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[news] 13.02.2009 UNEP - United Nations Environmental Programme Hey out there! PRAXIS is going to take part in the Environmental Programme of United Nations. We think it is very important to engage for a safe and clean environment! Nobody would destroy his own house, wouldn't he? So why destroy earth? Check out the United Nations Environmental Programme by clicking on the logo below ;o).  Dany;
[news] 12.02.2009 Sustainable Energy Week 2009 This week, the 9th-13th of February is Sustainable Energy Week. Us, the Praxis Volunteers have made a video to help give you idea on how to save energy Check it out below! Marcus;
[news] 28.01.2009 This was my midterm and on-arrival in one!... Athen 22.jan.09 - 25.jan.09! This is the story of the midterm/on-arrival....... We took the train at 24.00 (You do not want to know what happened on the train!!!!) and we arrived at 08.40 in the morning. I forgot to take pictures, not very good.... When we arrived I was very tired and my back was hurting from all the heavy lifting of my bags. And we were supposed to take the bus to the hotel but we took the wrong one............ But after a while, finely we arrived at the hotel. ...more arcobaleno;
[news] 28.01.2009 EVS Mid-Term Part 2 Hello man dudes and girl dudes! As Marcus wrote we’ve been on our midterm seminar. “We” existed of yours truly, Marcus, Sophie and Emilie. Since “Marcy” (hehehehehe, sorry dude, just had to..) already filled ya’ll in on the roadblocking thingy, I’m gonna talk more about the seminar. I liked the midterm more than the on arrival, because the people that came was people you’d already met. And the trainer was the same. So you knew the people already felt comfortable. This made everyone more open and honest about thoughts and perspectives. We had some energizer-games, but not as many as on the on arrival. This time we got more information. It was nice to see everyone again and to know more about our rights and possibilities as volunteers. We went to some cultural place on the Saturday, don’t really remember the name. That was really nice. We had some free time from 6 to 8, when we were suppose to eat. There was a band, a rockabilly band if I was right, that was suppose to play at 7 but didn’t start until 8.15. That was disappointing because I looked forward to see them. Anyway, all in all it was a really good seminar. Wish that it would’ve been longer though… But, but. Another time, right? Hehe. Have a good time, man & girl dudes! Keep on trucking! Toby;
[news] 28.01.2009 EVS Mid-Term Part 1 Hello everyone! From the 22nd-25th of January 4 of the 6 Praxis volunteers participated in a Mid-Term evaluation meeting in Athens. We left Serres at 12.00am and arrived in Athens at 8:30am of the 22nd. Throughout the day we saw familiar faces from our On-Arrival checking-in to the Hotel. In my opinion, it felt a lot less awkward with so many people this time because we had all gotten to know each other from our On-Arrival so it was much easier to talk with a lot of people. One good thing about EVS is that it's easy to get along with people because you are all in the same situation and therefore all have something in common! At 6:30 that evening we began our seminar but because it was our first day and many people had been travelling for a long time because of the roadblocks it was a fun, relaxing night. Obviously there was a serious side to it to begin with. For example, we were explained to as to what the seminars would be about and why there were so many problems in organising the Mid-Term (We did not know for definite where it would be until about 3 days before we had to be in Athens!) Some of the activities included traditional Greek dancing and 'crowd surfing' these were a lot of fun and after some wine most people weren't to shy about taking part in the activities! We also had to split into 2 groups and come up with a way to welcome everybody. Our group chose to form a circle while dancing to 'Eye of the Tiger', original I know, while saying "Welcome" in Greek, which is "Καλώς ορίσατε" and then giving everyone a hug in the other group. Everyone likes to be hugged right!? This is it from me now, the others will fill you in on the rest! Marcus;
[news] 11.12.2008 Human Rights Day 10th of Dec. - Know your rights! You have to know your rights in order to demand them! Become clear as crystal about your rights by surfing on: www.knowyourrights2008.org And go to: www.everyhumanhasrights.org by clicking on the image below to sign the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights". Some drips make a stream, some streams make a river...   Dany;
[news] 07.12.2008 Human Rights Day 2008 Hey out there! The countdown to the international Human Rights Day on 10th of December is running! PRAXIS will take part in the campaign - we will create our own movie, our own radio show and our own exhibition here in Serres, Greece! Pass by, and - if you are not near to Serres - visit: http://www.knowyourrights2008.org/ Also check out the movie below and read more about Human Rights by clicking on "more...". Cheerio! ...more Dany;
