Kids 4 freedom – on a sailing trip with young people you have just a serious illness were over, youngsters between 9 and 15 years, life has been too hard at an early age come from socially deprived backgrounds or from children’s homes. On a sailing trip off the Turkish coast, they recover from their difficult daily lives. You will set sail together, make the ship clear, anchor in secluded bays, and exchanging thoughts and experiences at the evening barbecue fire. They are invited by the Club 4 freedom kids. Credit: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-2011. The 60 young participants of the week-long cruise come from 5 Nations. For them, the 7-day holiday is also a chance to learn met each other and across national and language barriers also understand.
After all, sailing is team work. Under the guidance of an experienced skipper form the young crews, who know that they can rely on others, are themselves responsible and can do more than they ever thought. Welding together large and small problems, which is to deal with it, and at the end of the 7 days friendships are have formed, which hold about this holiday also. This project sees kids 4 freedom not only as an aid for young people, but also as a building block in the intra-European understanding. The participants of this year’s cruise come from Germany, Austria, Russia, Hungary, Romania and Turkey.
The sailing fleet with 11 yachts will start at the 6.Juli in Marmaris. Kids for freedom is a non-profit association which children from around the world a week sailing the Mediterranean. The Association collects the participants during the week to educate not entitled or to teach, but we want to allow the children to get his head free 1 week away from her but usually tense situation. The whole in a completely new and fascinating environment, the sea! AQUA TV
