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Join our social experiment and help organise workshops for refugees and minority groups in Athens, Greece

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  • Activité récente: 23 mars 2024

Disponibilité

  2024 

 Séjour min. souhaité : Un mois ou plus

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  • Description

    Description

    Our hostel, run by a Social cooperative, belongs to a category of social innovation spaces that tries to promote inclusive communities and the social inclusion of refugee, migrant and other minority groups as well as social and green economy.
    For many years the building in which we run the project, was used as a public clinic. During the Greek economic crisis, in February 2013, the clinic was shut down and merged with a bigger hospital. We, the social cooperative began renting the building in August 2016 and transformed it into a community centre for refugees. We refurbished and turned it into an innovative building for the accommodation, especially of those who need long term care and protection, the most vulnerable groups of refugees. In February 2018 our funding (mostly from UN high Commission of Refugees, the City of Athens and the EU) had been interrupted as the granting agencies considered there wasn’t any more need for such a “transition” centre.
    We decided then to transform the building into an “innovative hostel” open to all the different travelers, that continues to offer intercultural courses open to all (language lessons, painting, music, socializing, games etc) by trying to cover the expenses by applying affordable prices for sustainable tourism. We consider the hostel to be a social experiment. Together tourists, visitors, volunteers, staff and refugees meet, discuss, cook, paint, exchange their language, make artistic exhibitions and interact. After 2 years of covid-19 restrictions, we opened again our bar and we organise again intercultural events.
    We developed a series of programs, such as language and art classes that seek to promote the development of skills, the civic engagement and empowered of refugees. adults and children. In close collaboration with institutes, schools and other organisations, our projects endeavour refugees’ social inclusion, news distribution, and climate protection.


    You are welcome if you are able to contribute and stay with us for at least two months.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Bénévolat
    Projets artistiques
    Pratique d’une langue
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Enseignement
    Entretien général
    Aide informatique/internet
  • Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de l’ONU
    Pas de pauvreté
    Faim «zéro»
    Bonne santé et bien-être
    Éducation de qualité
    Égalité entre les sexes
    Eau propre et assainissement
    Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable
    Travail décent et croissance économique
    Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
    Inégalités réduites
    Villes et communautés durables
    Consommation et production responsables
    Mesures relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques
    Vie aquatique
    Vie terrestre
    Paix, justice et institutions efficaces
    Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    a) Volunteers can spend their days discovering the city of Athens alone or through organised tours and can enjoy sightseeing or spent some restful time at the cafes and taverns, which are in close proximity at the surrounding area of Exarchia. Usually they go around all together, volunteers, participants in our courses, guests / tourists etc
    b) Incorporate sustainable tourism with social innovation and community building between vulnerable groups, guests, locals and volunteers.
    c) Invest their time productively while helping others
    d) promoting climate and environmental action

  • Aide

    Aide

    The hostel receives volunteers (minimum 2-3 months) that are interested and would like to help us in:
    a) supporting our intercultural projects open to all, while we organise seminars and workshops on climate and energy issues, zero waste, environmental protection etc
    b) social entrepreneurship
    c) social and green innovation, circular economy
    d) cultural exhibitions
    e) language teaching
    f) drawing,
    g) photography lessons
    i) more ideas are always welcomed

    We need the help of volunteers additional to intercultural courses to give a hand if needed (we have permanent staff but some times we need extra help) for cleaning, reception, tiding and daily operation of the hostel as assistance in the hostel, in exchange we offer free accommodation in our hostel's facilities.

  • Langues

    Langues parlées
    Allemand: Courant
    Greek: Courant
    Anglais: Courant
    Espagnol: Courant
    Français: Courant

    Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
    Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
    Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    The Hostel is ready and in full operational status. It is newly painted, equipment are new (beds, mattresses, sheets, towels, etc.), and it possesses all mandatory operational licenses, such as building permit, architectural study and legal terms like Fire Safety Certificate, on each floor special fire protection doors, certification of proper operation of the sewage system, administrative decisions approving environmental terms, permit to operate healthcare stores in hotels, a large dining room, which is used for breakfast and meals, a separate bar-café area. We are working on energy efficiency and solarizing it

    All rooms are comfortable, clean and attractive; a lot has been artistically designed. Volunteers sleep at a four-bed and a 3 bed mixed dorm rooms on the 1st floor. There are also more rooms for volunteers.

    On the 1st and 2nd floor there are the offices as well as rooms for all kind of social activities, that can host meetings, seminars and workshops and cultural exhibitions. On the 2d floor there is a meeting room fully equipped which can be used by the groups that stay in the Hostel. The capacity of the meeting room is app. 80 people. On the 3rd floor there is a larger meeting room with capacity app. of 150 people.

    On the ground floor there is the reception, a bar, the breakfast room, a kitchen fully equipped for the guests and a professional kitchen fully equipped for the preparation of breakfast and service of meals.

    On the basement there are the laundry facilities for guests (4 washing machines and driers) and storage rooms.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    The hostel highlights the positive impact that cooperatives and social enterprises have on communities, revitalising neighbourhoods, making bridges between communities, social groups, newcomers and local people. The project has a strong commitment to building a better world through social and green innovation and the cooperative business model. The exchange of views, experiences, ideas, will promote seriously our capacity building in order to influence the direction of our society to become more sustainable and ecologically and socially fair.

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

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  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Plus de 2

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    Nombre d'heures attendues

    Maximum 6-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

N° de référence hôte : 515825693845

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