[news] 05.12.2008 World AIDS Day 2008 December 1st 2008 was World AIDS Day. HIV is a virus that attacks the body's immune system.When someone is described as living with HIV, they have the HIV virus in their body. A person develops AIDS when the immune system is so weak it can no longer fight off a range of diseases (like the flu) it could normally cope with. It is estimated that in 2007, 33 million people are living with HIV worldwide with 2 million total deaths. Currently there is no cure or vaccine against AIDS but with donations you will help bring about change. Visit www.worldaidsday.org or watch our video below for more facts and figures! With your help we can stop prejudice and change perceptions. Stop AIDS. Keep the promise! Marcus;
[news] 30.11.2008 World Aids Day Hey there! We are looking forward to the 1st of December, World Aids Day! We are sweating, working, and bleeding to get the best information and results for the World Aids Day. We're working on a exhibition that will take place at Elephterias square in Serres, Monday 1st of December. Be there or be square!  Don't give Aids a chance! Protect yourself!  Dany;
[news] 12.11.2008 60th Anniversary of Declaration of Human Rights In December 2008 the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights will take place! You can join and take part of a great project carried through by generations of people who belief that there are certain common values and prinicples! Visit these really nice sites: http://www.knowyourrights2008.org/ http://www.everyhumanhasrights.org/ More about the Human-Rights-Day coming soon... Dignity and Justice for all of us! Dany;
[news] 04.11.2008 FARE-Action-Week-Exhibtion Hey you guys! Finally here is our video about our exhibition relating to the Football-Against-Racism-In-Europe Action Week of 18th of October. Have a look Dany;
[news] 29.10.2008 The Serron-Eco-Conference On the weekend of 24th until 26th of October one of the biggest events of the year took place in a small town which we like to call Serres. What we are talking about here is the so called "20th eco-conference of the Pan-Hellenic-Network of Ecological Organizations" at which even Mister Stavros Dimas, european Comissioner of Environmental issues gave a speech. Click "...more" to read what happened...  ...more Dany;
[news] 22.10.2008 United against racism On 18th of October we PAXIS-volunteers built up an exhibition about racism in football according to an goal-shoot-event at the main central parc in Serres. Have a look and find out what's happened on this day Dany;
[news] 22.10.2008 Football Against Racism White, black, yellow, red, man, woman, hetero- or homosexual? Is there anything wrong with this? Unfortunately, there are people who thinks this. Click more to read more...  ...more Cizi;
[news] 22.10.2008 Cleaning up Lake Kerkini! On the 17th of October we volunteers of PRAXIS together with local school children went to Lake Kerkini to clean up rubbish from and around the water. We stayed for about 4 hours and the surrounding became a lot more clean after our visit. We hope that this will show and teach people that they should not throw things in the nature! We were sponsored by Coca Cola Company. We made a 5 minute long video which you can watch here. Enjoy! Marcus;
[news] 16.10.2008 What can one person do? Watch the video and find out  Cizi;
[news] 08.10.2008 Your Idea Can Change the World! So many people out there probably feels that there are so many things they want to change but really not knowing where to start. I am definitely one of them. But if you think of all the people in the world who actually has changed things it gives you some hope and motivation for that it is possible. So make a change! Check out this video! Cizi;
[news] 08.10.2008 --> youthXchange <-- I would like to inform you about the release of the updated guidebook "YouthXchange", this version with the theme "Responsible Consumption", produced by UNEP (www.unep.org) and UNESCO (www.unesco.org). The guide's target group, as can be told by the title, is young people. In the description for why it is made it's written that young people today establish their identities through what they buy. They seek social status with buying the newest and “coolest” products on the market. This I can agree with to a big extent. I think many people feel the pressure of having to dress according to the fashion or having things with a popular and often expensive brand. Consumption of these things are increasing and that is a big problem, not only for the wallet but also for human rights and the environment. Problems such as ozone depletion, climate change and hazardous wastes is a result. That's why they've made this guide; a way for more environmentally friendly way to consume and to still look cool! This book is adopted in 19 different countries and available in different languages. For more information visit www.youthXchange.net Ethnic shopping - good for the whole world!  Cizi;
