We are excited to share the results of the IncInAct project—an initiative designed for youth workers, organizations engaging with vulnerable and at-risk young people, educators, and community leaders eager to create more inclusive, empowering spaces. Our achievements include innovative storytelling methodologies, practical tools, and youth-led creative works, all aimed at strengthening the capacities of professionals across Europe and bringing new opportunities and hope to marginalized youth and their communities.

Associação Multidisciplinar Essência da Vida (Portugal)

Based in Vila Nova de Gaia, Essência da Vida is a nonprofit devoted to groups who often feel invisible: people with disabilities, the elderly, and youth in fragile situations. Their mission is not just medical rehabilitation through non-invasive therapies, but cultural empowerment. The philosophy is clear—true inclusion requires more than services; it needs creativity, connection, and community.
Essência da Vida’s creative programs range from intergenerational theatre groups to poetry workshops where individuals can reframe painful narratives into empowering stories. They have even developed storytelling book projects in local schools, where children write stories to support peers with disabilities. For them, storytelling is not an extracurricular activity—it is a vehicle of transformation.

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Stichting CWM Education (Netherlands)

CWM brings the power of theatre and performing arts into the international arena of youth empowerment. Since 2015, they’ve been training youth workers and young people alike in creative methodologies, particularly theatre as a form of human rights education.

Their projects span from working with refugees at local centers to coordinating international exchanges on topics like racism, LGBTQ+ rights, and domestic violence. Specializing in socially engaged theatre methods such as “Theatre of the Oppressed,” CWM Education empowers young people to confront discrimination and inequality by literally stepping into the spotlight.
Together with Essência da Vida, CWM Education ensures that IncInAct combines mental and emotional well-being strategies with cultural and artistic tools that travel across borders.