Evs waves i newsletter vol 1 04 11 2017

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April - November 2017

ERASMUS+

EUROPEAN VOLUNTARY SERVICE EVS KEKPA-DIEK of the Municipality of Volos, Greece www.kekpa.gr

Erasmus+ Programme Source: European Commission (2018) Erasmus+ Programme Guide. Version 1 (25/10/2017)

Erasmus+ is the EU Programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2020.

Education, training, youth and sport can make a major contribution to help tackle socio-economic changes, the key challenges that Europe will be facing until the end of the decade and to support the implementation of the European policy agenda for growth, jobs, equity and social inclusion.

The Erasmus+ Programme is designed to support Programme Countries' efforts to efficiently use the potential of Europe’s talent and social assets in a lifelong learning perspective, linking support to formal, non-formal and informal learning throughout the education, training and youth fields.

The Programme also enhances the opportunities for cooperation and mobility with Partner Countries, notably in the fields of higher education and youth.

Erasmus+ is the result of the integration of the following European programmes implemented by the Commission during the period 2007-2013: • The Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) • Comenius for schools • Erasmus for higher education • Leonardo da Vinci for vocational

education and training • Grundtvig for adult education • The Youth in Action Programme (YiA)

2 EVS projects in Volos From 2017 KEKPA-DIEK, the municipal social enterprise of the Municipality of Volos, re-activated its European Voluntary Service’s (EVS) projects after a pause of about 2 years, a pause caused by a general administrative delay on the decision of who will be responsible as a national unit on behalf of Greece for the Youth domain of the Erasmus+ 2014-2020 programme. Finally, on May 2016 Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation (INEDIVIM) has been appointed as the National Agency of the Erasmus+/Youth in Greece, as well as State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) as the National Agency for the fields of Education and Training.

KEKPA-DIEK applied for a new EVS project in the 3rd round for proposals in October 2016 (R3-2016), under the Erasmus+ 2014-20 programme/ Youth, which was approved in January 2017 and started to run from 01 March 2017. The project is entitled ‘We Are Volos' EvS (WAVES)’. Its duration is 15 months (01/03/2017 31/05/2018). KEKPA-DIEK in Volos city coordinates the project (project code: 2016-3-EL02-KA105-002832).

2 volunteers began their voluntary service on 1 April 2017, i.e. Cynthia Hernández Balaguer from Spain, and Severi Silius from Finland, both for a total duration of 12 months. The 3rd oner, Sara Vanacore from Italy, came later on 28th of April 2017, also for a total duration of 12 months. The respective Sending organisations of the above volunteers were: (for Cynthia) Pandora, Asociación para la integración y Progreso de las Culturas from Madrid, Spain (www.aipc-pandora.org), (for Severi) Alliansin Kehittamispalvelut, from Helsinki, Finland (www.nuorisovaihto.fi), and (for Sara) Citta Di Torino from Torino, Italy (www.comune.torino.it).

One more volunteer has been added to the group of 3 ones through the partnership of KEKPA-DIEK as a hosting organisation, with the Hungarian organisation, Artemisszio Alapitvany (Fondation Artemisszio) from Budapest, as coordinator and sending organisation in the project: ‘YEP - Youth Empowerment in Practice’ (project code: 2016-1-HU02KA105-001621) with a duration of 6 months (03/05/2017 - 02/11/2017). As so Iris Garibovic from Hungary joined the group of the other 3 volunteers.

• The Erasmus Mundus Programme • Tempus • Alfa • Edulink • Programmes of cooperation with

industrialised countries in the field of higher education

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The structure of Erasmus+ 2014-20 • Key Action (KA) 1 – Mobility

of individuals • Mobility of learners (students,

trainees, young people and volunteers) and staff (professors, teachers, trainers, youth workers, etc.)

• Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees • Erasmus+ Master Loans • Key Action (KA) 2 –

Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices • Transnational Strategic

Partnerships

• Knowledge Alliances • Sector Skills Alliances • Capacity-building projects

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The 4 EVS volunteers of KEKPA-DIEK WAVES I project Cynthia Hernández Balaguer is 19 years old from Badalona, a municipality to the immediate north east of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. She has an experience as an instructor and as a trainer of all sports with children. She has a baccalaureate from Mare de Déu de l’assumpció (High School).

Severi Silius is 21 years old from Tampere, Finland. He has graduated from the Upper secondary school, Kalevan lukio. He has an experience as a support person for children, as an assistant for the elderly, etc.

• IT support platforms (eTwinning,

the School Education Gateway, the European Platform for Adult Learning (EPALE) and the European Youth Portal)

• Key Action (KA) 3 – Support

for policy reform • Knowledge in the fields of

Sara Vanacore is 25 years old from Torino, Italy. She has a degree in Psychology with a specialty as a neuropsychologist. She has an experience as an educator with children and also with infants in an asylum. She loves to work with children.

education, training and youth

• Initiatives for policy innovation • Support to European policy tools • Cooperation with international

organisations

• Stakeholder dialogue, policy and

Programme promotion

• Jean Monnet activities • Academic Modules, Chairs,

Centres of Excellence

YEP project Iris Garibovic is 26 years old from Budapest, Hungary. She has a degree in Social Work and an experience in work with homeless and youngsters seeking for a job, etc.

• Policy debate with academic

world (Networks, Projects) • Support to associations • Sport

• Collaborative Partnerships • Not-for-profit European sport

events

• Strengthening of the evidence

base for policy making • Dialogue with relevant European stakeholders

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EVS work placements WAVES I project Cynthia “…when the project began in April 2017 and until May, I used to work with people with disabilities in the day activity centre of people with disabilities (KDHF Amea of Volos) of KEKPA-DIEK in Palaia, Volos, which I visited every Wednesday from 9 am to 14 pm. I worked with the beneficiaries of the centre, we organised some local excursions to a museum of the city, to exhibitions, etc. Also, from April 2017 until August, I was working every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 am to 14 pm in the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK Productive Cooperative of People with Disabilities ‘Heliotropia’ (Sunflowers) and during the days when students from schools were visiting the place and participated in activities with us. During the first three months, April to June 2017, we used to spend some afternoons every Wednesday and Friday with the Roma youth from the Roma Support Office of KEKPA-DIEK in Aliveri area (the group of Roma youth called ‘Romaleoi’), like going to the beach, learning how to row together, etc. Every Tuesday and Thursday we were organising learning courses with them in order to teach them English and to learn Greek from them. In general, I usually work 2 to 3 times a week for 4 to 5 hours per day in the Day Nursery of Volos. I work with children, play with them, do activities and handicraft and help the educators/ animators in their everyday work. I really love this kind of occupation and it is the reason why I am still working there. Also, once a week since September 2017, every Wednesday, I am going to the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK, Hellenic Red Cross and its structure in Agria for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum (ex-Paidopoli Agrias). I’m the sports’ trainer, trying to teach how to play all the sports that they don’t know. I start at 9 am and I finish at 13 pm.

Finally, I do some extracurricular activities: I started one week ago to this place that teach to the children the different arts. It’s a new place that I am trying. I am in one class of music with them and I’m helping the teacher with all the different instruments and how to touch them. I stay there from 17:15 to 20.45 …”

Severi “…there are many structures in KEKPA-DIEK that are available for us to volunteer in and we can freely choose places that suit the best for each one of us. We work from Monday to Friday and around five hours a day. Once a week we gather together with all the volunteers and with our mentor and spend a couple of hours talking about things related to our project and our lives in general. When I arrived here in April I was spending my days volunteering in the day activity center of people with disabilities (KDHF Amea of Volos) in Palaia, Volos. I wanted to meet and get experience in working with all kinds of people, so throughout the spring and summer I volunteered in many places in the city of Volos: I was helping people with disabilities in the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK Cooperative of people with disabilities ‘Heliotropia’ (sunflowers), playing sports with teenagers from the Roma community in the Romas Support Office of Aliveri, and entertaining little children in the Kindergarten of Neapoli. In

