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RETHINK, RESHAPE AND AWAKE THE COMMUNITY IN XYLOKASTRO reportfromaprojectinOrfeasOrganization undertheEuropeanSolidarityCorps KINGA SKOWRONEK
THE BEGINNING Choosingtolong-termvolunteerintheEuropeanSolidarity Corpswasoneofthemostobviousdecisionsinmylife. Aftergraduatingfromuniversity, Istartedmyadventureby traveling, firstIwasavolunteerinPolandandtheninSpain asashort-termvolunteer. Beingabletospendafewmonths inGreeceworkinginanofficeseemedtobeperfectforme.
ORFEAS ORGANIZATION ThemaingoalofOrfeasOrganizationistoorganizeand supportnationalprogramsofthepartnermunicipalities, heritageprotectionactivitiesoftheenvironment, and organizingsummerevents, festivals, concerts, theatrical performances, andexhibitionsincooperationwiththelocal municipalities. XYLOKASTRO TheseatofOrfeasOrganizationislocated inXylokastroinnorthPeloponessein Greece. Xylokastroisasmalltownwith accesstoKorinthGulf, beaches, forest, andbreathtakinglandscapesaround.
MY ACTIVITIES IN ORFEAS ORGANIZATION Asavolunteerintheoffice, Ihadtoopportunity toparticipateincoordinationandsupportingallour volunteersandactivitiespreparedbyourorganization. co-runningsocialmedia editinge-magazineOrfeas co-organizationtheworkshops co-organizationEnglishclasses supportinglongandshorttermvolunteers officeworkrelatedtotheorganizationofvolunteers
RECYCLING WORKSHOPS Mybiggestprojectwastheorganizationofrecyclingworkshopsforkidsfromprimaryschool. Iwas responsibleformakingtheplanandcoordinatingvolunteerswiththepreparationofallmaterials. Then weorganizeaseriesofworkshopsintheforestinXylokastro. Themaingoaloftheworkshopistolearnhowtosortrubbishandtoshowthatitisnotdifficult. To maketheworkshopsasinterestingaspossible, wehavepreparedalotofactivitiesforstudents, for examplerecyclingbingoorclimatepuzzles.
EUROPE DAY All-dayeventforadultsandkidsfrom Xylokastro. Wepreparedtwomainsections: the firstonewithgamesandactivitiesforchildren, andthesecondoneinformingaboutEuropean countries, especiallythosefromwhichour volunteerscome.
ENGLISH WORKSHOPS LearningEnglishinpractice, preparingworkshops onatopicrelatedtoenvironmentalprotection
Togetherwithkidswelookedfortheanswerstothequestions: whatdoesitmeantobeavolunteer? whocanbecomeavolunteer? whataretheadvantagesofvoluntaryworkforthevolunteer andtheenvironment? VOLUNTEERING WORKSHOPS
EDITING AND WRITING THE ARTICLES TO E-MAGAZINE ORFEAS Iwasalsoinvolvedineditinge-magazine. Iwasinchargeofdesignandcoordination ofvolunteerswritingarticles. Ialsowrote4articlestoe-magazine.
MY TASKS RELATED TO PROMOTION co-managingaccountsonfacebookandinstagram writingposts takingpictures makingvideos
INTERNATIONAL DINNER Ameetingforvolunteers withdishestypicalofourcountries
PACKING THE FOOD BAGS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED YOUTHPASS WORKSHOP FOR SHORT-TERM VOLUNTEERS COLLECTION FOR UKRAINIANS OTHER ACTIVITIES PREPARATION FOR WORKSHOPS
IN MY SPARE TIME DISCOVERING THE BEAUTY OF GREECE
NATURE ISLANDS, MOUNTAINS
CITIES ATHENS, PATRA
SUMMARY Ifyouwanttobroadenyourhorizons, meetnewpeople andenvironment, andknowyourselfbetterIcanhighly recommendyoutakepartinoneoftheEuropean SolidarityCorpsprojects. However, bepreparedtostepoutofyourcomfortzone, andbealittlepatient, becausethisisthestartofa wholenewchapterinyourlife.