In the first month of our EVS period we were working on a painting in the local kindergarten. Similar to the previous volunteers we painted nice drawings, animals to the outside wall of the kindergarten. It was a very grateful task, the kids were watching us curiously all the time. In the beginning
During the period 14th – 19th of October 2014 two participants from Greece, sent by ''Filoxenia'' participated in the Training seminar ''Responsible Citizenship - Civic Volunteering'' in Kokkola (Finland). This project organized for NGOs and professionals who work with volunteering or aiming to work
"Olympism in Action" is a Youth and Democracy project supported by European commission- Youth in Action Programme. The main theme of this Activity was to promote healthy lifestyles among youngsters and their participation and active citizenship in democratic processes towards a better quality of
The new Board of Directors of the Association "Filoxenia", Intercultural-Environmental Organisation, elected by the General Assembly, is as follows: President: Mrs Renatina Athanassouli Secretary: Mr George Palamaris Member: Mr Alexandros Souvatzis Filoxenia is embedding since August 2014 the former
Young people from Korinthia, attending the project "Olympism in Action" (Youth Democracy project) under the European "Youth in ActionProgramme", took part in a "Cross-fit training" sport activity in Athens, in the Fitness centre "Crossfit Stigma" under the professional instructor Anastasis
During the period 28.-31.8.2014 "Filoxenia" member of European Network of Youth Centre's (ENYC) participated in the Partnership building activity “Power for the Future!” in Kokkola (Finland). This meeting brought together 32 professional youth workers, coordinators and project workers with experiences of multicultural youth work from 16 countries.
Walls are frontiers set in stone. Built to last forever. Forever? Not in 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down – in one night only. The fall of the Berlin wall was an important step towards German reunification, but also towards European integration. To commemorate the event, European Movement Germany is initiating a debate on the past, present and future of Europe, which will take place on Sunday, 2 November.
I am Christina Flora from Greece, I am 24 years old and I am in the middle of my EVS project. Voluntary work and specifically EVS came randomly in my life, in a period that I needed a motivation to be more active. After finishing my studies in translation, there was nothing that could make me smile
There are moments that the idea to open your wings and travel to other places and taste experiences different from the standard ones seems like a big distant dream, but when you really believe in yourself and you really know what you want to do, every dream can be reached! Before one year it could
The European youth exchange named “Music without frontiers” took successfully place in Kryoneri Korinthias and its results have been presented during the final concert, that took place in the Kryoneri open air amphitheater, on Friday, 5 July 2013.
The youth workers meeting of the European Network of Youth Centres (ENYC) was organised in the frame of the Youth in Action programme, Subaction 4.1 "Support of bodies active at European level in the field of youth".
“Sports 4 All” was a Youth Exchange organized by Filoxenia, during the period 2 -10.09.2013 in Kryoneri (Greece) for young people from different European countries. The central idea of “Sports 4 all” was to promote the Olympic ideal, that sport is a human right for all individuals, regardless of