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Some words for KEKPADIEK

KEKPA-DIEK, i.e. the Municipal Social Enterprise of Social Protection & Solidarity-Municipal Institute of Vocational Training, of the Municipality of Volos has been established in July 2011 after the merger of 8 previous municipal enterprises of social profile (from 8 municipal units: Volos, Nea Ionia, Nea Aghialos, Aisonia, Portaria, Agria, and Artemida) and of DIEK, the municipal institute of vocational training of Volos. Its main domain of interventions focuses on the new metropolitan Municipality of Volos’ support in scheduling, realising, monitoring and assessing its social policy mainly through projects that KEKPA-DIEK operates. According to its Statutes KEKPA-DIEK is being divided into 2 main domains as its name also indicates: (1) Social Welfare (KEKPA) (www.kekpa.gr), and (2) Vocational Training (DIEK) (www.diek.gr). KEKPA-DIEK targets towards all residents of Volos city-block, with a special emphasis on those who are living below the limit of poverty, on immigrants, Roma, people with disabilities, the elderly, homeless, and in general people who require a special care and attention. KEKPA-DIEK runs a series of structures and services that support and reinforce its objectives (see in the last page a brief list of them). All these structures are being co-financed in their majority by EU funds through the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) 2014-2020 for Greece.

KEKPA-DIEK has a long-term experience in coordinating, receiving and sending EVS volunteers within EUs Youth in Action 2007-13 and EUs Erasmus+ Youth 2014-20. Until today, KEKPA-DIEK has hosted in Volos 40 volunteers and has sent abroad 2 Greek volunteers.

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the late summer I wanted to mix things up a little bit and I started volunteering with the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK, Hellenic Red Cross and its structure in Agria for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum (exPaidopoli Agrias). So nowadays I work with these youth refugees in Agria.

The refugees come from countries such as Pakistan, Syria and Afghanistan. I enjoy talking, playing and studying with the boys but also teaching new skills to the them. I have learned a lot while working for the Red Cross. I have even learned the secrets of their favourite game, cricket. Although finding the Red Cross an amazing place to work in, I didn’t forget about the others structures of KEKPA-DIEK. I also visit the kindergarten of Neapoli to get my happiness levels all the way up, I see the people with disabilities in KDHF Amea of Volos every now and then because the EVS office is located in the same building as the day activity center, and finally I have become friends with the Roma boys from the Roma community in Aliveri so sometimes I spend time with them on my spare time…”

Sara “…during the first month we were working in some different places of KEKPA-DIEK, to understand in which of them we were feeling better to work. At the beginning we worked on Monday (from 9am to 14 pm) in the day activity center of people with disabilities (KDHF Amea of Volos) in Palaia, Volos, following the theatrical and handicraft activities with the guys.

Sometimes we were going out with them, to some exhibitions or extraactivities, or just to have a nice talk with a coffee in the seafront. On Tuesday and Thursday we were going to the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK Cooperative of people with disabilities ‘Heliotropia’ (sunflowers), a beautiful garden next to Portaria. These days were the two in which were coming the children from the school to have some activities, laboratory with plants and explanation of the gardens’ life. We were helping the guys there with all the activities and, in addition, we were playing with the children an “international” game, created by our-self, about differences and similarities between country in the EU. We were working around 5 hours each day there, but the time was passing so quickly for the happiness and the great person with whom we were working. During the afternoons, for 3 or 4 hours, especially on Wednesday, we were usually going with some Roma youth from the Roma Support Office of KEKPA-DIEK in Aliveri area (the group of Roma youth called ‘Romaleoi’) in different activities: doing sports like basketball or rowing in a beach next to Volos, or going to some theatrical exhibition of them. We did also an English course with them, that soon we modified as a mutual improving in English for them and Greek for us. Until September I worked a lot in the kindergarten of Neapoli, a great place, with great people, in which I was following the needing of the kids in the special class. My time in this place was really a great experience, like a rainbow full of happy songs and smile in our everyday life. I was working two/three times a week there, for 5 hours each days. Few times I went to the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK, Hellenic Red Cross and its structure in Agria for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum (ex-Paidopoli Agrias) to visit the place and to show to the guys a powerpoint of our-self, our country and our interests. I didn’t continue to go to work there, because I started to work in the office of the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK psychologists in the Hospital of Volos, where I am actually working. I am going to work 4 days a week from 9.30 am to 1.30 pm from Monday to Thursday. Our work is especially to receive the patients that have to do some psychological tests

