The main aim of “Capoeira Connects Europe” is to encourage people to engage with their own cultural heritage and to discover all forms of it around the world, thus increasing tolerance, empathy, reducing social exclusion of vulnerable and disadvantaged youth and promoting active and healthy lifestyle. By providing activities which are focused on involving marginalized and underprivileged groups of society (people with racial and ethnic minority background, migrants, people with low income), the project encourages interaction of diverse social groups. Learning and practicing capoeira together creates a collective and team spirit, improves teamwork and communication skills, as well as the approach towards differences. Furthermore, an online platform and a toolkit will be made to share good practices and experiences of the usage of sport as a tool of social inclusion.
The project is funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. It runs for a year between 2021 January and 2021 December in with the partnership of 6 European countries.