The Outdoor Training is one of the most special and popular programmes of KÖZ-Pont Youth Association, which has now 15 years ago helps young people step out of their comfort zone, get to know themselves from a new side, and work together as a real team. The programme uses experience-based methods to develop, among other things, communication, cooperation, problem-solving, responsibility and self-knowledge.
This year's Outdoor Training also took place on the roads of Panyola and the surrounding settlements, where participants now mafia history they completed exciting challenges at various stations as players of the story. The tasks were not only playful but part of a deliberately structured professional process, complemented by preparation and debriefing blocks.
We are especially proud that this year the professional delivery of the programme was carried out by a an 18-person team of organisers and helpers supported it. Alongside the KÖZ-Pont staff Our ESC volunteers, as well as many our former student council youth also took part in running the training. A few years ago they experienced the Outdoor as participants; today they pass on their experience to the next generation as prepared helpers and organisers – for us this is one of the greatest confirmations of our community-building work.
The Outdoor Training proves every year that the greatest growth often begins outside the comfort zone, and that the strongest communities are born from shared experiences.