PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE L ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT “TASTE OF FREEDOM” September 2014 – January 2015

1. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT
“TASTE OF FREEDOM”
September 2014 – January 2015

2. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
SEPTEMBER 2014
AFTERNOON EVENT “TEA DRINKING
TRADITIONS”
• Herbalist Mrs. Dalė Petraitienė
and Mr. Antanas Skindzera,
master of tea drinking traditions,
offered their help in organizing
this event.
• They talked about tea drinking
ceremonies, when various
specific texts are read in order to
stop thinking ant keeping mind
„here and now“.

3. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
SEPTEMBER 2014
• Prisoners were told about the beginning of tea
drinking traditions in China and how those
traditions made a huge influence on various
cultures ant customs.
• All feelings, such as vision, touch, taste, sense of
smell ant hearing, are very strong and active
during the ceremony. What do we all need, is to
take some time for ourselves, for silence, for being
„here and now“...
• During this tea drinking event inmates had a
possibility to taste tea of healing herbs (nettle and
mint) and to relax, concentrate ant calm their mind.
AFTERNOON EVENT
“TEA DRINKING TRADITIONS”

4. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
OCTOBER 2014
• Fruit and vegetable carving is a delightful way to make food into art.
• Nowadays food carving professionals are welcome in the finest
restaurants around Europe.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CARVING CLASS
• A specific training was
organised in the Panevezys
Correction House to present the
inmates a few simplified fruit and
vegetable carving techniques for
Lithuanian kitchen.

5. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
OCTOBER 2014
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CARVING CLASS
• The inmates were
guided through the
process of crafting
apples, potatoes,
carrots, paprikas, leeks,
pattypans and
pumpkins into natural
and realistic
masterpieces.

6. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CARVING CLASS
PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
OCTOBER 2014
• The inmates were surprised at the techniques
employed to craft special shapes (for example, a
flower or a bird) from simple Lithuanian fruits or
vegetables.

7. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
OCTOBER 2014
• The inmates not only learned simple garnishing
techniques to transform humble harvests into
incredible edibles, but also had a possibility to use
Lithuanian fruits and vegetables as their medium for
artistic expression.
• This is a craft inmates can employ in the future to
make their important holiday meals much more
unique.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CARVING CLASS

8. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
NOVEMBER 2014
WORKSHOP “COOKING FOR KIDS”
• Women, raising their children under 3 years in the Mother and Child
Unit, participated in a workshop “Cooking for Kids".
• Mothers were cooking for kids and with kids!
Preparing yougurt muffins

9. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
NOVEMBER 2014
WORKSHOP “COOKING FOR KIDS”
• A tasty curd pie according to the old
grandmother’s recipe,
• yogurt muffins
• and candies made of dried fruits with a nut hidden
inside
were prepared during the workshop.
Preparing a curd pie

10. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
OCTOBER 2014
WORKSHOP
“COOKING FOR KIDS”
• Convicted women learned a
lot and had a chance to enjoy
fun time cooking and tasting
delicious food with their
kids!
Preparing candies

11. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
DECEMBER 2014
EMBROIDERY CLASSES
• The goal – to create the embroidered
picture of the PROJECT LOGO.
• The inmates were serving as teachers to
each other.

12. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
DECEMBER 2014
THE RESULTS
EMBROIDERY CLASSES

13. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
DECEMBER 2014 – JANUARY 2015
TRAVELING EXHIBITION OF THE
PROJECT LOGO
• From December 20, 2014 to January 20, 2015 the community and the
quests of the Panevezys Correction House had a possibility to visit the
Traveling Exhibition of The Project Logo.
• The dissemination event was held on the 7th of January.
• The participants of the event – the inmates and the staff of the Panevezys
Correction House as well as the personnel of the Adult Training Centre.

14. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
JANUARY 2014
COOKING WORKSHOPS
• The workshops are conducted by our instructors and are held at
the prison;
• The groups are limited to 5-7 people so that prisoners have an
ample opportunity to interact with the instructor and one another;
• At the end of each workshop, participants taste the food they
have prepared;
• Inmates are actively engaged in decision making process:
listening to each others experience on traditional food and
choosing the most interesting stories and recipes to prepare, and
in the end – choosing the best of all prepared recipes for the book.

15. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
JANUARY 2015
COOKING WORKSHOPS
• We hope our January workshops enabled our inmates to train
their skills required to bake well.

16. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
JANUARY 2015
BAKING WORKSHOP
• TRADITIONAL OATMEAL COOKIES

17. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
JANUARY 2015
BAKING WORKSHOPS
• YEAST CAKE WITH APPLES

18. PANEVEZYS CORRECTION HOUSE
JANUARY 2015
BAKING WORKSHOPS
• LITHUANIAN BACON BUNS

19. Thank you!