Amanda’s Story: How International Club has Changed My Life
BLOG: Amanda’s Journey – How the International Club Changed My Life How It All Began I’ve taken part in several international youth projects over the years. Now I’ll share a few of those experiences and reflect on what they’ve meant to me. It all started with me being on a horse competition back in Nykarleby […]
European Platform Meeting for Quality Label Youth Centres and Friends in Luxembourg
European Platform Meeting for Quality Label Youth Centres and Friends in Luxembourg Villa Elba’s Executive Director Catarina participated in the European Platform Meeting for Quality Label Youth Centres and Friends, held in Luxembourg on 6–7 May 2025. The event brought together representatives of youth centres from across Europe. The meeting gathered over 80 participants from […]
Act for Future – Study Visit in Kosovo: Learning from Post-Conflict Civic Engagement
Act for Future – Study Visit in Kosovo: Learning from post-conflict civic engagement “Is it safe? Where is it? How do you even get there? What currency do they use?” These were some of the first questions we heard when we shared our idea of organizing a study visit to Kosovo. Despite its recent history, […]
Youth Workers for Environmental Rights -seminar
From March 17–22, Villa Elba hosted the Erasmus+ seminar “Youth Workers for Environmental Rights”, bringing together 34 participants from 14 different countries.
Villa Elba’s Development Manager, Heli Lehto, participated in the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps stakeholder conference held in Brussels
Villa Elba’s Development Manager, Heli Lehto, participated in the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps stakeholder conference held in Brussels on 18 February 2025.
Villa Elba´s Olympics
In these Olympics, you’ll compete against friends or colleagues! Expect speed, precision, and teamwork as we challenge each other in cross-country skiing, biathlon, synchronized skating, and sleigh-driving.
Ashten Gray
International Youth work
Project worker
Kayak tour
The destination of the tour is selected together, the route depends also on and the weather. We choose a place nearby we will also explore the exciting history of the area. Weather dependant.
Birdwatching
We take a guided hike along boardwalks to a bird protection area and a birdwatching tower. We bring binoculars, a bird guidebook, and a telescope with us.
Youth Work for Mutual Understanding seminar
Villa Elba organized a seminar with the theme ‘Youth Work for Mutual Understanding’ from October 7th to 11th. Main topics were the definition of mutual understanding in different contexts and networking in the field of international youth work.