Workshop: Who am I and what is my role in society?

The workshop aims to create spaces for discussion, artistic creation and service projects, inspiring young people to make a lasting positive impact on their environment. By watching the film Mercy's Blessing (a short film set in Malawi, in which a brother decides to sacrifice his passions and his schooling to offer his sister a better future) and discussing its various themes (sacrifice, choice, justice, inequality, privilege, hope, responsibility, gender equality, prejudice, joy etc.), participants become aware that they have a role to play in improving the environment in which they live.

They are then invited to explore and appropriate these ideas through artistic activities, and can begin to put them into action through one or more simple service projects within their group, school, neighborhood or commune.

Facilitators or the young people themselves can then choose to establish themselves as a group that will meet regularly with the support of UF to continue exploring various development-related themes, through workshops from the Unity Foundation catalog (and others), and to put them into action in their environment with new service projects of their choice. Collaborations with other civil society players can be established to support the group.

The different stages of the workshop vary according to the time available and the number of participants.

1. Workshop organization in collaboration with teachers to adapt the workshop to the context
   of the
2. Discussions with young people: introductory games, presentation of Unity Foundation, questions
   preliminaries.
3. Film screening
4. Back to the big group for a first look at the film
5. Small-group discussion of the film's themes and how they relate to each other.
   also apply to young people in their daily lives
6. Simple artistic activities enabling them to transcribe the concepts they have learned into another language.
   “language”.
7. What can young people do to have a positive impact on their environment?
   Helping young people to create projects that have a positive impact on their lives.
   environment.
8.  Self-evaluation for feedback and workshop improvement.
9.  Possible follow-up: the group chooses to repeat this type of workshop on a regular basis in order to continue the project.
   exploration of various development-related themes, through workshops at our
   catalog, and to put them into action in their own environment with new
   service.

The Mercy's Blessing workshop aims to help young people discover their potential and their responsibility to act. The aim is to help young people understand the film, its values and principles, and their impact on their environment. To achieve this, young people are invited to listen to each other, exchange ideas and interact through a variety of educational activities.

At the start of the workshop, the facilitators discuss with the participants the principle agreements they wish to establish during the workshop: listening, empathy, benevolence, respect for everyone's opinions and words, and co-responsibility for the quality of the group atmosphere. This presentation enables future discussions to take place within a framework of trust.

Facilitators are then on hand to guide the group through the various program activities, stimulating reflection and encouraging action. During discussions, facilitators bring questions and guide the discussion, ensuring that every participant has the opportunity to speak up and get actively involved in at least one of the activities.

The material is available in several European and international languages and is easily translatable.

Young people aged 11 to 13 are particularly receptive to this workshop, but it is also very popular with age groups from 13 to adult.

The material can be used in a variety of ways, in terms of how the workshop is spread over one or more sessions, the format and the choice of themes.