Our mobility in the North

The newspaper article says approximately this:

Melting distances, and hearts, too!

Communitek learning partnership gathered in Lapua

The Lapua Adult Education Centre participates in a two-year EU-funded learning partnership project Communitek – melting distances, which is for both the students and the staff of the participating organizations. On February 13.-14. a mobility was organized by the Adult Education Centre and their language students. In addition to teachers, seven adult students from Chester, England, participated in this mobility. The other partners are from Spain, Greece, and Belgium.

The program of the Lapua mobility started with a sightseeing tour to Seinäjoki Aalto-centre and the new library, a visit of the Lapua Cathedral,

and then  a project meeting and a workshop for students at Paukku. An evening meal at the hotel  Simpsiön Kullas ended the first day, enhanced by the appearances of Time It –singing group and even Santa  himself.

On Saturday the guests visited the cultural centre and were surprised by the variety of courses offered, as well as the premises of the education centre. Snowfall, kicksledges and reindeer soup followed to offer some more Finnish experiences, before an outing at mount Simpsiö and more sledging, and grilling sausages on open fire.  On Saturday evening, the guests surprised everybody by their eager participation in a sauna and winter swimming session at the Ski cabin, where the guests and hosts then enjoyed a meal and sang karaoke  together.

According to the feedback fro the participants, the mobility was a great success, some of the guests even said that it was an unforgettable experience that gave new depth to the common project.

The Lapua Adult Education Centre is sending four members of staff and four language students to the next mobility in Chester.

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 I would like to add here that we are thankful to our guests who were open-minded and positive about the whole program and all the activities, and did their best also to make this a good gathering. The project and organizing the mobilities can be a lot of work, but it is certainly a lot of fun, too, and worth every minute. Our staff and students enjoyed meeting all our guests and the lucky ones who are going to Chester can hardly wait for the next mobility! See you there!