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

The Icelandic Video Assignment

The Icelandic Team

Racism in the modern society - Icelandic essay

The modern society is very flawed. People are deceitful and nasty towards one another. Some say that racism is the worst kind harassment and in many ways we agree. Discriminating people because of their origin and/or colour can‘t in any ways be justified in our opinion. But the question is this. What is racism, what is the reason for it and what can we do to prevent it?

            So what is a “racist“? Racist, in it‘s simplest understanding, means someone who looks down on race/s, other than his own, and believes that those races are lesser than his/her own. Racism, however, is more complex than that. As can be seen on a recent TV show in Iceland, called Brestir (Cracks), some racists are just afraid that their own race will disappear. In some way these people are talking a little sense and countries can‘t accept more and more immigrants forever but the actions these people wan‘t to implement are much to radical and can‘t be justified.
            Racism is tolerated all over the world. Our opinion is that Iceland is very unracist compared to many other countries around the globe. Of course there are people that let the country down, but isn‘ t it always? In the episode that we mentioned earlier (Brestir) some racists were exposed and their collaborations with foreign racists, that in some cases were criminals, and the difficulty involved in taking down their revolting websites. On the whole though, Iceland is an immigrant‘s and coloured peoples haven (sanctuary). Few are racist and immigrants and coloured people are treated like they should.                      
            What can we do to lessen or even prevent racism? Well a good start is to increase children‘s awareness of coloured people and racism that often follows.  Also, some regulations should be made and enforced but on top of that, websites containing racist material should be taken down. Lastly, the society should take active part in the fight against racism and not tolerate people who discriminate others because of his/her skin colour.

            It is crystal-clear that racism must be eliminated. Although people have the right to have their own opinion (which sometimes can be justified up to some mark), they should in most cases keep them to them selves. Racism should be a thing of the past but we as a community must help eliminate it. Let‘s unite in making the world a better place for everyone.   

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.

Kaunas Team - What we did.

 We started by walking into the kindergarten. The teachers introduced us to the children and their workplace. We all had to do experiments together with the children.  We took part of children lessons.  Everyone of our group felt amazing. The children's smiles brightened our day.

The second place we visited was the Food Bank. We haven't seen so much food in one place. There we created a packages of food for people in need. One package consisted of condensed milk, pasta, sunflower oil and sugar. We really enjoyed working together for other people.

Third place we visited was "Home of solidarity between generations". There we saw elder poeple and younger living together, and how they helped each other. This institusion is unique in Lithuania because it is  the only place where you can meet person who is 15 years old, living with a person who is 70 under one roof, and they were happy.

We saw many interesting things there. We think it is amazing how people from various places around the world could work so closely together while volunteering. Volunteering can really bring closer together. One goal, one team and many happy memories.





Thank you Lithuania and thank you Nord Plus for these amazing times!

Case study: Kaunas team !

                                     Team moto: Volunteering not work, this is a life style !

We are waiting here for you in Lithuania! Best wishes from the Lithuanian team !

On the left : Viktorija, tch. Laisvė,  Monika,  Vaidas, tch. Rytis, Andris.

Viktorija Karpovaitė school President - very cute girl)) Laisvė Paulionienė tch...  Monika Čiukšytė - paramedic -a real fan of  volonteering :D   Vaidas Neniškis - paramedic, likes doing everthing and otherwhere.)) tch. Rytis - the best teacher, just school - study - and rockNroll )))  Andris Zujevs - paramedic... some boy from this group :D

Team MOTO : I need to be STRONG, I need to move FORWARD. . . To make it to a NEW DAY of volunteering !

Feedback and the winner of the case studies

Hello from the rainy Finland,

It´s again Tuesday and I am working online from my home and spending time with my puppy. Happy me! Finally I have also some time to write here something about your case studies.

Thanks again from your work. If it was not easy for me to think suitable case studies for you, I am sure it was not also very easy for you to make them. But all team succeeded so well so that it was a pleasure for us to listen to you. It seems that you have learned something valuable about multi-cultural team work during this project. Good for you.

The evaluation criteria for the case studies were:
- innovative way of thinking the solution
- bringing up fact and information about cultural sensitiveness and multi-cultural working environments
- presentation skills.

Some comments to all groups:

1. Multicultural working environment: very nice and professional video which certainly presents ideal working place. Nice presentation of all team members. I missed a bit your own comments for this work.

2. Marketing the super team: your presentation was quite conventional, but you obviously know a great deal about cultural sensitivity and team work, you challenged yourself to make a presentation even though one person was missing- good for you. Next time be a bit more innovative and use eg. video as many use today when they are applying a job.

3. The flash mob: a great presentation from you all, we all liked the way how you made a short lesson with steps how to organise a flash mob using links to a real life case. Innovative and inspiring presentation. I was only missing the actual flash mob, but I hope we will get it in May!

4. Building bridges of understanding: you had found some nice ways to promote cultural understanding in the working life. They were maybe not that innovative, but certainly useful. Nice presentation from you all.

5. Multi-cultural business culture: You are all very good speakers and prepared a nice slide show to support your presentation. You had found a lot of relevant information about different countries. I was missing some kind of a summary to the topic. Your however answered very well to our tricky questions. A serious topic and maybe a bit more difficult to be entertaining.

All in all, this time the jury voted for the best case study the flash mob. And as we agreed, we all hope that this idea goes further and you will help to organise a real flash mob during our last mobility on May combining all our schools and even others. Looking forward to take part in this.

It was really nice to meet you all here in Porvoo. Fruitful team works for you all during the winter.

Now I am heading out to the rainy forest (not rainforest) with my puppy Vili.

See you all soon!

Best regards, Sanna