The project „Let´s build bridges – What does it mean to be home” targets the gathering together of young people coming from different countries and with completely different ways of living. Furthermore it aims at the creation of a cross-cultural sense of togetherness in the European context and at the fortification of a cultural and historical consciousness. This will take place in a school youth hostel in a country area near Leipzig, with more or less 36 participants coming from Germany, Israel and Sweden. The main theme of our project will be the handling of the topic “Native Country”: how it is like and what does it mean for us and for other people. We will look for answers to these questions and we will look for questions that can bring us further in the reflection. The participants will focus on their own countries and see everyday-life aspects with a different and deeper consciousness. At the same time they will learn more about other countries, discovering common grounds and differences. Beyond that we will also deal with the history of the countries involved and the relationship among them. Three countries, three mentalities and three historical backgrounds that couldn´t be more different. Two extremes, Germany and Israel, and in-between the ambivalent role of Sweden. The holocaust will be handled as a theme, as well as nowadays racism. Young people will deal with these themes in artistic and creative ways. They will have the opportunity to choose among three different workshops: theater, media and art. With the direction of competent and experienced artists and pedagogues the participants will have the opportunity to deepen the topics as well as to develop their artistic competences. Besides the activities made in the workshops there will also be a rich program in order to strengthen the sense of community of the group and to give the participants the opportunity to know each other better. These activities will take place in Leipzig and in Berlin and will, in part, be arranged and directed by the participants themselves. It will be for example possible for the participants to arrange mini-workshops, which can partially be already planned in the preliminary preparation meetings. It will also be possible to make an intercultural night, in which every country will have the opportunity to present itself in a creative way. The results of the workshops will be presented in a public event that will address interested people and members of cultural organizations, in order to increase cultural interest and commitment. To reach this purpose it will also be created a dvd, which will be given as a reminder of the experience to every participant and that can, therefore, also be seen in other countries and show what was done in this week. This project will be arranged by us, two volunteers working in the JugendKulturWerksatt JOJO since September 2013 within the context of the European Voluntary Service and the Freiwillige Soziale Jahr/ Kultur. Having the opportunity to make this kind of project would be very important for us, since we are both very interested in Interculturality and we firmly believe that our future society should be based on it. We will put great value on the sense of community of the group and on the interactions among the participants coming from different countries as well as on the sensitization for foreign cultures. To us it also very important to establish contacts and create long-lasting friendship between the young people that will take part to this project.