TALES 1.0
Traditions, storytelling, photography, videography, cultural exchange, and youth empowerment in Madeira.
Explore completed project →Camacha · Madeira · Portugal
Every journey begins with a story.
Cada viagem começa com uma história.
Forgotten Folktales helps create opportunities for Madeira’s local youth to join international Erasmus+ mobilities, meet like-minded people, discover other cultures, develop skills, and return ready to contribute to their communities.
Criamos oportunidades para jovens da Madeira conhecerem culturas, desenvolverem competências e regressarem prontos para contribuir.
A path from Madeira to the world — and home again
The call becomes a shared journey.
Discover
Descobrir
Connect
Conectar
Travel
Viajar
Create
Criar
Return
Regressar
Why mobility matters
Culture travels with us, and changes how we return.
Cultural confidence
A chance to value local traditions while sharing them across borders.
Understanding
Exchange builds curiosity, listening, and intercultural understanding.
Creative skills
Stories, dance, craft, photography, video, and digital making become shared tools.
Youth opportunity
Young people return with friendships, knowledge, confidence, and energy to contribute.
Completed projects
Tales in motion
TALES 2.0
A completed journey from passive digital consumption to active cultural creation.
Explore completed project →The archive is waiting for its next chapter.
Participants 
Dances 
Crafts 
Madeira landscapes 
Workshops 
Exhibitions & community moments 