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(like MMPI or WAIS) and help them with the questions. In addition, we are helping the main psychotherapist there to do the sessions with the more “simple” cases. Fortunately all the people there are talking in English and we are doing a great team work, filling the languages’ problems, helping each other…”

YEP project Iris “…I worked a

couple of months with the Roma youth from the Roma Support Office of

KEKPA-DIEK in Aliveri area (the group of Roma youth called ‘Romaleoi’), doing sport activities and supporting them to their English lessons. In the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK, Hellenic Red Cross and its structure in Agria for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum (ex-Paidopoli Agrias), I had a chance to work and interact with underage asylum seekers. Mostly I was helping people with disabilities in their work in the cooperating with KEKPA-DIEK Cooperative of people with disabilities ‘Heliotropia’ (sunflowers), and I was working in the day activity centre of people with disabilities (KDHF Amea of Volos) in Palaia, Volos, supporting them in their activities (drawing, sports, games). I can say, in the last period of EVS program half of my worktime was in the Heliotropia (Tuesday, Thursday), and half in KDHF Amea of Volos (Monday, Wednesday). Both of them were five hours per a day…”

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The column of EVS coordinator, Lelia Choremi, Psychologist

The column of the mentor, Yola Dalamanga, Psychologist

“EVS programme for the year 2017-2018 was finally renewed after a two-year stop, during which no EVS project was implemented at national level. Therefore, when all institutes and organisations submitted our proposals to the National Agency, we had strong reservations about the possibility of

“As a mentor to an EVS programme I should help the volunteer to get integrated within the organisation, the project and the local community.

not implementing a new programme. Finally, the negative predictions were not verified and we were really happy to be approved.

More precisely, I have to support and encourage them through regular meetings on issues concerning their

However, the choice of our volunteers team brought us in front of new challenges. At the same time, a lot of work has to be completed in order to welcome them: the preparation of their rooms and of the common areas where they are living, the drawing of the new budget, the purchase of essentials, equipment, food and consumables, the restoration of the bicycles that they use. Eventually, on a

daily life such as personal or relationship problems within the volunteers’ group, adaptation problems to the new framework and cooperation issues with the Head Office of KEKPA-DIEK. Strengthen and promote the undertaking of

Saturday evening of April the 1st 2017, the two first volunteers arrived at the bus station ... followed some weeks later by the third and the fourth ones ...

responsibilities and initiatives by them in order to develop new activities and innovative ideas for the program enrichment. Support each of them to the process of their preparation for their programme termination such as, the completion of the Youthpass, of their Final report and their online language courses.

Finally, I provide them with services to public institutions (hospitals, doctors, etc) and introduce them with the social and cultural institutions of our city.

................. ................. ................. ................. ....... ... After almost eight months after working with the young volunteers team, I realise that the essence of the EVS programme lies not so much in their own actions, but more in the cultivation and highlighting of values. The most important are the hospitality and the communication with people from other countries who bring with them a different lifestyle, and the material and the psychological support of the young volunteers who come to work with vulnerable people and groups. We have faced enough challenges during these months but we are compensated every moment thanks to the vitality and energy that we get from the contact with young and active people whose families and friends, though far away, are constantly in their mind. On the other hand, the experience of volunteering and generally of the everyday life in a foreign country, first time visited from our volunteers, is constantly being brought out, and you can see

In other words, I’m the main person responsible for their wellbeing and his/her personal support and growth throughout their service period. My only concern every time I meet my new ‘volunteers’ group’ is to fulfil their needs and develop the feeling of belonging to their new home country”

that in their eyes, in their communication in basic Greek, in their new acquaintances and friendships. Ultimately, this amazing experience affects their ideas, aspirations and dreams.

