PKU Cup 2014 @ Duga Uvala, Croatia

• published: 29 Oct 2014
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The project PKU Cup is sponsored by: EU Youth in Action Programme-Golden sponsor, Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, G-M Pharma Zagreb and KEFO The project PKU Cup is an initiative of connecting European youth affected by phenylketonuria (PKU) in form of amateur sports competition. The PKU Cup is being held in Duga Uvala, Croatia.The project lasts from March 3rd 2014 until November 28th 2014. Included in the project are: Croatian PKU Society and Slovenian PKU Society. The project includes 24 participants. It is a bilateral youth exchange project with two themes: health and open air sport activities. The main goal of PKU Cup is connecting European youth affected by phenylketonuria (PKU). Specific goals are: a) developing sport skills through sport games (sports competition & Adventure Academy). b) learning about phenylketonuria (PKU) through brain storming and developing a poster with conclusions. c) learning to express their speciality PKU through show dance. d) Think like a winner through analysis of written material, groupwork, group discussion and developing a poster with advices how to think like a winner. d) developing cooking skills of the PKU youth through developing a low protein menu and cooking in groups. e) learning about EU through a game. f) learning about cultures of in the project included countries through researching on Internet and making a tour guide (leaflet). g) spreading the word about the project PKU Cup and PKU among the local society of Duga Uvala. In the PKU Cup 2014 these two PKU Societies are competing for the PKU Cup. The winner of the PKU Cup 2014 becomes the host of the next PKU Cup amateur sports competition. The youth is competing in football, basketball, badmington, ping pong, diving, swimming, rope pulling, volleyball, handball, hide & seek. Projekt PKU kup je prvi projekt takve vrste koji povezuje mlade Europljane oboljele od fenilketonurije (PKU). Poprimio je oblik amaterskog sportskog natjecanja. Održava se 10.-20.08.2014. u Dugoj Uvali kraj Pule. Riječ je o projektu bilateralne razmjene mladih s dvjema temama: zdravi stilovi života i sportske aktivnosti na otvorenome. Glavni cilj PKU kupa je povezivanje mladih Europljana oboljelih od fenilketonurije. Specifični ciljevi su: razvijanje motoričkih sposobnosti mladih s fenilketonurijom kroz sport, učenje o fenilketonuriji (PKU), izražavanje zdravstvene posebnosti, fenilketonurije, mladih s fenilketonurijom, poticanje razmišljanja kao pobjedik, naučiti mlade s fenilketonurijom pripremati posebna niskoproteinska jela, učenje o EU-u kroz za to posebno osmišljenu igru, učenje o kulturama u projekt uključenih zemalja, širenje riječi o projektu PKU kup kroz sastanak s načelnikom općine. Projekt traje 03.03.-28.11.2014. U projekt su uključene: Udruga za pomoć obiteljima sa fenilketonurijom Hrvatske i Društvo za fenilketonurijo Slovenije. U projektu sudjeluju 24 mlade osobe s fenilketonurijom i 4 voditelja. Te se dvije zemlje bore za pehar. Zemlja koja ga osvoji postaje domaćinom sljedećeg PKU kupa. Mladi s fenilketonurijom natječu se u: nogometu, košarci, badmingtonu, stolnom tenisu, ronjenju na dah, plivanju, povlačenju konopa, odbojci, skrivaču i rukometu.