- Urretxindorra's goal is for young people of foreign origin (aged 10 to 14) who need help because of emotional problems or difficulties in developing relationships to share free time with college students. This is your sixth grade.
The registration period for university students was opened on 18 September. At the beginning of the course, events and workshops were also held at the University of the Basque Country and at the University of Deusto to disseminate the project and encourage university students to participate.
The initiative, driven by the SOS Racism platform, has been under way since 2014 and 117 couples have participated in the project at this time.
Strengthening self-esteem
About 40 couples are scheduled to participate in this course. The project will be carried out with a dozen schools in Donostia-San Sebastián, Hernani, Errenteria, Urnieta and Tolosa. "Not rarely, boys and girls experience migration with fear of difference, anguish and insecurity. This is where the program intervenes, reinforcing the children's self-esteem and expanding their personal and social resources", according to SOS Racism.
"At the same time, university students who participate as volunteer mentors experience the course with an extra responsibility, which strengthens their empathy and their capacity for solidarity". In addition to the younger ones, it is a learning process for university students who work as mentors, and that allows them to develop "knowledge, understanding and empathy with people who live very different situations and realities".
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