Dasha Lavrinienko

About:

I combine training, shepherding and motherhood.
I live in a small village in Catalan Pyrenees and spend half of the year in the French Alps with my family and herd.
Sometimes I play music, sometimes I take photographs.
I read a lot.
I find inspiration in nature.
My background is in filosophy, visual anthropology, youth work and community education.
I am passionate about experiential learning and working with international groups and especially with people with diversabilities.

Dasha Lavrinienko has 3 references for past work as a trainer and added 2 tools to the SALTO Toolbox.

Dasha Lavrinienko

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Trainer connections

  • Mattias Buysens
    Mattias Buysens
  • Anita Silva
    Anita Silva
  • Trisha Wilkinson
    Trisha Wilkinson

Current occupation

I am a freelance trainer and coordinator of Cultural organisation Pirineus Creatius.

Work experience

I am a member of the Irish panel of trainers for the Erasmus plus and the ESC programmes.
I take on several ESC cycle trainings a year and currently work on a project called Belonging to Nature: the Heart of Wellbeing. It is an international project that recieved support from the Icelandic NA in 2021 and which is now growing into its second phase.
I’ve been a coordinator of a Cultural Association Pirineus Creatius for 10 years now. I have worked on local community and youth projects in the field of education, arts and nature connection.
I’ve worked at Crooked House Theatre Company with young people and at Community Education Services in Ireland with diverse groups of adults (2018-2021).
My main topics of expertise are Belonging, Environmental education and Creative facilitation.

Educational pathway

I have a degree in filosophy and anthropology; Master’s degree in Construction of Cultural Identities (University of Barcelona) and Postgraduate degrees in Youth Studies (Manooth University of Ireland) and in Theatre and Education (Institut del Teatre).
I completed ToT in 2020.
I have done trainings on Creative Facilitation, on Intercultural community development, on Climate Justice, on Arts and lots of trainings on non-formal learning.

Fields of training expertise

  • (expert) Communication Skills
  • (expert) Creativity & Art
  • (expert) Diversity & Anti-Racism
  • (expert) Environment & Ecology
  • (expert) Evaluation & Assessment
  • (expert) Event Management
  • (advanced) Financial Management
  • (expert) Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
  • (expert) Group Dynamics & Motivation
  • (expert) Intercultural Learning
  • (expert) International Youth Work
  • (expert) Outdoor & Experiential Training
  • (expert) Personal Development & Empowerment
  • (expert) Project Management
  • (expert) Public Speaking
  • (expert) Social Inclusion & Exclusion
  • (expert) Storytelling & Humour
  • (advanced) Training of Trainers
  • (expert) Volunteer Programmes
  • (expert) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Youth Policy
  • (expert) Youth Worker Training

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA2) Strategic Partnerships
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
  • (expert) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)

Working with specific target groups

  • (advanced) Children
  • (advanced) Families
  • (intermediate) Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
  • (expert) Intercultural Teams
  • (advanced) Marginalized & Excluded Youth
  • (advanced) Minorities
  • (intermediate) Women's Issues & Groups
  • (advanced) Young People with a Mental Disability
  • (advanced) Young People with a Physical Disability
  • (intermediate) Young People with a Sensory Disability

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (intermediate) Africa
  • (expert) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (expert) European Cooperation
  • (intermediate) Global Cooperation
  • (advanced) South East Europe

Language Skills

  • (fluent) English
  • (fluent) Italian
  • (fluent) Russian
  • (fluent) Spanish
  • (fluent) Ukrainian

Other languages

Catalan and French

Trainer references

  • Belonging to Nature: the Heart of Wellbeing

    Validated (2024-10-25)
    The training activity took place
    in Slovenia and Iceland (2022j
    organised by KA2 Icelandic NA
    May 2022 and September 2022
    Reference person

    Mattias Buysens

    (co-trainer)
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  • Belonging through Community Theatre

    Validated (2024-10-25)
    The training activity took place
    in Greece
    organised by KA2 supported by Léargas, organised by Creative Youthland
    16 - 23 of April 2022
    Reference person

    Vasiliki Psarra

    (co-trainer)
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  • The Doorstep Mile

    Validated (2024-11-04)
    The training activity took place
    in Wicklow National Parc, Ireland
    organised by Léargas, Irish NA
    September 2022
    Reference person

    Deirdre Quinlan

    (co-trainer)
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This profile was last modified on 2024-10-25

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