[news] 26.09.2008 Environment actions - NOW! Back home in Sweden in my town, I was a member of a Youth council in Swedish called “Ungdomsfullmäktige”. It is a council within the municipality and we are/were working like the “real” municipality council but in questions more in the area of young people’s interests. In this council we have different committees/groups that are specified in certain topics for example; culture, media, social- and environment questions, school. I was a part of the social- and environment committee. My focus was especially on the environment since it is a subject lying close to the heart of my interests. We among other arranged a night in a “youth house” we’ve got in our city where we promoted all kinds of things for a better environmentally future. Sometimes working with this got me really frustrated because it felt like so many people in Sweden didn’t care. I mean, how hard is it to recycle for example?! Anyway, I had no idea how I later would feel… Yes, the mentality about these things in Greece are terrible comparing to Sweden! Everyone throws whatever they want right out on the streets, they take their cars everywhere, smoke like i-don’t-know-what, and recycling is practically an unknown word. It is really sad to see. I was walking up to the Acropolis of the city yesterday, a nice way up through the small “forest”. Or at least it would have been without all the beer cans, cigarettes, plastics, rubbish, even condoms lying on the ground everywhere! Where has the respect for the nature gone, I wonder. It is impossible for me to understand how you can throw a metal can just out in the nature like that. Might there aren’t enough rubbish bins but most likely it is a lack of knowledge. I feel like I want to do something for this. I must do it before I leave! Anyone who feels the same, please contact me: cecilia.halldin@hotmail.com and we’ll do some changing around here!  Cizi;
[news] 24.09.2008 Blog! A new blog has been posted! Finally I wrote my first few lines and now when I've started hopefully the frequent writing will be a fact. http://evsserres2008.wordpress.com/ LINK! / Cecilia Cizi;
[news] 07.09.2008 Anti Racism Some weeks ago a group of young people came to the radio station to create a spot. It turned out they are members of a group here in Serres that works against racism, Youth Voices Against Racism. At the moment they are working on this subject by for example having co-operation with the local football team of Serres, Panserraikos. It is a good way for young people to take a distance from racism as football is a very popular thing, especially among young people. And if they see their idols from the football team speaking against racism they will hopefully do it as well. Soon two of the girls will go to Bologna in Italy to participate in a youth exchange for this topic. They have got a blog and the address to this one is: http://youthvoicesagainstracism.blogspot.com I also posted a short note there. TAKE A FIGHT AGAINST RACISM!  Cizi;
[news] 27.08.2008 Blog! Caroline Hansen, PRAXIS present short-term volunteer has opened a blog! In this she writes as often as she can about her experiences and thoughts about being in Greece. The address is: http://carolinehansen1981.blogspot.com CHECK IT OUT! Cizi;
[news] 05.08.2008 Portuguese Night!  Hello!! Lately we are volunteers from PRAXIS, we are in Serres in a project for 3 weeks. We are Portuguese, we are 19 years old and we university students of course Social Service. We prepared the past day July 28th the “Portuguese Night”, which started with a dinner with some Portuguese snacks, among them the “Pataniscas de Bacalhau”. To close the night, in Office show a presentation about our country, where traditional Portuguese music could not be absent, the “Fado”, and known as the “Porto wine”. We had nice time organizing the night, we hope you have enjoyed it and that one day you will have the will and curiosity to know our Portugal. Catarina & Tania  Cizi;
[news] 05.08.2008 article about PRAXIS and volunteers in Swedish newspapers! The 23rd of July in three local newspapers in the county of Värmland, Sweden, you could find one article in each, interesting for PRAXIS. It was written about young people from Kristinehamn coming here to our organization, to “work” as volunteers. All of the three articles is speaking approximately of the same things; what opportunities a working time abroad gives you, their expectations and a bit about PRAXIS as an organization and what the work is about. The articles are in Swedish it is a bit problematic for you out there to understand, so since I am from Sweden, I have chosen to translate one of them. This article is from the newspaper called “Nya Kristinehamnsposten” and is the local paper from the town from which the mentioned young persons are. Click more to read the full translated article! ...more Cizi;
[news] 30.07.2008 International Youth Day Also a small article was written by Eduardo. It is also connected to the International Youth Day, telling about his experiences of coming as a young person to live in a new country during some weeks. Luckily, you out there who speaks Portuguese will understand the article though it is written in his native language! Click more to read my article! / Gleydson Eduardo Lopez .JPG) ...more Cizi;
[news] 30.07.2008 International Youth Day On the 12 of August we have the International Youth Day. This day was funded for young people all over the world, to make them feel more and more that they are the future. We shall encourage our youngsters out there to make them do whatever they want (almost)! It is really important, without them/us there won't be a tomorrow. So come on all you out there, fulfill your dreams! We have during 3 weeks now had 3 other volunteers. Eduardo Lopes from Portugal, Peter Sundqvist and Tobias Wallin, both from Sweden. Even though it is some weeks left until the International Youth Day, this day was in focus in the work they did here. Together with me Cecilia, Eduardo and Tobias created a short spot about this day that is played on the local radio station RODONFM. We made it in three languages, Swedish, English and Spanish, all saying the same thing. Peter, the other Swedish guy made a video about our life here during the two weeks, containing some work, and a lot of fun! The links for both the made spots and the video will soon be available here! So stay tune! Have a nice day Cizi;
