy, yet our team work is going on nicely :)

Day 2 for team Fantatastic

Hi again :)

Today we did a lot of charity work. We went to 2 places: one of them was charity shop Otrā Elpa - it was about doing basic work for clothes shop but there was main difference that all the clothes were donated by people. We just separated them by the one's worth selling and the one's who they were going to give to others in need. 

This is us in work

Also we went to Samaritans Group flat, where we helped with the renovation. We also learned who live in that flat, and how they learn to live by themselfes. We helped with wallpaper and in the kitchen we peeled off some tape from the walls after repainting (after group North Wolf painted them). 

It was "hard" work

Good work is team work

Melyna Augu Damen

We had a lot fun today :) 

First we worked on our presentation. At the beginning we had 4 girls but we founded relay nice guys to help us out and they also balanced our team.

After preparing our case study we went to a charity shop called “ Otra Elpa”.

We had several activities  - sorting  donations and pricing  the products. 

We are hoping that tomorrow will be even greater day :)

Melyna Augu Damen

We are all enjoying Riga. Walking in the downtown we discovered so many awesome places. This city has a lot to offer.

Right now we want to wish good night to everybody :)

Day 1 for group No. 1

Hi, guys! 

We are the best crew in whole the world... we hope so... :) 

Some of us came to Riga yesterday, someone has been living there for almost 19 years. We all came from different countries (Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, Iceland, Estonia). We all are different, but we have a common aim: to take part in the International project "Nordplus" 

That's how we look when we are taking part in some action

 

Today we were separeted into the groups and started our mission. :D 

That's all for today, we are looking for tomorrow activities. :)

p.s.

our group has un-oficial name: Team Fantatastic 

Melyna Augu Damen ( III Group )

Melyna Augu Damen - Ladies with blue eyes.

"Melyna" means blue in Lithuanian.  "Augu" means eyes in Icelandic and  "Damen" means ladies in German. 

Our fabulous team members :
GUÐRÚN-ÍSLAND
RAMINTA-LIETUVA
LENA-LATVIA / originaly from Germany
IDA-SUOMI
RIINA- EESTI

To be continued....

Nord Wolfs ( 2 Group case study)

 

Nord Wolfs

We are a team put together of the 7 most amazing and talented persons in the world.

ISL Tobba

FIN Lilli

LV Reinis

LV Aisha

LT Vaidas

EE Raigo

Teacher Daina

Expectation for tomorrow

We do have a mission for tomorrow which is case study about Valdis. We will go and visit some group apartments where people with special needs live.

We hope we will learn and gain some experiment. 

We are very excited, we are looking forward to do something good for others in need.

Video from Estonia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmE33nqKIEs&feature=youtu.be

Estonians Presentatsion

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DyHaDIrf5GgwPY_91NbM1MwsTHUqbOw6CKVYcOBt0b4/edit?usp=sharing

ESSAY FROM ESTONIA

Charity for our feelings of well being

Charity has always been there. The majority of people have helped someone out at least once in a lifetime. Each new generation is given more options and chances to change the world for the better. The question is: “Are we using all the chances that have been given to us or are we just doing the least? “One of the meaning of happiness lies within charity. Only the strong at mind and kind at heart can support the ones in need.

If we take a look at Estonian charity, we can see that it has transformed a lot in years of independence. Nowadays we can see a vast variety of charities, there are long term charities and just campaigns. Long term charities are the ones that have the most effect on those peoples’ lives who are not well off. One that gives constant support is called “Toidupank“(Food Bank). It supports individuals and families that cannot manage on their own. Other organisations that truly have an effect on the life of our people are “Lastefond“(Children’s’ Foundation), “Naerata Ometi MTÜ“(Keep Smiling), and “Heategevusfond Dharma“(Charity Foundation Dhrama). All of them have a positive effect on peoples’ lives.
One of Estonian famous seasonal campaigns is called “Jõulutunnel” (Christmas Tunnel). It is held once a year but still has effect on peoples’ minds, hearts and overall wellbeing.

Secondly, let us talk about our college and charity. Last May our College Student Council created an event for orphanage children and the task was to find the sponsors for the event. Last Christmas there was a project where books and toys were collected for donation to large families. In the end of the last year, there was a bakery sale and every team could decide the charity they donated the profits to.

Finally, the charity projects our team members have participated in. Riina, as a member of the College Student Council, was responsible for finding sponsors for the orphanage project. Raigo has never had enough money to make frequent donations, but he does have time. For example, last year, when he did not get accepted into the college, he started volunteering in a local shelter for children. It was the first time in his life that he felt that his contribution of time actually mattered. Martin participated in a popular charity project called Ice-Bucket Challenge.

In conclusion we can say that charity is all around us. To make people feel better you sometimes just need time and good will.

Team from ESTONIA

Hey! My name is Martin and I'm 21 years old. I recently started studying Business Management  in Lääne-Viru College. On my free time I like to hang out with friends and play football or volleyball. Also I like to meet new people.

Hi, my name is Raigo Lepp and I am 21 years old. I live Estonia and I attend Lääne-Viru College, where I am studying social work in the first course. I have great sense of humour and I like company of open minded people. My hobbies are working out and writing. I also like researching some of the social problems that have the most impact on children and families. Without acknowledging the problem, there will be no change. 

Hi there! My name is Riina. I`m  a second year student and I study Business Administration in Lääne-Viru Collage. I’m a vice president of student union. My hobbies are football, volleyball and singing. Also I love helping people in need.