"Contra depressio" is a project organized by the active members of the youth to help other members of the youth overcome one of the modern society's problems - depression. The project takes place from 1 of June till 30th of September and the exchange part will be held in Riga (Latvia) on 14th - 21th of August. Each delegation will consist of 10 participants and 2 leaders. Our goal is to get acquai
nted with the aspects of this problem and to find out the differences between the methods of actions against it in various cultures and to share the knowledge between them. Each of the delegations will do a investigation about youth depression, traditional methods of preventing depression and will get acquainted with the youths opinion about the situation in their country, analyze the situation and later during the exchange share the results, knowledge and opinions with other delegations. The project will consist from different kind of activities - such as presentations, workshops, discussions, interactive quests, active outdoor activities and many more. During these activities participants will be able toimprove their communication, representative, cooperation skills, acknowledge different cultures, new ways of preventing and fighting depression, new friends and many, many more. After the exchange the participants will share their new knowledge with other members of the society by organizing school visits, meeting with authority and specialists dealing with this problem and by just being helpful and supportive to the ones that need it the most. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