The dynamic of the EVS program is so strong and profound and it gives me such a pleasure to see that is being implemented once again by KEKPA-DIEK and I really look forward to its continuity”

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Volunteers impressions Cynthia Grows who finds, who revives and who rejoices who finds a balance that gives breath he who decide to choose because it is good.

Grows who comes out of its vicious, who risks, who dares to create a new world for all.

Grows freely helps to be free of the opposition and the wind, justice poverty and the malvades of this world.

Grows with you grows, grows with me.

Grows with you grows, grows with me.

Grows who fight to change the world Grows who makes the world more human Grows who reaches out to a brother

Grows who appreciates all the good that he has received and share it with who lives in oblivion, with those who suffer, those who weep and are lost.

Growing who don’t look for your pocket, who consistently assimilates what has, who respect each other and to life.

Grows with you grows, grows with me.

Grows who dares who launches, who takes risks, who gets wet, who is happy for the life.

Grows who gives thanks to life.

Manu Escudero

Severi “ … The time in Greece has been quite eye-opening for me. I have travelled to many places around Greece and spent time with dozens of different people which has helped me to learn and realise a lot of things. That’s why I will present you the… five awesome things I have learned here:

1. Getting out of the comfort zone is awesome. Leaving almost everything behind and moving to Greece was a big step. After taking the big step, I have had courage to do many other things I would never imagined I would be brave enough to do.

3. Different cultures. While living surrounded by totally different people that I’m used to, I have learned a lot of things about different personalities, life values, day schedules, music, foods and especially traffic behaviour

2. Social skills. I have gotten out of the Finnish shyness and started to talk also to strangers.

4. New languages. Here in Greece I have learned to speak (some more and some less but at least something) in 8 different languages, including Greek. Also my confidence to use English has improved massively

5. My future. I learned a lot of things about myself and one of those things is realising what I want from my future. I have felt quite relaxed now having been able to stop stressing out and start planning and fully focusing on how to reach my future goals.

And like every blog post I write about my time in Greece, I will finish this one as well with a quote:

”Courage is knowing what not to fear” (Θάρρος είναι να γνωρίζεις τι να μην φοβάσαι), Plato (Πλάτωνας) (Greek philosopher, founder of the Academy in Athens, 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) …”

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Sara “… All this experience that we write in this newsletter makes me feel in a way that never in my life I felt. Came here and put myself out of my comfort zone and take a challenge every day, help me to see from a different point of view the way in which I was empathising with the person that I love and help me to be more transparent with myself, trying to know me better and to use this period as a deeply reflection on my behaviour and my feelings.

The fact that I am in love with city, with the persons that I met here and the kind of life that I had here in Volos proves that the project really get enter my life, my heart and my way to think and see.

I am glad to had this opportunity and I will take in my wallet forever….”

Iris “…My biggest impression during EVS was: 'We have to start life always from the beginning. It's tiring, but a big refresh too.'

When I was with my group, I had to share many things with the others, discuss with them about practical questions, so, many times I felt I start life from the beginning. At the workplace I didn't understand the language, so I was a 'baby', I had to understand people from their gestures, facial expressions….”

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EVS Training and Evaluation Cycle On arrival training, Athens, 03-08 July 2017 The Hellenic National Agency for Erasmus+ Youth (EVS), INEDIVIM (Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation), organised an on-arrival training from 3 to 8 July 2017 in Athens (Hotel Metropolitan Athens, Leoforos Syngrou 385, Athens).