[news] 30.07.2008 BLOG! We just wanted to welcome you to our new blog that we opened a short while ago. Here you can read about our lives and our thoughts about living in Greece. http://evsserres2008.wordpress.com/ Take care, Cizi&Amir Cizi;
[news] 06.06.2008 World Environment Day Me and Amir got a day off from the regular "radio station work", and because it was the World Environment Day we decided to use our free time and do something creative. Here is the result! Cizi;
[news] 04.06.2008 Migratory Birds and Biodiverity Day radio shows We have also held two radio shows, one about the Migratory Birds Day and one about the International Day for Biodiversity. If you want to listen just use the following links! http://www.praxisgreece.org/2005/uploads/volunteers2008/wmbd2008.mp3 (Migratory Birds) http://www.praxisgreece.org/2005/uploads/volunteers2008/idb2008.mp3 (Biodiversity Day) Have a great day! Cecilia & Amir Cizi;
[news] 03.06.2008 International Day For Biodiversity Here is a short video about the exhibition that was held on the 22nd of May 2008, central square in Serres, Greece. (The video is in both Greek and English) And also one about Kerkini, a beautiful lake here in Serres which is home for many birds and vegetation. (Only in English) Cizi;
[news] 23.05.2008 International Day for Biodiversity The 22nd of May the " International Day for Biodiversity" was celebrated. Biodiversity can easily be explain "the variability among living organisms from all sources". This was how the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro defined the word "biodiversity". This includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. The day that was proclaimed by the United National, to increase the understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues, because biodiversity has a multitude of anthropocentric benefits of biodiversity. Some of the areas are agriculture, science and medicine and industrial materials.  The theme of this years Day of Biodiversity was "Biodiversity & Agriculture". Some of the themes from previous years are: 2007 "Biodiversity & Climate Change" 2006 - "Protect Biodiversity in Drylands" 2005 - "Biodiversity: Life Insurance for our Changing World" 2004 - "Biodiversity: Food, Water and Health for All" We from the organization PRAXIS held an exhibition about the Internation Day of Biodiversity on the 22 of May. The exhibition took place in the central square here in Serres, Greece. To view pictures from the event, please click "more". ...more Cizi;
[news] 22.05.2008 Visit to two primary schools On Thursday the 8th and on Friday the 16th of May I, Cecilia, went to a friend of ours, Mrs Vicki (I don't know her last name) to two close by, primary schools. She is an English teacher in both of them, so the purpose of my visit was both for the pupils to get to hear some English and to learn a little bit about Sweden. ...more Cizi;
[news] 09.04.2008 EartH DAY On the 22 of April people all around the world are celebrating "Earth Day". Are you celebrating too? .JPG) ...more Cizi;
[news] 07.03.2008 Computer lessons with people with special needs Computer lessons with people with special needs – Our experiences!! As part of our volunteering project we participated in helping young adults with special needs. The focus of the project was to develope their computer skills whilst doing it in a playful way. To begin with we where quite worried as we had never experienced such situations in our life's and we had to find new ways of dealing with such complex issues. Therefore we contacted our hosting organization to solve this situation together. They suggested that the first couple of times would be difficult due to new situations and the different languages. As we are not the first ones in this situation their experience showed us the perspective on our task. We were suggested that we have to open our minds and hearts and look beyond. So with this in mind we started to continue our assignment in a new way and miraculously we noticed that things changed considerably. The network of communication began to grow naturally. They responded with the same open minds and with eager faces to learn. Every new CD that we gave them was a new impulse and we could feel the happiness shine through their glowing eyes. We now feel a lot more comfortable in this field. We feel like this mission shouldn’t stop on us and that’s why we try to encourage the new volunteers to approach this situation with an open mind, as they will be doubly rewarded. eli & zibi & andrius Zeepee;
[news] 05.03.2008 Remaking Modern Society Antiglobalism, Environmentalism, Information Terrorism, Organic Culture... http://www.corrupt.org/ In their own words: "Corrupt, Inc. is a civilization watchdog built on the premise that when humans form a mental image of the world that does not correspond to reality, they become corrupt and destroy themselves. Our goal is to look for this cognitive dissonance and to point it out with research, intelligence reports, pranks and political activism. We believe in a better human future by embracing reality and not silly bureaucratic, academic or emotional abstractions. Our goal is to point human civilization away from these irrelevancies and get us back on track toward dealing with our actual problems, which receive 68.6% less media coverage than transient or tangential issues. ...more Zeepee;
