Humans of SALTO – the SALTO network ​anniversaries

The network constantly growing and learning.

Every 5 years at SALTO we do have some reasons to celebrate – the SALTO network is getting older, more experienced and well-seasoned! Like all things in life there are plenty of reasons to be grateful, happy, and a bit nostalgic when looking back.

So what makes a network? It is all the wonderful humans that make it happen! With the ideas, aspirations, work, dedication, humour, and learning moments are all what helped SALTO learn and grow. With that learning came inspiration from the famous „Humans of New York” photography project (HoNY); a mammoth task to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers in their daily lives. Somewhere along the way HoNY also began to interview subjects, and so all the portraits and accompanying stories became the subject of a vibrant blog, and a source of many social media spin-offs as well as  two great books.

In that spirit, “Humans of SALTO” is a tribute to people who have helped us to support education, training and youth work in Europe. We are grateful for the countless helping hands who have made „us” possible.

2020 was extraordinary in many ways.

Back then we had been mainly a network of youth resource centres. There were surely more than 20 humans who remarkably supported the network, but as SALTO turned 20 in 2020, this was the number we want to embrace. The Humans of SALTO project took a look at 20 personal stories of people who have influenced and impacted the SALTO network, and who themselves have been somehow touched by us, the SALTO network.

In 2025 the SALTO grew with the new resource centres into the corss-sectorial network.

It was a moment of reflection on the beginnings, the fundaments and values standing behind each SALTO, shaping the network’s character. We had decided to reach out to the key personalities, who had been there at the beginning of each resource centre, contributing to its successful establishment

The project has taken us all around Europe and its neighbourhood. Our SALTO humans had plenty of work-related stories of mutual learning, reflection on cooperation and European projects. They also had just as many stories of friendship, inspiration, and plenty of  misunderstandings that turned into lifelong learning moments.

And well, 2030 is just behind the corner! Let's see who will be the Humans of SALTO then.

Celebrate SALTO anniversary with us:

Browse through the Humans of SALTO stories, find inspirations and share them across your networks. Get in touch with us with your own #SALTOanniversary story and be our human!

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