Students from various institutes in Arrecife participate in the project 'Living adolescence without risks'

Seven hundred and eighty students from the second and third year of ESO have participated in the 'Recrea-T' workshop

July 7 2023 (12:56 WEST)
Exterior of the central building of the Arrecife City Council
Exterior of the central building of the Arrecife City Council

The 'Recrea-T' workshop, carried out last June by the Arrecife City Council, was successfully concluded. An initiative that is part of the 'Living Adolescence Without Risks' Project, which is framed within the 'Green and Social Employment Plan', subsidized by the Cabildo de Lanzarote and co-financed by the Canary Islands Development Fund (FDCAN), the Government of the Canary Islands and the Arrecife City Council itself. 

The workshop has involved seven hundred and eighty students from the second and third year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO) from different institutes in Arrecife. The participating educational centers were: IES Agustín Espinosa, IES Altavista, CEO Argana, IES Blas Cabrera Felipe, IES César Manrique and IES Las Salinas, with IES Las Maretas unable to participate due to scheduling problems. 

The capital's Social Services Councilor, Maite Corujo, thanked "the support and collaboration of all the organizations involved" in this project, as well as "the commitment of the teachers" and the "enthusiasm of the students."

"I am convinced that initiatives like this are essential to build an inclusive and empathetic society," she said. "We will continue working on the implementation of similar projects that promote the well-being and integral development of our young people," she added.

"Our commitment to strengthening social services and protecting the rights of children and adolescents is firm." "Together, we will continue building a promising future for Arrecife and its inhabitants," said the councilor. 

The fundamental objective of the "Living Adolescence Without Risks" project has been prevention, through training in "skills for life" recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as information on options and resources offered by Arrecife as alternatives for healthy leisure. 

The project team, made up of a pedagogue, a social educator and two social integration technicians, has carried out this work between the months of April and June, providing both teachers and students with very positive feedback, and at the end of the intervention they were asked to complete an assessment questionnaire. 

Of the responses received, 64.26% of the participants indicated that they had "learned quite a lot or a lot during the workshop", 75.09% stated that they had "had quite a lot or a lot of fun" during the activities and 81.59% highlighted the "clarity of the speakers." 

The City Council has launched this project with the aim of "contributing to the prevention of risk behaviors in adolescence", providing young people with the appropriate "tools" to face "the challenges" of this stage of life. In addition to teaching the workshop, the project team has monitored the students to ensure the application of the knowledge acquired in their daily lives. 

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