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International project participants at Šiauliai Prison interested in prisoners' products made from recycled materials
Šiauliai Prison was visited by guests from Slovenia, Belgium and social partners from Lithuania. They came as participants of the "Remake a story" project. Earlier, officers from the Resocialisation Unit of Šiauliai Prison were invited to participate in a training organised by this project in Slovenia.
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The project participants saw how Šiauliai Prison has a practice that encourages production and creation from secondary raw materials. They also learned about the history and present of Šiauliai Prison and its cultural heritage. They visited the institution's museum and saw the exhibits related to the history of the institution. The participants were pleasantly surprised by the exhibition of creative works of prisoners and convicts. The collection of confiscated prohibited items on display in the museum attracted the attention of the visitors. The guests had the opportunity to visit the chapel of the institution and a vacant, unoccupied cell.
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Zero Waste exhibition in Lithuania
Lithuanian partners organised a great exhibition of sustainable goods. This exhibition showcased products made from used or natural textiles. These handmade products were made by people with intellectual and/or mental disabilities.
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knitted socks
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crocheted baskets
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woven cosmetic bags
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various children's products
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dog toys made from used denim
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This exhibition was designed to make people aware that even second-hand clothes can be transformed into great-looking items that will last for years to come.
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Remake the story article
Remake The Story – first live meeting!
After almost two years of covid, the different partners of the project RMS – Remake the Story decided to visit each other and to hold a staff meeting and a LTTA in Ljubljana.
At a certain moment, in this case February 2022, four members of NGO HIHTAST went to Slovenia. With strong precautions, mouth masks, disinfecting gel, open windows,… organized CDI and CPU our first RMS contact meeting in Ljubljana.
We organized workshops about how to upgrade on old laptop to a fast one, how to reuse an old smartphone as an IP-camera, how to make nice rings of an old keyboard, and many more.
The visit to the CPU centre was very interesting. Reusing materials and organizing lessons in prison for the prisoners are the key values of this project.
All the methods will be written out in our handbook that will be available at the end of the project.
We learned a lot during this staff meeting and LTTA but the most important was the warm feeling we got of a real meeting!
The beautiful country, friendly people and good workshops were the start of a great experience. We were so excited about Ljubljana that the national television, POP TV, filmed two of our staff members for an interview about Ljubljana.
We’re on track. Visit Epale for the report of our next meeting in Gent!
The project is co-financed by Erasmus +, project N °: 2020-1-SI01-KA204-075954
