It has a period of 10 days dedicated to the implementation of activities
between 05 – 14 October 2021 (04 - 15 October with travel days included).

The location for activities is Vatra Dornei, a small picturesque mountain resort
in the Carpathian Mountains of Northern Romania.

The group present at the activities will be 42 young people between the ages of 18 and 30 and 6 group leaders who will have no age limit, a total of 48 persons.
Each national group will consist of 7 young people and 1 leader.

“Colors of Diversity” project was elaborated starting from the current realities, based on the needs of the young people who initiated it. The society in which we live and the circles in which we activate are becoming more and more diverse. At the same time, there is a lack of openness towards diversity, social attitudes being frequently determined by preconceptions, representatives of minority groups often facing discriminating attitudes. In this context, we want to implement a project in order to offer young people cultural education, developing respectful attitudes towards diversity and promoting tolerant and equitable behaviors.

Through "Colors of Diversity" we will encourage intercultural communication, cultivate non-judgmental thinking, stimulate tolerant and cooperative attitudes, thus contributing to building a more inclusive society. The purpose of our activities is to educate young people in the spirit of multiculturalism, promoting intercultural dialogue and developing tolerant and respectful attitudes.

As a result of the activities, young people will develop multilateral thinking and more complex views on culture and religion, will overcome stereotypes and barriers. They will learn to respect various opinions and to understand different points of view, becoming more tolerant and oriented towards solving problems in a constructive way, avoiding extreme attitudes. Subsequently, youngsters will perpetuate these attitudes and behaviors in their daily environments, in the community, in families, at work.

Travel

You will arrive in Cluj-Napoca (or simply Cluj, as most Romanians prefer to call it) at the Avram Iancu Airport (CLJ). It is the only airport in the city of Cluj-Napoca and the biggest one in Transylvania: http://airportcluj.ro/

To get to the city center you will use the public transport. Bus line 5 of the local public transit system CTP Cluj-Napoca runs between the airport and the city of Cluj-Napoca. The trolleybus departs approximately every 10 minutes between 05:00 a.m. and 22:00 p.m., on weekends and evenings every 15 to 20 minutes. The airport bus stop is located 200 metres from the terminal, along the ‘Strada Traian Vuia’. It is a short walk from the terminal, you first have to go to the main road and then to the right. In the centre of Cluj-Napoca, you can get off at the stops Constanta (Regionale CFR), Sora and Central. The bus ride to one of these bus stops in the centre of
Cluj-Napoca takes an average of 25 minutes. The first and final stop of bus line 5 is known as Fierul and can be found in the street ‘Strada Cuza Voda’. Tickets are available at vending machines and service counters near the bus stops. Keep in mind, it is not possible to buy a ticket from the bus driver. The price is 2.00 RON for a single ride and 4.00 RON for two journeys. In addition, you can take bus line 8 for travelling between the airport and downtown Cluj-Napoca, the bus runs about every 20 minutes and only from Monday till Friday.

Schedule for line 5: http://ctpcj.ro/index.php/en/timetables/urban-lines/linia-5

Schedule for line 8: http://ctpcj.ro/index.php/en/timetables/urban-lines/line8

As additional advice, don’t change too much money inside the airport because of the bad rates compared to the exchange offices downtown (we recommend 5-10 euro maximum).
If you choose to take a taxi, it will be your own expense because taxi fares are not refunded
in our project, having available public transport.

The arrival day to Cluj-Napoca is 04 October 2021 at maximum 18:00 in the evening!
If for some reasons you cannot manage to find tickets with arrival in the morning or in the
after-noon please email us and we will find a solution for you!
The arrival hour is like this because we need to leave for Vatra Dornei in the evening by bus and we will travel through the night, arriving possibly after midnight on 05 October 2021!

You can also arrive 1 or 2 days earlier to visit Cluj-Napoca, on your own expense.

The meeting point for the departure to Vatra Dornei will be at an accessible location
in Cluj-Napoca and set later on.

The departure back to Cluj-Napoca will be on 14 October around midnight, so make sure you have flights that leave around 6:00 at the earliest on 15 October, because we will, again, travel through the night in order to reach Cluj-Napoca on 15 October!

You can also stay in Cluj-Napoca 1-2 days later and visit, on your own expense.

Here are a few online resources to guide you if you wish to spend some additional time
in Cluj-Napoca before/after the project:

https://www.romanianfriend.com/attractions/cluj-napoca-what-to-do-guide

http://www.visitclujnapoca.ro/en/

https://wikitravel.org/en/Cluj-Napoca

For more general details about Romania you can check out the following links:

https://www.facebook.com/romaniatravel.ro/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania

http://www.romaniatourism.com/

The location

We chose a guesthouse in the outskirts of Vatra Dornei town that is close to nature, but also benefits fully from the comfort of modern life.

Here are links to the website and Facebook page of the guesthouse:

https://www.facebook.com/siady.pensiunea

https://hotelguru.ro/casa-siady-vatra-dornei

We will stay usually 2-3 persons in one room,
maybe some rooms will host a maximum of 4 persons.

We will have two persons in one bed because some rooms are designed as matrimonial rooms, but rest assure that the beds are big enough and each of you will have his own blanket.

There is signal for mobile and wi-fi internet connection throughout the establishment.

We will have our meals at the restaurant of our accommodation,
serving fresh eco products from the country side.

If you wish to learn more about the town and the region you can check the following links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatra_Dornei - town of Vatra Dornei

https://taradornelor.ro/en/ - the region

Friend’s Society is a member of D.G.T. (Do Great Things) Network and its main targets are high-school and university students, young entrepreneurs and disadvantaged young people in Romania. We are a non-governmental organization that was born from the passion of a few youngsters who wanted to take action and make a change in the society they were living into. Our founding members have also the desire to give back all the things they have learned and experienced during previous years of volunteering.

Our mission focuses on national and international networking among young people, students, trainers and teachers of different nationalities, cultures and backgrounds. It tackles topics such as inter-cultural exchange, non-formal education, ecology, climate change, sustainable development, European citizenship and international politics (geopolitics). All these are added to facilitate the accumulation of experience by young people, through voluntary activities, allowing them to put into practice the theory learned in school.

Facebook DGT: https://www.facebook.com/DoGreatThingsNetwork/