Welcome To AIESEC in Greece
Global Volunteer booklet
Winter Peak
Greece
Greece is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa and has over 3,000 islands. The climate varies according to region and the temperature is typically from 15 degrees in winter and spring to 30 degrees in summer and autumn. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece and one of the oldest cities in the world
Greece is so rich in culture and beauty that it never seems to be completely explored. After all, this is one of the reasons that brought it in the list with the top 20 tourist destinations worldwide!
Main issues in Greece Gap between education & what society/employers need Has one of the highest rate of youth unemployment in Europe
Economic crisis lack of ethical leaders Corruption Racism
Our projects
Why?
Young Power IN ACTION is the program which targets young students, between 6-12 years old The goal is to empower the young students in order to develop their personality and self-awareness, while addressing social issues .
The constant changes of the external environment creates the need of developing different skills and characteristics from youth. The incapability of the education system to evolve rapidly adapting to the trends, creates a gap in the system, where programs of non typical education are invited to flourish.
The program Key Job Description According to the age of the students you will have different kind of content to deliver in English language.
Details Realization Dates
Jan – Feb 2017
You ‘ll be responsible to prepare and deliver all the workshops sessions upon the issues that you will adress. The main issues that you will adress are: Cultural – awarness, teamwork and team management, time management, Your workshops interactive and the goal is to pass the knowledge through experiential learning.
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Required •Presentatio n skills •Excellent English
Preparation Seminar Accommodation
What past participants have to say? I took part in Young Power which focuses on developing soft skills for high school students. My responsibilities were to take care of the kids, engage them to join and enjoy the project and contribute to the topics. Teaching how to develop soft skills made me realize I’ve got a lot to improve. Basically, I learnt everything again, from the basics, with the kids. It was an amazing journey. During the project, I became a much more organized, patient and calmer person. I developed my audience management skills and improved my body language, also. This whole process taught me how to express myself the way I always wanted to. I have tons of great experiences, but the most important thing is all the love I got back from the kids.I’m still in contact with a lot of them and I can see how they develop which is always a nice thing.I have tried my best to be someone to be looked up to, and give them another point of view. I recommend everyone to challenge themselves and take this route because its a huge and joyful adventure to everyone who takes part. Interns can learn more from the kids than we can imagine.
Berk Ozerk,Turkey
Zoltan Lantos , Hungary
My project was about going to schools and talking about my culture, racism and future dreams. It was called Young Power. Mainly racism because I was from another country and we could discuss it with the kids. My responsibilities were going to school and make presentations a bout given topics and discuss them with the kids. As a soft skill I developed presentation making, talking in front of the class and generally public speaking. Best moment was when some of the kids came and they said ‘‘I want to be like you when I grow up’’. I would definitely recommend it and have already recommended it. It is a lifetime experience!
NGO for Change is the program which takes place in nongovernmental organizations and institutions by tackling a variety of issues such as: •Environment, •Social issues, •Health, •Culture The goal is to enable the nongovernmental organizations to have financial sustainability, gain knowledge on organizational development and management. Give to the NGOs the needed knowledge and tools with the final aim to run future initiatives and activities.
Why? According to the latest study of the European union many nongovernmental organizations of Greece after the economic crisis of 2009 have closed because they couldn’t be financial sustainable anymore. The main challenges they are facing are that the don’t know how to use technology for their advantage, how to manage and promote their activities
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Depending on the non-governmental profile & needs you will provide: administrative , technological and functional support Make the project plan and design the awareness campaign about the issue you will work on Build the promotion strategy Create promotion materials Manage the online promotion ( social medias ) Make presentations and seminars about your campaign and manage a networking event (if needed ) Gather all the data that you have collected and finalize the campaign
Realization Dates
Dec – Jan - Feb 2017
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•Marketing, IT skills •Good level of English
Provided Preparation Seminar Accommodation
What past participants have to say? My Global Citizen experience in Greece this summer had a huge effect on me in different aspects of my life – It widened my worldview, gave me a chance to make lifelong friendships, and most importantly, it enabled me to help the ones that needed it the most. It was very rewarding of how I was able to use my skills and abilities learnt from university in a practical environment, and of course, towards an extremely important cause. This experience has definitely made me more solution oriented, and now I understand that there are ways in which you can turn drawbacks into success if you just look at the situation from a different point of view. As much as the economic situation affected my NGO, its people and my work there, I am also grateful that I was able to make a positive contribution during this difficult time. I learnt so much about the ways the country, and especially the media tends to handle such occurrences. As a whole, I can honestly say that I have experienced the change Global Citizen have on people’s lives and I really recommend it to others as well!
