Program
MON 3.11
Resilience in the face of emigration as a response to a threatening context
Diana Mubarakshina
Upsala Circus
Zeits, Germany (Formerly St-Petersburg, Russia)
↗Website
TUE 4.11
Applying YSC values to broader local communities as an act of resilience in the face of State repression
Dragan Jajić Vladisavljev
Kreativni Pogon
Novi Sad, Serbia
↗Website
WED 5.11
Organizational resilience amidst regional and domestic instability
Rose Abou Elias
Cirquenciel
Beirut, Lebanon
↗Website
THU 6.11
Circus as a Safe Space: Building Resilience in Palestine
Mohammad Rabah
Palestinian Circus School
Ramallah, Palestine
↗Website
FRI 7.11
Bringing YSC activities to children in Rohingya camps and to Afghan children as a tool for resilience against the loss of multiple rights and freedoms
David Mason
Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC), Afghanistan and Bangladesh
↗Website
Caravan Week 2025: Youth & Social Circus as a Tool for Resilience
Caravan Week returns with a renewed focus on amplifying the voices of Youth and Social Circus (YSC) organizations worldwide. This year’s edition brings together member organizations to share their experiences and advocate for the role of YSC in times of uncertainty and change.
Caravan Week 2025 will take place online from 3 to 7 November, featuring daily podcasts with YSC leaders from Serbia, Palestine, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Germany.
This year’s edition focuses on one central question:
How do Youth and Social Circus organizations use circus as a tool of resilience in the face of global challenges?
Through these daily podcasts, member organizations will share first-hand experiences from different cultural and social contexts. Their stories illustrate how circus practices are used to respond to instability, promote inclusion, and support young people in building confidence and community.
Each podcast will be released daily at 16:00 CET, on Caravan’s official social media channels (LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook) and with direct links shared through the Caravan Week mailing list – subscribe with the button below.
Get notified of the daily Caravan Week podcasts
OUR Current PROJECTS
CTF Alumni Meeting: Reflections and Future Visions for Social Circus
Circus TransFormation in Action, CTF, is a social circus training program run by Caravan International Youth and Social Circus Network. After seven cycles of the training, Caravan and Sorin Sirkus gathered CTF alumni together for two days. In the Alumni Meeting,...
What About Youth ? (W.A.Y)
For many years Caravan has been talking about having youth leadership and empowerment at the head of our strategy. Thanks to the development of the ‘Youth Advisory Group’ in 2021, we were able to make that dream a reality, and implement a strong youth lead approach...
Circus Transformation Advanced
To read the final report, with all of the findings from the CTF Advanced project, click the photo below!CTF Advanced is a 2.5 year project led by Sorin Sirkus with the objectives to: form a network (both local and European) of youth circuses, social circus trainers,...
European Solidarity Corps
Caravan has a network of exchange for volunteers within Europe, to support the mobility of young people in circus. By getting involved in the real-life activities of our youth and social circus schools, young people are able to boost their competencies, increase their...
Transformation through Circus Arts – A New Narrative for Europe
Circus Arts have a significant impact on the social, professional and economic transformation of the individuals. Caravan, the European youth and social circus network, and Ecole de Cirque de Bruxelles organise the « European seminar:...
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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥: 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭
The Palestinian Circus School مدرسة سيرك فلسطين need your help! Do you have a mobile circus tent to 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞? They need it by 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔! They aspire to have 𝟓𝟎 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 train 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 by the end of year, this tent will help them do so as they bring circus magic to more communities and provide a stage for their artists to shine.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 them 𝐭𝐨
✔️ Travel to more communities
✔️ Share circus arts and workshops with children and families
✔️Provide a stage for Palestinian artists
𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
✔️Mobile and easy to transport/install
✔️ New or used
✔️ Capacity: 𝟑𝟎𝟎+ people
✔️ Meets safety standards
✨ Let’s bring circus magic and hope to communities across Palestine! Contact us before 1/3/2026 at:
📩 info@palcircus.ps
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥: 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭
Do you have a mobile circus tent to 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞? We need it by 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔! We aspire to have 𝟓𝟎 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 train 𝟒,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 by the end of year, this tent will help us do so as we bring circus magic to more communities and provide a stage for our artists to shine.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨
✔️ Travel to more communities
✔️ Share circus arts and workshops with children and families
✔️Provide a stage for Palestinian artists
𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
✔️Mobile and easy to transport/install
✔️ New or used
✔️ Capacity: 𝟑𝟎𝟎+ people
✔️ Meets safety standards
✨ Let’s bring circus magic and hope to communities across Palestine! Contact us before 1/3/2026 at:
📩 info@palcircus.ps
This year we collaborated, learned, experimented and built connections that will guide us into 2026. Caravan Week united our organisations in global action, our WAY youth reps strengthened youth leadership, and lots of programmes and performances showed how vibrant our sector is. 💛
What stands out most? Our collaboration. We’re strongest when we act as a network: co-creating and raising our voices to make youth and social circus more visible, recognised and impactful.
Thank you for your energy, creativity and trust.
Let’s carry this forward into 2026! 🎪💫
A relaxing Holidays seasons from Taina & the Caravan Team!
#CaravanNetwork #YouthAndSocialCircus #SorinSirkus #SocialCircus #CircusEducation #CircusForGood #circuscommunity
🎙️ Speaker: David Mason
🏢 Role and Organization: Founder & Pedagogical Director, Mobile Mini Circus for Children (MMCC)
📍 Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh
🔗 Link to the podcast: https://youtu.be/wEGGpLQRuhA
MMCC global
Email info@caravancircusnetwork.eu
Phone +32 (0)4 92 12 71 71
Rue Picard 3.
1000 Bruxelles
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