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October 2024

Hello, hello! 💐

So we are at the end of October
and a lot of things have happened this month. But don’t worry, we will update you: 

First QUEST in-person event!

Ecovillages and Education: exploring Skills to Live and Grow Together was the first in-person event organised and hosted by QUEST, where we, the volunteers, were actively involved.

This gathering featured a series of talks, including one by Sophie Rabhi, a pioneer in eco-villages focused on education in France. We also had a presentation from the European Commission (DG EAC) and enjoyed hearing from local eco-villages who introduced us to their projects.

Later, a series of workshops gave attendees the chance to put into practice other topics related to community and sustainable lifestyles. 

This image shows one of the conferences given in the Ecovillages Event.

We also had specific tasks as volunteers:

Pamela and Elena were in charge of the bar, while Sara was helping Samantha with the technical aspects of the conference, and Andreia was at the entrance greeting everyone that came đŸ€ 

And the best part is
 the event was a great success! But that is not all 🙌

ESC training week

Andreia and Elena went to the ESC onboarding training
and they had a lot of fun! đŸ„ł

The training took place in Halle, a small town near Brussels. During this five-day training, they got to meet other 50 volunteers living across Belgium, learn more about the country and its culture, and enjoy some fun activities. 

One of the activities was creating a poster about our organisation, and as QUEST’s newest team members, Andreia made a pretty good one! 👇

This image shows Andreia's poster about QUEST
This picture shows Andreia and Elena with some of the volunteers they met at the training.
This image shows a lake that we saw while taking a nice walk through the forest in Halle

Also
 more news!

Pamela and Andreia attended a Gender-Responsive Climate Action training. The focus was on how children, especially girls, are disproportionately impacted by climate change. 🌳

Additionally, Sara and Andreia attended a conference regarding the Access to Sexual and Reproductive Rights for People with Intellectual Disabilities

In short, this month has been packed with exciting updates, and we volunteers have been pretty busy! Looking forward to seeing what November awaits us đŸ€—

This picture shows Andreia and Pamela, and some other people they met at the Gender-Responsive Climate Action Training

Cala Wioska School

Cala Wioska School

Biography coming soon.

Creating a Safe, Inclusive and Supportive Classroom

Sehlim Charles

Biography coming soon.

Young Children’s Voices in Educational Decision-Making: Power and Participation in Disadvantaged Preschool Classrooms

Duygu Yalman Polatlar

Duygu Yalman Polatlar is an Assistant Professor at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University, TĂŒrkiye. Her research focuses on early childhood education, children’s literature, children’s rights, and children’s participation.

Alperen Avcı

Alperen Avcı is a lecturer at MuƟ Alparslan University, TĂŒrkiye, and a PhD candidate in Preschool Education at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University.

Rights-based Participation of Children with Special Educational Needs in Educational Decision-Making

Lenka MazĂĄkovĂĄ

Lenka Mazakova is a co-founder of the Slobodna skola. She specializes in inclusive educational practices for students with diverse needs and behavioural challenges in democratic school environments.

From Participation to Practice: How Evidence-Based Wellbeing and Equity-Focused Leadership Can Shift Power Towards Children’s Voices in Education

Geetika Goyal

Biography coming soon.

Jayne Carter

Biography coming soon.

Reimagining Educational Research Through Children’s Participation: Insights from Transdisciplinary and Participatory Approaches

Sarah Zerika

Sarah Zerika holds a PhD in Educational Sciences and is a Substitute Research and Teaching Fellow at the University of Geneva’s Centre for Children’s Rights Studies. Her research focuses on children’s rights and participation in education, school climate, transdisciplinary approaches, and the ethics of research involving children.

Johanna Zelck

Johanna Zelck is a research and teaching assistant at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg. Her doctoral research focuses on children’s interpretation and negotiations of the generational order and adultism.

Maude Louviot

Biography coming soon.

From Consultation to Co-Creation: Child Leadership in Practice in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia

Nejira Pasic

Nejira Paơić is the Children’s Rights Project Lead for Southeast Europe at the Global Campus of Human Rights, where she leads children’s rights mainstreaming and programming, including the Child Leadership Team and Youth Advisory Group. She is also a Lecturer at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, teaching research methods, public policy and human rights.