Toolkit for HRE | The power of Storytelling and Comedy

Aims of the tool

The toolkit has several goals:
- Educate Youth Workers: understand the basics of comedy writing and performance, and how it could be used in the daily youth work.
- Raise Awareness: Use humor to address and highlight human rights issues like equality, fairness, and freedom.
- Empower Others: Enable youth workers to engage their own audiences (likely young people) through workshops, presentations, or creative activities.
- Make Serious Topics Accessible: Use humor to discuss sensitive topics in a non-threatening and thought-provoking way.

Description of the tool

This toolkit was developed as part of the Erasmus+ training course “Erasmus+ Open Mic: Raising Awareness of Human Rights!”, which was approved by the Lithuanian National Agency, funded by the Erasmus+ program, and coordinated and implemented by Loud&Clear. The training course, held in Lithuania in June 2024, brought together youth workers, youth leaders, educators, and human rights activists from six countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Greece, Portugal, Italy, and Poland.

This toolkit is designed to help youth workers use stand-up comedy techniques to raise awareness about human rights. It serves as a guide for non-comedians to learn joke-writing and performance techniques, breaking down complex social issues in a relatable and engaging way.