On-arrival training (only for EVS activities lasting 2 months or more). Timing: within 4 weeks after the arrival of the volunteer.

All 4 volunteers from KEKPA-DIEK participated in this 6-days training.

The main objective of the on-arrival training is to introduce the volunteers to the host country, preparing them for the service period and the EVS experience. On-arrival training helps the volunteers adapt to cultural and personal challenges. It allows volunteers to get to know each other and to build a network. Volunteers should also receive guidance on conflict prevention and crisis management. At the same time, this training equips the volunteers with communication skills, including aspects of intercultural learning. It helps them become aware that cultural differences require different models of behaviour. The training is also a time for the volunteers to plan the coming months and to develop their own personal goals for their period of service, in line with the non-formal learning philosophy of EVS. If volunteers have already spent time in their Receiving Organisation, they exchange their first experiences and clarify questions related to their project.

Mid-term evaluation meeting (only for EVS activities lasting 6 months or more).

Timing: min. 2 months after on-arrival training and min.

2 months before end of service period

The aim of the mid-term evaluation is to reflect on the volunteers’ experiences in their hosting organisations and to provide tools for improvement and problem solving.

Annual EVS event (for EVS volunteers who have finished their service during the past 12 months)

The main objective of an Annual EVS event is to serve as evaluation meeting, alumni meeting, and promotional event.

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Contact KEKPA-DIEK 22-26 Prousis & Magnesias, Ν.Ionia Volos, GREECE. Tel: +30 24210 66208, 29908, 63374. Fax: +30 24210 22448 Email: info@kekpa.gr URL: http://www.kekpa.gr

KEKPA-DIEKs Board of Directors (11 members) President: Ms Sofia Chalari 22-26 Prousis & Magnesias, Ν.Ionia VOLOS. Tel: +30 24210 66208, 29908, 63374. Fax: +30 24210 22448

Vice-president: Mr Giorgos Souipas Riga Fereou and Chironos, VOLOS. Tel: +30 24210 54446. Fax: +30 24210 56389

KEKPA-DIEKs central premises Administration, Accounting & personnel office, Social Care & solidarity unit 22-26 Prousis & Magnesias, Ν.Ionia VOLOS. Tel: +30 24210 66208, 29908, 63374. Fax: +30 24210 22448

Projects unit 11A Makedonias, Ν.Ionia VOLOS. Tel: +30 24210 61600. Fax: +30 24210 61664

KEKPA-DIEKs Erasmus+ projects & EVS office 12 Limnou & Elassonos, Palaia, Volos, (1st floor). Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 35555. Email (coordinator & mentor): evs_kekpadiek@hotmail.com

KEKPA-DIEKs Erasmus+ EVS volunteers hostel Hostel of Panthessaliko Stadium, 66 Xiria, Nea Ionia, Volos. Tel: +30 24210 65006. Email (for volunteers): evs_kekpadiek@hotmail.com

KEKPA-DIEKs structures and cooperating organisations Help at Home centres for the elderly and the people with disabilities in 11 districts of Volos Help at home in Agioi Anargiri ► Mpotsari & Katsantoni Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 66175 Help at home in Nea Dimitriada ► 57A Apollonos Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 71291 Help at home in Agios Georgios ► Panagouli & Iatridi, Chrysochoidi Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 55502 Help at home in Alykes ► Vakchou & Iroon Polytechniou Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 87394 Help at home in Nea Ionia ► Leoforos Eironis 131 Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 82484, 84934 Help at home in Esonia ► Plateia Diminiou (old town hall), Dimini Tel/ Fax: +30 24213 53611/ 53629

Help at home in Portaria ► ex-community office, Katichori, Portaria Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 99938 Help at home in Iolkos ► ex-community office, Ano Volos, Anakasia Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 66175 Help at home in Drakia ► ex-community office, Drakia Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 96000 Help at home in Agria-Artemida ► ex-community office, Ano Lechonia Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 93207 Help at home in Nea Aghialos ► 23 Eleftherias Tel/Fax: +30 24283 50331