Lucy Banny, North Carolina
Jasmina Korpimaki, Finland
"My AIESEC experience in Greece last summer was the best decision I have ever made for myself. I worked at an amazing NGO called "Thess Checkpoint", an HIV prevention center with the friendliest staff. I did human resources for them to help with the problem in Greek society of volunteer engagement. To do this, I interviewed and surveyed local staff, Athens staff, and volunteers, to create a report with plans for how to improve volunteer engagement at the organization. Through these tasks, I developed my communication and presentation skills and was able to learn more about Greek society. It's hard to pick a single "best moment" from my experience, because everyday was a different adventure. The best part of living in Greece was the people!.
Project Description
Why? International Kindergarten is the program which takes place in kindergartens for kids, between 3-6 years old aims to help the kids develop cultural understanding and respect towards differences through interactive activities and games
Kids in early ages usually are not familiar with people from other countries and they are more likely to develop a sense of xenophobia. Also nowadays bulling episodes are occurring more than ever
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Present your culture through your traditional foods, historymythology and storytelling
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Create activities inspired from your country roots (theatre ,dance, songs, drawings)
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Teach basic English through games
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Create interactive activities about team work and cross cultural respect
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Make games and presentations for global interest issues ( bullying, cultural understanding )
Realization Dates
Jan – Feb 2017
Required •Educational profile(child ,language) • Excellent English
Provided Preparation Seminar Accommodation
What past participants have to say?
My name is Quyen Nguyen from AIESEC in Houston, United States. I applied for the International Kindergarten program and shared the American and Vietnamese culture. During my time at the Kindergarten, I played American games and sang Greek songs, taught them the colors, numbers, and basic phrases in English as they taught me the same in Greek. After not being able to communicate with the children because of the language barrier, I learned to handle them more with my tone and actions rather than my words which I have used once I came back. I have never been an expressive person but after this experience, I said less and showed more which made me open up more to how I felt. I made so many amazing memories during this experience but the one I loved was when one of my students made me upset but another student made me feel better by putting his arms around me, kissed me on the cheek and said, "Σ ‘αγαπώ, Κυρία Quyen. (I love you Ms. Quyen).“ If I had a chance to do this program again, I would do it without any hesitation because everyone that I met was family and Thessaloniki, Greece was home.
Elena Viero , Italy
Quyen Nguyen,USA
I participated in the project International Kindergarten in Athens, The project addressed community empowerment, specifically education. I helped the teachers with the regular activities of the kindergarten, but I also had the opportunity to propose projects and develop ideas of my own. This mostly concerned presentations of my country and practical activities to promote cross-cultural dialogue. Working with children surely improved my patience and put me in a different mind-set I had to find ways to communicate with them without having a common language and to catch their attention with my activities, which requires creativity and imagination. I think I really felt satisfied when I saw the children reacting to my proposals with enthusiasm and growing fond of me, despite the differences and the linguistic obstacles. It made me feel that I was really doing something important, both for them and for myself. I would recommend the project because it offers a good perspective to get to know a new reality and a new culture from the inside. Moreover, the teachers allow you to express yourself through your ideas and suggestions, which are really taken into consideration: the engagement is practical and really helps to develop personal skills.
Why?
Young Power comes so the students can be more easily absorbed in the job market whilst having the foundations to start something of their own shall they wish to through giving them basic knowledge about soft skills, Vocational skills and entrepreneurial skills.
The constant changes of the external environment creates the need of developing different skills and characteristics from youth. The incapability of the education system to evolve rapidly adapting to the trends, creates a gap in the system, This leads to youth not being able to be absorbed in the job market , creating a 50,4% youth unemployment in the country.
The program
Key Details
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Deliver sessions regarding cultural understanding and self-awareness.
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Conduct workshops about feedback and effective communication.
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Conduct workshops about team work related to professional work. Create teams upon the themes they are going to work on (Start-up, NGO etc…)
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Conduct workshop about Entrepreneurship and career path. Facilitate presentation of projects from the teams.
Realization Dates
Jan – Feb 2017
Required •Past experience •Excellent English
Provided Preparation Seminar Accommodation
AIESEC in Greece
What do we provide ?
Accommodation free (either in flat, hosting families or hostel with basic living condition)
Pick up from airport Preparation from host committee before arrival Incoming preparation seminar after arrival Personal development plan Fulfillment of all Standards & Satisfactions
Contacts Ahmed Gad MCVP iGV Ahmed1.gad@aiesec.net
LC Athens LC UniPi LC UoM Thessaloniki
Expansion of DUTH
Said NST IR Ahmed3.said@aiesec.net
dimitra.thomaidi@aiesec.net alex.papanastasiou@aiesec.net alex.tsatinyan@aiesec.net
eleftheria.vergou@aiesec.net
LC NKUA
katerina.kali.aiesec@gmail.com
LC AUTH
konstantinos.theodoridis.7@aiesec.net
LC Patras
katerina.panagiotopoulou@aiesec.net
LC UoI OE Crete
georgia.statiri2@aiesec.net dimitra.pinakoulaki@aiesec.net
See you in Greece!
Thank You Winter Peak