Lithuanian Students Share Memories of Hosting SENarts Friends in Daugai

A school feels different when its corridors fill with new languages, new faces, and the nervous excitement of students meeting friends they have only known from a distance.

From 27 April to 1 May 2026, our school in Daugai welcomed students and teachers from partner schools in Spain and Türkiye for the final student mobility of the Erasmus+ SENarts project. For our Lithuanian students, this was more than another project week. It was their turn to host, to guide, to share, and to help their international friends feel at home.

Now, those memories have been gathered in a very personal way: through student video diaries. In their own words, Lithuanian students reflect on what it felt like to welcome SENarts friends to Daugai, take part in drama activities together, and experience a week shaped by creativity, trust, and friendship.

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For Lithuanian students, welcoming peers from Spain and Türkiye offered a new perspective on their own culture and traditions. Things they know well, such as school routines, local habits, familiar foods, and the atmosphere of Daugai, became worth explaining and sharing.

During the Daugai mobility, students from three countries worked side by side. They did not need to be the same to connect. They needed shared time, shared tasks, and a safe space to express themselves.

This is one of the strongest messages of SENarts. Art can open doors that ordinary classroom routines do not always open. It can help students who feel shy, uncertain, or different find a place in the group. It can help confident students learn to listen. It can create moments where students see one another with more patience and care.

The Lithuanian students’ video diaries are a warm record of that impact. They show a final mobility filled with theatre, learning, and friendship. They also show the deeper value of SENarts: young people from different countries coming together, expressing themselves, and discovering that they can build something meaningful as a group.

The week in Daugai has ended, but its story continues in the voices of the students who lived it. Through their diaries, they remind us that the best project memories are often the most human ones: a shared laugh, a brave performance, a new friend, and the feeling of being included.