[news] 29.02.2008 Fight fire with fire Since the growth of media industry it is constantly brainwashing society with its advertising campaigns. Owning the best professionals in the field of visual arts, they try to sell us things that we don't really need for the money we don't have (well, you can still borrow it from your friendly neighborhood bank). With terrifying consequence they take over each aspect of our life leading to situation when even going to toilet you have to face small poster trying to sell you some crap. We have to learn from our adversary and use its tactics for something better than selling lies. Here is place from which one can learn about the nonprofit advertising and social campaigns. This is huge resource so check it carefully. http://blogger.xs4all.nl/marcg/ and still in progress, but soon online: http://www.houtlust.nl/ Zeepee;
[news] 29.02.2008 Fighting for their rights. Here you can see few moments of the protest day described in previous post. Take a closer look. "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." ...more Zeepee;
[news] 27.02.2008 Greece Strikes Back A couple of weeks ago ( around 10th February) as I was walking around the streets of Serres I kept hearing the mention of strikes and government social security. I didn’t really pay much attention to this, as we often hear the mention of strikes and not much ever comes of this. So as you can well imagine, it gave me a large shock when I stepped out off my door on Wednesday the 13th and found the whole town empty – well that was until around 11.30 where a massive crowd gathered in the main square of Serres and began to protest against government social security. At this point the whole town became alive with the sound of people shouting, protesting, arguing and singing. I soon learned that this strike was not just in Serres but in ALL of Greece, at that precise moment there where thousands of people marching through Athens and Thessaloniki ( more than 9,000). Strikers carried banners reading ‘hands off our pension funds’ and ‘the future belongs to the workers’. This strike affected all schools, hospitals and all public services, journalists went on strike -canceling all news bulletins and current affairs programmes for the day, dentists, lawyers, construction workers and civil servants also left their jobs, TV channels did not report any news and there where no circulation of newspapers. Transport was affected the worst by this strike, no buses, taxis, trains, metros, ferries, and all domestic and international flights at all airports where canceled due to striking air traffic controllers. I was interested to find that Greece's two main labour unions called this strike to protest against the conservative government's efforts to reform Greece's debt-ridden and fractured pension system. Unions claim the reforms will lead to lower pensions and higher retirement ages. The Social security sector's roughly 154 funds and to make cuts to early retirement programs. It comes ahead of Prime Minister Karamanlis' announcement of the draft bill and debate in Parliament scheduled on that following Friday. A lot of people would stereotype the Greeks as being lazy and so as I watched the strikers begin to make there march through the main square I couldn’t help but feel pleased for these so called “lazy” Greeks. They had managed to grind a halt to their entire country for a whole 24 hours for one single purpose – To bring justice back to their country. Elinor Wills;
[news] 27.02.2008 Support Vaggelis Botzatzis, Greek Eco-Prisoner !  A Solidarity March was organised in Thessaloniki, on Vaggelis Botzatzis' case. He is detained in Komotini juridical prison accused for radical eco direct actions. Vaggelis was arrested in his house on day after the last action under the "anti"terrorist law, since a security guard claims he recognised his car. Vaggelis doesn't accept the accusations and states he was framed up. Some more info on the march at: http://directactiongr.blogspot.com/2008/02/few-actions-during-solidarity-march.html . ...more Zeepee;
[news] 22.02.2008 New posts on Volunteers blog :)  Our life in Serres :) Andrius Kavaliauskas;
[news] 04.02.2008 World wetlands day 2th of Ferbruary On the second of February each year many countries join together to help raise awareness about our wetland values and benefits. The date is to mark the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Each year since 1997, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of wetland values and benefits in general and the Ramsar Convention in particular.  The theme for wetland day this year is ‘Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People’. Some of the positive effects on human health of maintaining healthy wetlands - such as the provision of food, clean water, pharmaceutical products, etc. - and the negative effects of mismanaging wetlands that result in the impairment of our health and even the loss of life - such as through the effects of water-related diseases, burning peatlands, floods, and water pollution. So what is a wetland ?? …. Well a wetland is special areas where water and land come together; where plants can have wet feet while still enjoying a breeze. Wetlands are a gathering place for both upland and aquatic wildlife, providing the most productive habitat possible. Benefits include : See further click Here You can download our spot and radioshow ...more Andrius Kavaliauskas;
