INFORMATIVE SEMINAR

EVENING HIGH SCHOOL OF AIGALEO

On May 9, 2016,in cooperation

with the University of Athens,

an informative seminar took place

in our school

The seminar was focused on the educational activities for the children of refugees in

Eleonas Refugee Hosting Centerorganized by

the Faculty of Early Childhood Education

of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Key speaker was the coordinator of the intervention

Mr. Androussou Alexandra, Associate Professor of Teaching Methods and Development of Educational Material

The activities of the intervention are addressed to the children of refugees

hosted in the Eleonas’ camp and aim to help express themselves, play,

have fun and act again as children.Among the educational actions are included :

team games, crafts, painting, English and Greek lessons and activities for

psychological support

Students of the Faculty of Early Childhood

Education talked about their initiatives

and their experiences while

volunteering under these particularly sensitive conditions

There was also a discussion on the refugee crisis in our country, the reaction of the Greek society and

the meaning of the volunteer work.

Our students collected and delivered material for the

implementation of the activities

Presentation created by Mr. Koundouraki Eftychia in the frame of the Erasmus+ project “70 Years of European History (1945 – 2015)