Czechia
participants
The event belongs to Social Inclusion Cause and was organized to spread happiness. It was also part of the Social Inclusion Days.
We met at the ESN Office where we made the signs and also small positive notes to give to people in the streets (some in English, some in Czech). After that we went to the streets. At first we were standing all together on one spot but it didn't really work, so we have decided to split into smaller groups and walk around. It was during the Christmas markets so there were a lot of people at the Náměstí Svobody, so we were just walking around, showing the sign and sometimes people came to us by themselves or we were offering the hug directly.
This is something you can't really plan, but if you send the positive vibes to people they will offer it back, and don't be sad or mad when someone says no - people are not used to this kind of activity.
Even though there were only 7 of us, it was better because we still split into smaller groups so that the people were not afraid to approach us. And overall, we really enjoyed it because we made a lot of people smile and even inspired one group to do Free Hugs themselves.