Just Maps and Just Action

🌍 A small online meeting… but a great journey out into the world!

Students from the Umberto I School in Lanciano met online with students from Matinyani DEB School in Kenya, one of the associated schools involved by LUA, as part of the Erasmus+ project “Just Maps”.

During the meeting, the students shared interesting facts about their schools, talked about some of the project’s activities and discovered similarities and differences between their respective school environments.

There were plenty of fun moments too: the Italian students learnt a few words in Swahili, whilst the Kenyan students tried speaking Italian. The meeting ended with two short choruses sung together, surrounded by smiles, enthusiasm and a strong desire to connect beyond all distances! 🎶

✨ “Hakuna Matata!” ✨

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The work is still in progress. Students of Warsaw school # # LO z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie and their maps and their forms. All filled up. After checking the beach the work has been carried on in school and at home.
Next step will be digitalisation. Maps Maps Just Maps

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Global Action Plan IrelandInEuropa - Finanziamenti Europei
Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
Istituto Comprensivo Umberto I Lanciano

During the Educator’s Conference 2026, held from May 1 to 3 in Mombasa, InEuropa and GAP Spain met with the Just Mappers group from the Aga Khan Academy Mombasa, who are carrying out an inspiring participatory research project within their local community.

These young researchers are mapping their city to identify environmental challenges and develop concrete proposals to present to local institutions and stakeholders.

Among the topics they are working on:
🛺 traffic congestion and the environmental impact of tuk tuks
🍽️ food waste in local restaurants
🌱 mangrove planting to protect coastal ecosystems

A project that starts from observing everyday local realities to imagine more sustainable, inclusive and liveable cities.

The energy, awareness and motivation of these young Just Mappers reminded us of something simple yet powerful: change begins when we learn to look at our communities through new eyes ✨

I am happy to inform you that I had an online lecture about Just Maps today for the Research Centre for Nature Environment and Sustainability at University of Warsaw UCBS. The host appreciated the approach to boost local communities and youngsters especially by our project and wants connect us in future with the Institute for Teachers to show our project there. That might be a very good idea! 😃

Look for Just Maps on the program.

Programa GAP
Global Action Plan Ireland
Fundacja GAP Polska
InEuropa - Finanziamenti Europei
Aga Khan Academy Mombasa
Istituto Comprensivo Umberto I Lanciano

Sun is back here in Warsaw! Enjoying spring and greenery students went out yesterday to research a green area which is closest to school and which happen to be a beach at the Vistula river.

They were working with the materials prepared by GAP organisation and teachers: printed map with empty space to fill, chart with different groups of local citizens to include and pencils.

Students were very specific in their idea for improvement. And last but not least that was fun!

# # LO z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi im. Bolesława Prusa w Warszawie

Programa GAP
Global Action Plan Ireland
Fundacja GAP Polska
Istituto Comprensivo Umberto I Lanciano InEuropa - Finanziamenti Europei
Erasmus+ Polska
Aga Khan Academy Mombasa

📍 InEuropa in Lanciano: 184 students are building the future… starting with bricks
Two days of creative and participatory workshops have transformed perceptions of the local area into three-dimensional maps, giving voice to ideas, emotions and issues that are often overlooked.
🌱 Green spaces, traffic, relationships, school: using the 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐎® 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘® method, the students observed and reimagined their community, becoming active agents of change.
An experience that combines education, participation and global citizenship, as part of the European Just Maps project.

Today, inEuropa was in Lanciano at IC Umberto I 🚀

Over 120 students took part in a creative and engaging journey based on the LEGO® Serious Play® methodology 🧠✨

A dynamic experience designed to spark ideas, encourage dialogue, and foster innovative thinking… starting (also) from bricks 🧩

From School to Community: Erasmus Project and Legambiente Shaping Responsible Citizens
On Thursday, March 26, students from classes 1D and 1E of the “Umberto I” lower secondary school took part in “Puliamo il Mondo” (“Clean Up the World”), an initiative promoted by Legambiente, experiencing a meaningful morning focused on environmental awareness and active participation.
Accompanied by their teachers, Elisa Felicita Scrocco, Michele Tierri, Simona Spadano and Irene Rosato, the students headed to the park next to the municipal stadium. There, they met Paola Marrollo, Legambiente representative from Lanciano, who led an engaging introductory discussion, encouraging students to reflect on environmental protection and the importance of responsible everyday actions.
The activity was opened by a greeting from the Councillor for the Environment, Tonia Paolucci, who highlighted the key role young people play in building a more aware and active society.
Students then became true “guardians” of their local area. Equipped with gloves, litter pickers and materials provided by the Municipality of Lanciano, they took part in a symbolic clean-up activity, helping to restore care and dignity to a shared space that is often overlooked.
This initiative is part of the school’s wider civic education programme and the Erasmus project Just Maps, which focuses on active citizenship and aims to foster a sense of responsibility, participation and environmental awareness among young people.

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