Feel the beat: The project that enables deaf youngsters to “hear” the music

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Music is considered food for the soul. Our happiness hormone gets activated when hearing the beat of music. Living in a world with so many sounds and not being able to be part of music entertainment activities makes it feel discriminated and having less possibilities. These barriers have a mental health impact especially among youngsters. The project “Feel the Beat” brings the approach and activities that enables this group of youngsters with less possibilities to live experience the music activities. Brightening up someone’s day is considered our mission specially in this project. Through this project, we aimed in creating and enabling the integration of deaf youngsters through some dedicated spaces where music is played, so that they can experience the feeling of the music vibrations. Read more

Reacting on Hate Speech, Improving Teenagers Mental Health

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AMAD concluded the project about countering hate speech that brought together various stakeholders. Through the activities of this project 83 teenagers aged 14-18 got involved through essays sharing their experience when encountered hate speech. And hundreds more were involved in the national survey on hate speech, as well as in the focus groups of discussions. Read more