GREECE

A group of seven people from Athens carried out a special project for a large non-profit organisation called ”Praksis”. The organisation works with volunteers …

The economic crisis and the associated austerity measures have had a severe impact on people’s living and working conditions in Greece. About a third of the population have lost their jobs and consequently their health insurance.

Greece, May 2014 Over a period of four days in May, a group of volunteers in Athens met to discuss, plan and finally implement a project at a day care center for the elderly in a suburb of Athens named Heliopolis (city of the sun). A wide sidewalk separates the center...

Greece May 2014 In various discussions about how the organisation could contribute best to the surrounding community based on the current situation in Greece, there was one question that came up several times: what do the people need? Besides jobs and money the people...