1. The first meeting of the project took place in Limassol Cyprus in the period 3-10 October 2010.
First working visit to Cyprus under
GRUNDTVIG PROJECT HOBBY AS INTEGRATING FACTOR OF EUROPEAN
SOCIETY (HAIFES)
October 2010
Visit report
The first working visit for Grundtvig Partnership project HAIFES has taken place in Limassol,
Cyprus instead of Turkey because of the rejection the Turkish partner.
16 participants (4 staff and 11 learners) from three approved institutions: from Poland, Romania
and Cyprus has attended the meeting. A partner from Italy, although not awarded the Grundtvig
grant, joined the meeting. The organization from Portugal couldn’t take part in the gathering due
to high travel expenses resulting from a short notice. Although not physically present, the
coordinator from Portugal was included in all discussions related to the project as we were
connecting via Skype and on Facebook.
The main objectives of the visit were the following:
1/ Getting to know each other.
2/ Presentations of each delegation.

2. 3/ Clarifying the aims of the project, planning activities, methodology and time table of the
project
4/ Reorganization of the project schedule and tasks due to rejection of many partners
5/ Participation in cultural and educational activities such as visits to archeological and cultural
sites (eg. Kykkos Monastery, Medieval Castle Museum, Omodos village, Lefkara Folk Museum)
6/ Informal education during various workshops such as: dance improvisations, byzantine icon
painting, textile art and others
7/ Initiation of virtual platform for exchange of experiences

20. The workshops held in the meeting exemplified beautiful integrative hobbies as an inspiration
for the future activities of the partner organizations .
Each presenter involved in the first working visit in Cyprus under HAIFES project showed his
hobby witch sometimes became job.
1) 1)Mariusz Dabrowski: a skilful, hard working, empathetic and dedicated Massage Therapist
and enthusiastic world traveller. His passion sare unique body treatments that originate
from different parts of the world.

21. He has travelled from East to West and climbed from North to South, discovered and bolted
new climbing routes in many countries, built and operated high ropes and survival
courses and worked extensively with disabled sportsmen. He has built my own
climbing website and is also passionate about Tai Chi. (Mariusz gave us a presentation
about different body treatments, taught us a few simple ways of giving massage to ourselves
in order to decrease stress and regain wellbeing as well as presented photographs
from his world wide journeys)
2) Maryla Malinowska: Pedagogist, dance and movement therapist. Uses movement and dance as a
tool for self expression and personal development. (she gave us dance and movement workshop)
3) Tamara Yankevich: Business Trainer, HR-coach, NLP&Enneagram Trainer, personal
development facilitator (she gave us presentation about communication)

22. 4) Sylvia Braun: yoga instructor, holistic mind-body therapist, personal development coach and
trainer, stress management coach (she gave us yoga workshop and taught us how to use
breathing and gentle stretching in order to relax)
5) Menelaos Kyrou : iconographer, he studied Byzantine Iconography in Limassol at
school of Mr. Akis Kyriakides in 2000-2004. Since 2004 he has been creating icon
paintings either for churches or for his own collection and also FRESCO in
Churches. Since 2007 he owns a work shop in Limassol where he teaches
Byzantine Iconography to adult learners.
1) He gave us lessons in an icon painting workshop.

23. 1) 6)Christodoulos Christodoulu: adult learner who gave us a presentation of his hobbies: mountain
climbing, diving, travelling and photography. His hobbies help him lead active life that gives
him plenty of joy and satisfaction.

24. 7)Eleonora Budur , the Romanian group
coordinator showed her passion for knotted macramé.
Results of the visit:

25. 1/ Delegations have met personally and established good relationships and friendly interpersonal
communication
2/ A detailed plan for future actions has been created
3/ The coordinators have introduced own institutions using modern ICT
4/ The staff have exchanged experiences, good practices, methods used in adult education
5/ A logo of the project has been created
6/ A blog, google group and Facebook website for the project have been created as a platform for
further exchange of experiences
7/ The participants have learnt about Cypriot culture and traditional hobbies
8/ The participants developed new interests through participation in various workshops
9/ A traveling exhibition that presents achievements of the learners has been created (to be
developed throughout the project)
10/ Various aspects of the visit have been evaluated with questionnaires