MEDEINA FOUNDATION

The aim of the Foundation is to promote sustainable human and community development in the accordance with natural environment. Our goals are reached by the following means: - encouraging sustainable development of an individual and a society in natural environment - organizing educational projects aiming at sustainable development solutions, e.g circular economy, responsible fashion, food sharing, etc. - popularizing physical activities, sport, outdoor adventure and responsible, mindful tourism - promoting cultural and biodiversity - encouraging the development of culture and the arts; preserving cultural heritage - publishing goal-based materials - encouraging community participation in social and volunteering work locally and worldwide - elaborating programs, curricula and innovations in nature-based non-formal education - production of the educational movies The Foundation has been set up to foster connectivity with nature, personal resilience by prevention of “nature deficits disorder”. It operates to mainstream sustainable approach in the development the communities worldwide. The methodology organization elaborates is based on approach where nature plays an important role and is present as the environment, tool and content. The education promoted by MEDEINA is innovative due to a comprehensive combination of non-formal education, nature-based methods, sport and outdoor adventure perspective with a wide range of self-development tools connecting participants with their “inner nature” and natural environment: - nature-awareness, wilderness, eco-coaching, nature elements workout, mountain therapy, empowerment hikes, survival. - community building: group circles, Way of Council, outward bounds activities, energizers/team games, art of celebration, Rites of Passage, ceremonies, tools of group's empathy&care building, games, community making music - body work: sport, physical activity, hiking, cycling, massage, active meditations, sensual/sensory workout, life energy flow/ high vibration states, breathwork - mindfulness in outdoor - creativity: natural art/land art, spontaneous dancing, choreotherapy, singing, community making music, sketches and drama, live performances, amateur/intuitional painting, body painting, world music&art festivals, networking with worlds famous/grassroot artists Since 2016 Medeina Foundation support as well education and development of local youth and children in Ghana, by volunteering work, music & dance activities, non-formal education and schools’ support. Since 2019 Medeina is active in European Solidarity Corps program, coordinating, sending and hosting ESC Volunteers.