[news] 11.01.2008 Free the media !!! In the age of mass media who owns information can rule the people. I don't want to be ruled by greedy international corporations and their political supporters. Free the information, free the media, liberate yourself!  ...more Zeepee;
[news] 20.12.2007 International Migrants' Day 18th of December we celebrate global radio event International Migrants' Day, at radio "1812". Every year at this day we want to remember you about migrants, their rights, how they helping us, what are biggest problems. Read full story and hear radio spot by clicking "more" ...more Andrius Kavaliauskas;
[news] 20.12.2007 International Mountain day 11th of December International Mountain day.  We volunteers Eli, Zibi and Andrius created radio show for this event, you can listen it by clicking more ...more Andrius Kavaliauskas;
[news] 04.12.2007 Greek Anti-Aids Poster for event at University in Serres  mikael persson;
[news] 04.12.2007 aids radioshow download the show from this adress http://www.uploadhut.com/id112520/aids radioshow.mp3 mikael persson;
[news] 26.11.2007 to be an EVS-Volunteer (this is a big ppt, it will take some time to load) mikael persson;
[news] 26.11.2007 World AIDS Day What comes to your thoughts when I say "December the 1st"?? Some would think "winter has started", most would think "advent calenders" but for others they'd think "its the world day for AIDS". ...more Elinor Wills;
[news] 26.11.2007 There is hope... Red ribbon symbolizes solidarity with people suffering from AIDS disease. International organizations like Red Cross and Red Crescent Society carry out actions all over the globe to bring help and hope to these people.  Zeepee;
[news] 22.11.2007 Human Rights Day a powerpoint about Human Rights mikael persson;
[news] 22.11.2007 Antidrugsday 18 november a powerpoint with information and images about the dangers of drugs. mikael persson;
[news] 22.11.2007 Aids Campaign An powerpoint presentation with information and images about HIV/AIDS mikael persson;
[news] 14.11.2007 Against drugs There is no safe drugs. There is no drugs without side effects and addiction. There is no places where drug addiction can't happen nor the people that are totally immune to this problem. Want to know more?  ...more Zeepee;
[news] 30.10.2007 Stand Up and Speak Out On the 16th and 17th of October millions of people around the world took part in the charity 'Stand Up and Speak Out'. They stood up and took action to remind the goverments to keep their eight promises.  ...more Elinor Wills;
[news] 04.10.2007 Gerakinia Videofootage Ecological Exhibition in part 1 Greek Drumming in part 2 Extras in part 3 edited by yours truly.. mikael persson;
[news] 04.10.2007 Slideshow about Nigrita events Six volunteers (Steve, Steph, Eli, Andrius, Mikael, Zbyszek) went to Nigrita, and took part in event of Greek drumming, with the fabulous Nikos Touliatos. for watching video press - more ...more Andrius Kavaliauskas;
[news] 02.10.2007 Greek Drumming  Last week we went to Nigrita, and experienced our first taste of Greek drumming, with the fabulous Nikos Touliatos. This amazing drummer taught us to drum merely on dustbins. Nikos self taught himself to play the drums at the age of 14, and has been playing ever since! This led to his collaborations with Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Loizos, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Gunter Sommer and not to mention collaborations with visual artists, dancers, actors, Greek and international directors. After a couple of hours of working up a sweat playing the drums, we where invited to play at a concert the following evening!! Naturally we accepted, and found ourselves playing in front of many new faces. The experience was fantastic and definitely one I shall never forget!! ...more Elinor Wills;
[news] 01.10.2007 Ozone Day On the 14th of September we celebrated International Day of Ozone Layer Protection. In the central square of Serres we placed three big banners with comic books about Ozzy, the fictional character created to explain in a easy and funny way, serious problems coming with everyday life ozone layer protection. The small superhero talks about using Freon free sprays, dangerous substances waiting to get out of your home fridge, and other small issues where we can make a difference and help the global environment together. Colorful and smooth drawing makes it easy to attract kids and go through with the important message. Unfortunately all pages were in English, so not many kids were trying to read it (unable to do it or just not interested enough to make an effort of translating the whole thing). The whole event lasted for about five hours (until 2 o clock), and hopefully planted a good thought in few young minds.  Zeepee;
[news] 27.08.2007 evspraxis got an own youtube user! to view any videos made by/ or in assocation with praxis is uploaded to this user. to look at the videos go to http://www.youtube.com/evspraxis mikael persson;
