06/08/2026
Announcing our fresh mobility:
🦆 DUCK ANXIETY | Youth Exchange in São Miguel, Azores 🇵🇹
Get ready to meet 24 young people aged 16-25 from Portugal, Romania, Hungary, and Malta coming together on the island of São Miguel, Azores, for an unforgettable Erasmus+ Youth Exchange!
Our mission is to transform Europe's rising youth mental health crisis into an opportunity for connection, resilience, and self-discovery. With millions of young people struggling with anxiety and unmet mental health needs, digital overload, social isolation, and stigma keep youth from seeking support.
Through nature-based workshops, AI-enhanced digital storytelling, peer mentoring, and evidence-based coping strategies, participants will move from struggling in silence to becoming mental health advocates in their communities.
🎯 Our Project Objectives
- Help participants recognize their inherent strengths and build belief in their ability to face challenges
- Equip participants with practical tools to manage stress, peer pressure, and self-identity issues through interactive, nature-based workshops
- Develop resources enabling youth to recover from setbacks and maintain positive outlooks
- Foster open mental health discussions and cross-cultural mentoring in safe, welcoming spaces
- Address cultural and stigma barriers preventing help-seeking across partner countries
- Create a Mental Wellbeing Activity Kit, shared across partner organizations to support sustainable mental health frameworks for youth across Europe
🌍 Our Partners
🇵🇹 Portugal — Azorcising (Host Organisation)
🇲🇹 Malta — ACT.
🇭🇺 Hungary — Youth Avenue
🇷🇴 Romania — AGOJE
✅ Who Can Apply
Young people aged 16-25 who are curious, open-minded, and ready to explore new ways of understanding and managing anxiety through nature, peer support, creativity, and shared experiences across cultures.
You're the right fit if you:
- Experience anxiety, stress, or social isolation and want to learn healthy coping strategies
- Are interested in mental health awareness and breaking the stigma around asking for help
- Are open to nature-based activities (mindful walks/hikes, forest sessions, outdoor reflection)
- Want to connect with young people from Portugal, Romania, Hungary, and Malta
- Are willing to fully engage — reflect, share, create, and support your peers
- Are open to spending time offline, including a 24h no-phone digital detox day and a vegan day
- Want to become a mental health advocate in your community
💙 Inclusion Commitment: Committed to ensuring 50% of participants come from backgrounds with fewer opportunities. If you face social, economic, geographical, health-related, or cultural barriers, we especially encourage you to apply!
👥 Team Structure: Each country sends 5 participants + 1 team leader (aged 25+). 24 young people total.
🗣️ Working Language: English — no advanced level required, just willingness to communicate!
📅 Dates: 2 November (arrival), 3- 12 November 2026 (13 Nov departure day)
📍 Venue: Casa Barão das Laranjeiras, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Azores
Infopack: https://www.rfr.bz/fe02b553e
📋 Selection Process
1. Fill in the Google Form
2. Receive a selection email
3. Attend an online interview
4. Official selection announcement
5. Join the WhatsApp group to coordinate travel with your team
👉 Applications:
https://www.rfr.bz/f3924df99
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