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Fairy Tales and Legends of Vilnius Old Town 1654 1180 Community Seniors Involved International

Fairy Tales and Legends of Vilnius Old Town

Vilnius Old Town is famous for its various styles of historic buildings, from Baroque and Gothic churches to neoclassical town halls. These buildings are surrounded by legends and stories. And we decided to invite seniors, adults and children to reveal them during the free tour “Tales and Legends of Old Vilnius”. On the 14th of…

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Seniors together with young people are dancing Lindy Hop 940 788 Community Seniors Involved International

Seniors together with young people are dancing Lindy Hop

Doctors note that physically active older people have better cardiovascular and respiratory systems, higher physical and mental performance, better memory and coordination of movements, and, accordingly, they are more independent and self-confident. In March and April 2022, participants from Lithuania were invited to Vilnius, to have two lindy hop classes together. Lindy Hop is essentially…

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Playing Pub Quiz games with seniors 940 788 Community Seniors Involved International

Playing Pub Quiz games with seniors

As we get older, it becomes increasingly important to fortify not only our bodies but also our minds. One easy and fun way to accomplish this is by playing pub quiz games. A pub quiz is not only loads of fun but also has some brilliant mental and social benefits.  For example, according to Healthline,…

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Otago Exercise Program (OEP) in Bali: An Intergenerational Activity to Interact and Share the Smile 1296 1004 Community Seniors Involved International

Otago Exercise Program (OEP) in Bali: An Intergenerational Activity to Interact and Share the Smile

There is no doubt that the elderly is a time when a person experiences a gradual decline in physical, mental, and social well-being. It was found that decreased muscle function and strength could result in a decrease in the ability to maintain body balance. Balance is the body’s ability to maintain the centre of mass…

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Living Senior Life Productively 1528 1148 Community Seniors Involved International

Living Senior Life Productively

Act Global is an international organization that was established in 2012 in the United Kingdom and Indonesia. Its goal is to support non-formal education projects and programmes. The organization mainly focuses on three thematic areas: youth empowerment, poverty reduction and social cohesion.  One of the CSII projects that they held is called Living Senior Life…

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Visiting Seniors in Uzbekistan 2560 1420 Community Seniors Involved International

Visiting Seniors in Uzbekistan

According to the research conducted in 2021, it turned out that Uzbekistan had the lowest pension age among other Central Asian states. The average pension is about 700-800 thousand Uzbek sum (66-76 dollars). Of course, it is almost unreal to survive on this amount of money. That’s why the pensioners who live only on pension…

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Mutual Mentoring Programme 1920 2560 Community Seniors Involved International

Mutual Mentoring Programme

Mentoring. When we hear this word, we tend to think about programs that include business professionals, entrepreneurs but that wasn’t the case in the Community Seniors Involved International project. We developed a mentoring programme that offered a new concept and served different demographics. The project’s main aim is to connect seniors with the youngsters to…

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Lindy Hop – the dance that united people for decades 3840 2160 Community Seniors Involved International

Lindy Hop – the dance that united people for decades

You might have seen swing dancing in old films, videos or came across as a performance somewhere. All swing dance styles are jazz dances and ‘swing’ referred to the style of Jazz music called Swing music. At The Swing Era, people mainly danced Lindy Hop. Lindy Hop is an African American dance, which originates from…

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