[news] 27.08.2007 Fires in Greece On Saturday the 25th of August a national emergence was called for the fires that are sweeping across Greece, with the death toll increasing everyday. You might think that these fires are caused by nature, as consequence of soaring temperatures, but no, these fires were deliberate. There is now a 1 million Euro reward to help catch the arsonists that have caused destruction across Greece and has cost at least 60 people their lives. The reward is being offered by the Greek government for anyone who provides information, which leads to the arrest of the arsonists, "The reward is set between 100,000 and 1m euros for every [act] of arson, depending on whether death or serious injury occurred and the size of the damage."  ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 26.08.2007 EU celebrating 50 years two volunteers, Mikael & Andrius explains all the good things EU has accomplished, and other info. PRESS "MORE" TO SEE THE YOUTUBE-FILM ...more mikael persson;
[news] 10.08.2007 International Youth Day in Serres - 16th August 2007 In Serres at 16th of August will be International Youth day events: Exhibition in central square, with interviews, displays of photos...  ...more Andrius Kavaliauskas;
[news] 01.08.2007 5th Junior tournament tennis for Climate Chance In Serres Greece For a whole three days Serres became city of tennis starting 30th of July 2007. The Junior tournament tennis for Climate Change was taken in Club tennis of Serres. 120 junior tennis players came from different parts of Greece to find out who is the best tennis player! click MORE for VIDEOS ...more Andrius Kavaliauskas;
[news] 30.07.2007 Kerkini Wetland a trip to the Kerkini Wetlands to understand and see the bird wildlife CLICK "MORE" TO SEE FILM ...more mikael persson;
[news] 30.07.2007 International Youth Day: 12th August 2007 Be seen, Be heard: Youth participation for development  The goal of World Youth Day is to gather together the young people from all over the globe as a reminder of the strength and integrity of our youth. To bring our world youth together as one and to place our trust in them that they will do the right thing in the future to come. On a human level in this time of international problems and strife that we can all come together and unite to form a strong connection and to help bring hope and alleviate fears is a special thing. It is a good initiative to improve the participation of youth in global, national and local affairs and decision making ...more Steven Price;
[news] 27.07.2007 International Youth Day - Youths and Social Exclusion The United Nations defines a youth as a person between the ages of 15 and 24. There are approximately one billion youths living in the world today. That means that one person in five is between on the age of 15 and 24, which is 18 percent of the world's population. Almost 85 percent of the world's youths live in the developing regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is predicated that by 2025, the number of youths that are living in developing countries will grow to 89.5 percent.  ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 24.07.2007 slideshow of EVS onarrival seminare in Atens 07 pictures from my and Andreius on-arrival training i Atens this is the youtube link mikael persson;
[news] 23.07.2007 Eu celebtrating 50 years The EU has expanded in six waves between 1973 and 2007, enabling an amount of 27 members. Which have among other things made it easier to travel between countries, but what are really the pros and cons of this European Union? How have the habitants of the countries responded to this development, and front most, how have the youth responded? ...more mikael persson;
[news] 23.07.2007 International Youth Day 12th August 2007 The 12th of August is International Youth Day and this year's theme is: Be Seen, Be Heard: Youth Participation for Development.  ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 19.07.2007 A European Community: How unified are we? How much do you feel like a European citizen? Many achievements of the EU are already clear. It has been fifty years without war between any of the countries that make up the EU, which is unprecedented in history. As citizens of Europe we have more freedom to move around, to study, work and travel, sharing the health benefits and the social benefits of everywhere. This helps with cross-cultural understanding, personal development and the realisation of the EU's full economic potential. The EU has also created great prosperity, with Europe having some of the highest living standards. The EU has also created a single market, which is the world's largest free trade area, which has created jobs and growth of competitively priced good and services. But what does this really mean for the citizens of Europe? This article is going to focus on the impact that EU programmes has had on young people and whether young people of today feel like European citizens. ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 09.07.2007 Alan Johnston is freed Alan Johnston the BBC reporter on the Gaza strip has finally been freed after 114 days in captivity.  ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 18.06.2007 June 17th World Day to Combat Desertification Yesterday was World Day to Combat Desertification, which is celebrated on the 17th of June every year. The day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. It highlights the need to stop the process of desertification and it also tries to stress the seriousness of the dry lands issue on the international environmental agenda. This years theme was "Desertification and Climate Change: One Global Challenge", which is to highlight the links between climate change and desertification.  ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 14.06.2007 Racism "It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate." James arthur Baldwin (Author)  Prejudice of any kind is often based on ignorance and fear of anything unfamiliar, unfortunately racism can exist in all races and cultures. Our views and beliefs develop as we mature, if a young person is brought up within a racist family or is in a racist social group then they will think that its acceptable behavior. Racism is an extremely sensitive subject for some as issues such as free speech are brought into play, some people say that its just words. Others try to point out that these words can lead to situations spiraling out of control such as the extermination of the Jews in World War II. ...more Steven Price;
[news] 12.06.2007 Update on Alan Johnston Alan Johnston is a missing British Journalist. He was the only international correspondent still be living and working in the Gaza Strip and was kidnapped on this Gaza city office on the 12th of March. There has been a development in this story since the last report on this website, for World Press Freedom Day. On the 1st of June, 12 weeks after his disappearance a video has been released showing the first pictures of Alan Johnston since his abduction. The video is supposed to have been posted by the Army of Islam, which is the group that is supposed to be holding Mr. Johnston. It in the video he says that he is healthy and being treated well, but it cannot be identified where and when the video was made. The US, Russia, the UN and the EU have called for the release of Mr. Johnston, urging the Palestinian authorities to do everything they can to ensure his release. Click More to see the video ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 11.06.2007 Refugees and Migrants In today's world people are making decisions everyday to leave their homes, communities and countries. The reason some do this is because they are afraid, afraid for they're lives and the lives of their children and loved ones. Economic and social situation can also be a reason for people to relocate themselves. These people have a right that is common between them as refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced persons. They have the right to non discrimination. This is a fundamental part of all human rights.  ...more Steven Price;
[news] 06.06.2007 Photography Exhibition Depka Stephanie Williams;
[news] 01.06.2007 What is the International Polar Year? The International Polar Year (IPY) extends over two years; it started in March 2007 and will finish in March 2009. It is going to be the largest ever international research programme in the Polar Regions. It's main focus in the climate change and the interactions of climate, oceans, ice, land, ecosystems and human society in the Arctic and Antarctic.   ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 31.05.2007 What you can do! Of the over one million species of plants and animals on this planet, only a few such as crops, timber, and edible fish have market values. Most of the remaining species aid humans in less direct ways: by creating oxygen, decomposing organic matter, filtering air and water, and controlling pests. These natural processes can be seen as "services" provided by our ecosystems. So its important that we help preserve and protect this. These are some easy but crucial thoughts on what to do to help save our environment  ...more Steven Price;
[news] 31.05.2007 Quotes about our environment These are some intresting observational quotes by famous and important people about our enviroment and what we are doing to it.  ...more Steven Price;
[news] 30.05.2007 World enviroment day Melting Ice : a Hot Topic? 5th June 2007 World environment day (WED) is celebrated each year on the 5th of June to highlight the problems we face as a society with our environment and its desecration. This years theme is melting ice in support of international polar year. Polar ecosystems and communities are being change by the effects of climate change, and we around the world also are affected by the change and will continue to see changes unless we take action and try to curtail the effects.  ...more Steven Price;
[news] 29.05.2007 World Environment Day 2007 The World Environment Day (WED) is commemorated on the 5th of June every year and is hosted by a different city. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. The day is used to create worldwide awareness of the environment and to enhance political attention and public action.   ...more Stephanie Williams;
[news] 25.05.2007 The International Day for Biological Diversity: Biodiversity and Climate Change 22 May 2007 Biodiversity day 2007 is a day to think about the plight of natural processes on our earth and think of ways we can help in the process of alteration biodiversity faces through climate change.  It isn't just a small challenge but a mammoth task that if we don't help could change our planet, losing whole species, habitats and natural process's. ...more Steven Price; © 2004-2008 rCMS by rolandinsh.lv |
