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Over the past week we were privileged to take part on a solidarity trip to Senegal with ActionAid Hellas. Now we’re back but yet we can’t find the right words to articulate our experience from this transformational journey.

ActionAid Hellas has been supporting ActionAid Senegal since 2011, where the latter carries a tremendous work on the field of Senegal for women’s rights, education, resilience building due to climate crisis, and youth engagement.

Through its children’s sponsoring program, ActionAid Hellas is reinforcing two regions in the country, Bakel and Djilor. Witnessing with our own eyes how by sponsoring a child you actually contribute to a better livelihood of a whole community, made us realize the great value & impact of this program.

This weekend Antama brings “Paths of Life” in town, the first festival in Greece that embraces the adults of 65+, creates intergenerational bridges, and clearly states that happiness has no age.

The festival is multi-thematic and there’s plenty to do; participate in educational and creative workshops, attend talks from experts on health and nutrition topics, visit the intergenerational photography exhibition "Love Unites Generations", dance, practice yoga, have fun!

We’re delighted to be sponsoring this event and grateful for ANTAMA's invaluable efforts to challenge stereotypes and prejudices against ageism in Greece.

"Paths of Life" will be held on Sat 15 & Sun 16 October 2022 at Technopolis City of Athens with free entrance. Find the full 2-day program here.

We’re thrilled to present the mural “It’s yours”! An artwork created by the talented Gera1 in Millerou & Megalou Alexandrou Street at Metaxourgeio.

This mural is dedicated to our sponsored initiative Ten Million Hands and it's a result of our collaboration with ELC Productions, in the context of their project Genia 17; young people using the power of image, music, and street art to spread the message about the significance of adopting and achieving the 17 SDGs of the United Nations.

Our Foundation adopted the SDG12 about Sustainable Consumption and Production to visualize Ten Million Hands’ purpose through this beautiful piece of street art. The World is ours, let’s join hands to make it a better, fairer, and greener one.

Ten Million Hands is our pride and joy, an inspirational project created by Impact Hub Athens with the collaboration and support of our Foundation. Having the ‘Sustainability in Practice’ as its slogan, this initiative aims to inform the citizens of Greece about sustainable consumption and help them change the way that they use their consuming power in everyday life.

This weekend, the first official event of Ten Million Hands is on. "Not your usual Pop-Up Market": conscious brands, plant-based food, workshops and a documentary premiere are hosted in the coolest market of Athens, Dimotiki Agora Kypselis. See you all there!

This summer we’re sailing towards a future free of polluting fossil fuels, with Aegean Cargo Sailing and its vessel Pelago. Pelago is the first transport sailboat in the world going solar electric. It has passed the first test of energy autonomy with tangible proof of success, after having completed its tour around the Peloponnese (350 nautical miles) using only clean energy sources (wind and solar).

Now, it’s traveling together with Marina Star on a round in 23 Greek islands (Jul 2nd – Aug 28th), showing us the way for emissions-free transportation and zero carbon footprint products’ distribution. We are pleased to sponsor the Aegean Cargo Sailing's voyage and we applaud their efforts to spread the word of a sustainable, blue economy.

The 11th edition of our beloved Aegean Film Festival will take place in Spetses on July 7 - 17, 2022 and will include a variety of films & documentaries, social events, and the Echoes Program.

Echoes is an international summit where filmmakers, scientists, and environmentalists come together. It consists of documentary screenings, Q&A’s, panel-talks, presentations, workshops and the Rescript the Future Competition. By bringing knowledge, people and resources in the same location, the goal is to fast-track environmental projects and amplify awareness about ways to make a positive impact.

We had the honor of supporting the Echoes Program during last year’s Aegean Film Festival in Paros and we’re so glad to see it progress!

Nosilia, along with its regular activities on free medical treatment at home and health services to patients with chronic diseases and elderly people with mobility and socio-economic problems, has initiated a series of webinars on Palliative care and nursing home care.

The goal of the webinars is to provide access to information to health professionals, patients and their caregivers regarding palliative & home healthcare and highlight the value of such services for them, the State, and our society. The 2nd webinar will take place on Wed, 22 June 2022 and you can attend it online.

To read more about the event and find the links to join, please click here.

Arts in health is proved to have profound positive effects to those who suffer from serious illnesses, such as cancer. Dimitra Ermeidou & Dimitra Tsiaouskoglou are introducing this innovative field to Greeks through Eyes of Light and are envisioning a society in which these people find strength and joy through art.

We’re more than happy to contribute to the realization of their 2022-2023 program that includes therapeutic photography workshops, participatory art projects that connect patients and artists, museum tours and activities to bring patients in contact with art, exhibitions and awareness campaigns.

We're delighted to announce the continuation of our support to Ecogenia for their civic-service pilot programs in Dorida & Chania.

The Dorida Eco-tourism & Trail Building project is currently in progress. After completing two weeks of training, the service cohorts are now ready to spend the next two months building trails to foster ecotourism in the area.

We wish Ecogenia much success in their initial efforts to promote sustainability through civic engagement and to provide employment opportunities for young people in Greece!

Mathaino Diatrofi, in the context of its Family Event at Oasis Activity Farm Park on May 7 2022, presented its new book "The Story of a Family". The book's authors Olga Kounari & Kalli Polemi (founders of Mathaino Diatrofi) portray in a humorous and educative manner the daily 'battle' around a family table.

The book is addressed to children aged 4-9 years, parents & teachers. It deals with the issue of selective eating and gives clear guidelines for the proper nutritional education of children in order to enhance their familiarity with the Mediterranean diet while protecting their relationship with food.

The proceeds from its sale support the organization. For purchase and more information, you can contact Mathaino Diatrofi via email at mathaino.diatrofi@gmail.com.