4 Day Nursery schools for infants and children up to their school age Day Nursery in Alli Meria ► ex-municipal day nursery, Alli Meria, Portaria Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 49430 Day Nursery ‘Ta Zouzounakia’ in Ano Lechonia ► Ano Lehonia Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 93950 Day Nursery in Katichori (Archimandritios) ► ex-primary school of Katichori, Katichori, Portaria Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 90120 Day Nursery of Integrated Care in Volos ► 6 Logothetou & Anagnostopoulou, Neapoli Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 80008

6 Centres of Creative Activities for Children 6-12 years old (KDAP) KDAP in Neapoli ► 76 Neapoleos, Neapoli Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 64336 KDAP in Portaria (Athanasakio) ► Cultural centre (Athanasakio), Portaria Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 99925 KDAP in Prosfygika ► Christou Louli & Efesou, Nea Ionia Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 68978 KDAP in Ampelokipi ► Nikaias & Zerva, Nea Ionia Tel/Fax: +30 24210 91316 KDAP Vasdekio ► Mytilinis & Chalkidonos, Nea Ionia Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 91113 KDAP in Kato Lechonia ► 8th km national road Volos-Tsagarada, Kato Lechonia Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 94000

2 Centres of Creative Activities for Children with disabilities (KDAPmeA) KDAPMEA in Volos ► 12 Limnou & Elassonos, Palaia Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 31860 KDAPMEA in Nea Ionia ► 27 Kesarias, Nea Ionia Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 60802

3 Day-Care Centre for the Elderly (KIFI) KIFI in Volos ► M.Grigoriou & Giannitson Tel/Fax: +30 24210 35578 KIFI in N.Aghialos ► 26 Eleftherias & Christaki Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 78182 KIFI in Agria ► 2 Andrea Papandreou & Leoforos Dimokratias Tel/ Fax: +30 24280 91040

1 Day-Care Centre for People with Disabilities (KDIFAmeA) 12 Limnou & Elassonos, Palaia

Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 31860

1 Community Centre (with its 2 Romas departments) 135, 2as Noembriou, Volos

1 Romas department of the Community Centre in Aliveri area of Nea Ionia El.Venizelou (end)

Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 85841

Shelter for the Homeless in Volos ► Karatasou & Logotheti, Neapoli Shelter for the Homeless in Alli Meria, Volos

1 Romas department of the Community Centre in Agia Paraskevi area of Volos 14 Sarakinou

2 Shelters for the Homeless

Tel/Fax: +30 24210 68488

Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 54870

1 Unit of Health Education and Promotion Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 91614

5 Social Centres in 5 districts of Volos Social Centre in Nea Dimitriada ► 57A Apollonos. Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 71291 Social Centre in Agios Georgios (Chrysochoidi) ► Panagouli & Iatridi. Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 55509 Social Centre in Neapoli ► Filikis Eterias & Skoufa. Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 91761 Social Centre in Agioi Anargiroi ► 1 Arachovis & Botsari. Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 62194 Social Centre in Alykes ► Vakchon & Iroon Politechniou. Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 87366

Filikis Eterias & Skoufa, Neapoli, Volos

Tel/ Fax: +30 24210 91761

1 Vocational Training Institute (DIEK) Riga Fereou and Chironos, Volos Tel: +30 24210 54446. Fax: +30 24210 56389 URL: http://www.diek.gr

Cooperating organisations 2 Productive Laboratories for People with Disabilities (Argo and Heliotropia) Hospitality Centre for Foreign Unaccompanied Minors in Agria Volos, run by Hellenic Red Cross All texts and photos have been contributed by the EVS volunteers, the EVS coordinator, the EVS mentor, the Erasmus+ Guide, the Erasmus+ website, other EVS projects websites, and the Planning Office of KEKPA-DIEK. The layout of the newsletter has been elaborated by the Planning Office of KEKPA-DIEK © 2017, KEKPA-DIEK of the Municipality of Volos

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