7
- 8 days course designed for children ages 8 - 10.
This is the first touch with the
beauty and majesty of nature. The intention of the course is to
arouse children’s curiosity and anxiety to gain intimate knowledge
of the world of the wild nature. The children master their team work
skills; they learn to listen, to express their opinion and respect
others. And they find new friends. Winter courses include: Getting to know the winter mountain -
dangers, basic techniques in Alpine skiing, hiking with snowshoes,
winter shelters "solo", night hike, navigation in the winter
mountain, first aid training, specialized games, discussions,
storytelling. Summer courses include: Getting to know the summer mountain -
dangers, mountain navigation and first aid training, camping,
getting to know the climbing gear, "low ropes”, summer shelters;
"solo", hiking and mountain top climbing, specialized games,
discussion, storytelling.
"Discoverer"
8 - 10 days course designed for children ages 10 - 12, 13 - 15.
This course allows
children the opportunity to experience the diversity, beauty, and
magnificence of nature as an alternative to their everyday
environment. Children acquire basic skills for surviving in the
wilderness and facing challenges. Participants discover new
qualities in themselves and begin to respect personalities unlike
their own. They learn to accept responsibility and to work as a
team. Winter courses include: Getting to know the winter mountain
and mastering basic survival skills, first aid training, basic
Alpine skiing skills, hiking with snowshoes, winter shelters "solo",
avalanche knowledge, night hike and mountain orienteering. There are
specialized games, storytelling, discussions, sketches, humor and
fun! Summer courses include: Getting to know the summer mountain
first aid training, non-impact camping, getting to know the climbing
gear, basic rock climbing and rappelling, learning, about climbing
gear, summer shelters, "solo" time, 3 day hike including a peak
climb, orienteering. Specialized games, stories, discussions, and
fun!
"Adventurer"
8-10 day course designed for teenagers ages 13-15, 15-17
Through taking part
in various activities, young people are encouraged to meet
challenges and go beyond their limits. The feeling of safety,
understanding, and support is a necessary condition for their full
self-expression. Participants acquire skills for positive and
creative communication and analysis of situations and team
problem-solving. Throughout the course the ideas of human values,
man's place in nature, and his attitude towards it are discussed. Winter courses include: Alpine skiing, tour skiing, avalanche
knowledge, avalanche rescue action and first aid medical training
practice, non-impact camping, "solo" time, night hike. Specialized
games for ice-breaking, orienteering, teambuilding and challenge
games, stories, discussions, and fun! Summer courses include: non-impact camping, "solo" time, 3
days hike including a peak climb, rowing canoe-kayak, first aid
training, and ecological activities. Specialized games, stories,
discussions, and fun!
"Sea adventurer"
8 day course designed for teenagers ages 11-14,
14-18.
The intention of
the course is to give the participants chance to get to know the
variety and beauty of the Black Sea coastal wild nature. Through
taking part in various activities, young people are encouraged to
meet challenges and go beyond their limits. The young people are
encouraged to go beyond their limits. The feeling of safety,
understanding, and support is a necessary condition for their full
self-expression. Participants acquire skills for positive and
creative communication and analysis of situations and team
problem-solving. Throughout the course the ideas of human values,
man's place in nature, and his attitude towards it are discussed.
The technical elements included in the course are map and compass
orienteering, getting to know basic safety rules for staying on the
coast and in the sea, first aid training, swimming, water rescue
action, “ropes” course, non-impact camping, “solo” time, night hike,
ecological activities. Specialized games for ice-breaking,
orienteering, teambuilding, and challenge games, stories and
discussions.
"Challenge"
10 days course for
children and teenager age 10-13 and 14-18.
The intention of the course is to give
the participants opportunity to get acquainted with the diversity
and beauty of the wild nature of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
Through taking part in various activities the children and teenagers
are encouraged to overcome and go beyond their personal limits, and
to build a positive attitude for facing challenges. The feeling of
safety, understanding, and support is a necessary condition for
their full self-expression. Participants acquire skills for positive
communication, for analysis of situations and team problem-solving.
The human values, the man’s place in the nature, and its attitude
towards the natural environment are topics of emphasis during the
course.
The technical elements included in the course are: 6 day mountain
hide including a peak climb, camping in the open, map and compass
orienteering, “ropes” course, “solo” time, getting to know basic sea
safety rules, swimming, first aid and sea rescue action training,
night hike, and ecological activities. Specialized games for
ice-breaking, orienteering, teambuilding, challenge games, stories
and discussions.
"Vertical"
8 - 10 day course for teenagers age 14 and above who
have already participated in Educo courses. These requirements are
conditioned by the higher level of technical and physical load and
the level of communication within the group.
Teenagers are given the opportunity to lead the group and to make
decisions within the boundaries of their understanding for safety.
Through participation in various challenging activities, young
people estimate their own potentials and these of the group as a
whole. They acquire new positive attitude towards their own
personality, the personalities of others in the group, as well as
towards the environment. The idea of supporting one another in their
willingness to be what they are. The teamwork is improved. The
participants make sense of the relationships between a single person
and the world, between choosing to be different and the real
possibility to be different, between the human values friendship and
love, Leadership qualities based on the personal experience are
developed... Winter courses include: Alpine skiing, tour skiing, avalanche
rescue and first aid actions, non-impact camping, "solo" time,
ecological ethics. Specialized games – discussions and stories. Summer courses include: rock climbing, rappelling, trekking,
non-impact camping, first aid – basic knowledge of rendering first
aid and self assistance in cases of accidents, “ropes” course (rope
gardens, trolley bus over lake or river), acquiring basic caving
knowledge, spending a night in a cave, night "solo" time, ecological
ethics. Specialized games, stories, and discussions.
"Expedition"
15 days program for teenagers above 13 years of age.
The main purpose of this type of course is to give young people the
chance to study and get to know nature through personal contact with
it, to learn more about the different methods of monitoring its
state and about the ways to preserving it. Through this course the
participants make sense of the connection between man and nature as
a necessary condition for the preservation of the ecological
equilibrium because everything in nature is interconnected. In the
wild, teenagers learn to work as a team of individuals, acquire
better understanding of themselves, and develop leadership
qualities. By motivating a positive attitude towards the
environment, young people develop their sense of appreciation and
responsibility for the natural world. They turn the care of nature
in their lifestyle.
"International courses"
The content of the international courses corresponds to that of
"Discoverer", "Adventurer", "Vertical", and "Expedition"" courses We
offer courses in English, German, French, Russian, and other
languages. For the Bulgarian participants, these are courses with a
second language.
“Survivor”
8 - 10 days program for
teenagers above
16 years of age.
Program to develop survival skills in extreme
conditions.
Formation of leadership qualities based on personal
experience.