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ELIX is implementing a non-formal education project supporting migrant and refugee youth. As an ESC volunteer’ you will be responsible to support the operation and the function of the multispace of ELIX by organizing activities for young people residing in the center of Athens.

From 9^th to 22^nd of September 2021, ELIX successfully implemented the project “TeamWorks for Solidarity” which was supported by the Council of Europe through the European Youth Foundation [EYF] and also the National Agency of Greece through the program of European Solidarity Corps [ESC].

The duration of the project was 14 days, located in Lesvos with the participation of 10 young people from different European countries. The participants, after receiving high-quality training adjusted to the needs of such work, were then deployed and implemented several activities with the target group.

ELIX will implement the education programme “TeamWorks for Solidarity” (14 days duration) with the support of European Youth Foundation [EYF] and Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation of Greece funded by European Solidarity Corps [ESC] in order to promote, enhance understanding and mobilize young people in youth matters (youth/social workers) and benefit vulnerable population groups of children and adult refugee and asylum seekers.

To:
The Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis
The Minister of Education and Religious Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Niki Kerameus
The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen
The European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel
The European Commissioner for Justice and Consumers, Didier Reynders

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ELIX participates in a 3-year project from January 2020 to December 2022, titled “Time 2 Team” that has been approved for funding by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

This project will be coordinated by Concordia (France) and will be implemented by ELIX - Conservation Volunteers (Greece), Allianssi (Finland), Grenzenlos (Austria), IBG (Germany), Lunaria (Italy), Egyesek Youth Organization (Hungary), Solidarités Jeunesses (France), and Compagnons Bâtisseurs - CBB (Belgium), as well as the international network “Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations” (Alliance).

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More specifically, the participants will have the chance to learn the basic navigation in the computers, navigation in the internet, creation and use of email, and use of online applications

The lessons will take place every Monday and Wednesday, from 15:00-17:00 and 17:00- 19:00.

More specifically, the participants will have the chance to learn more about computer programming and different coding languages.

The lessons will take place every Tuesday and Thursday, from 15:00-17:00 and 17:00- 19:00.

Aiming to offer a quality non-formal education programme to children, refugees and migrants, ELIX was invited to respond to the new conditions that formed in Lesvos after the catastrophic fires in Moria.

With the valuable support of UNICEF, with which we have been working together since 2016, a team of educators and supportive staff settled in Mytilene and started creating classes in the new temporary Reception and Identification Center.

Respect for Human Rights should Prevail over Use of Force. Following yesterday's fire in Moria, on Lesvos, which destroyed the Reception and Identification Centre, 31 civil society organizations call on the Greek Government to immediately provide assistance to people who lost their shelter.

Athens, 4 September 2020: The first COVID-19 case was identified earlier last week in Moria, spiraling concerns about the health and safety of the overcrowded Reception Center’s population. According to media reportsⁱ, the 40-year old refugee left Lesvos on 17 July, after being requested to exit the Center, and as per his right to move went to Athens.

In the context of Good Governance that includes transparency and accountability - and aiming at a high quality of our work, ELIX launches a process of receiving, managing and evaluating complaints in order to meet the requirements and expectations of our stakeholders.

This collection of poems was created by children, refugees and migrants, as part of the project "Learning for Integration: Quality learning and non-formal education for refugees and migrants, children and adults, in Greece (LIP)", implemented by ELIX with the support of UNICEF, the International Organization of Migration and the European Commission.

World Refugee Day today and ELIX honors the millions of people that have been displaced by the home countries looking for a better future.

Such as Nila who has first visited ELIX in January 2018. Arriving at 14 years old, with no knowledge of Greek, but speaking some English, she began attending our classes daily.

Dear parents, we hope our message finds you well and healthy.
At the moment ELIX staff cannot continue the kindergarten inside the classroom, so we created online tools that you can use to keep your kids engaged and busy and to support the communication between them and their teacher.

Dear all, we hope our message finds you well and healthy.
At the moment ELIX staff cannot continue the lessons inside the classroom, so we created online tools that you can use to communicate with your teachers and keep in touch with learning.

Dear parents, we hope our message finds you well and healthy.
At the moment ELIX staff cannot continue the lessons inside the classroom, so we created online tools that children can use to communicate with your teachers and keep in touch with learning.

Dear students, we hope our message finds you well and healthy.
At the moment ELIX staff cannot continue the lessons inside the classroom, so we created online tools that you can use to communicate with your teachers and keep in touch with learning.

ELIX is moving to the digital age, responding to both the extraordinary conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and the new data created by the use of technology in the field of education in recent years.

For these reasons, ELIX is uploading to a hub the podcasts prepared -and still do- by our team of trainers, in the context of the distant, online learning that we have been gradually include in our educational program "Learning for Integration Project", implemented with the support of UNICEF since 2017. You can find and listen to the files by using all the known podcast players.

Continue learning, when staying at home due to Covid-19, Get register today (Deadline 6th April)

Information in 6 languages (English, French, Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Kurmanji)

ELIX, having supported the pilot implementation of the Akelius Language Course since 2018, both in urban and camps' learning centers, participated in the creation of the corresponding Manual for teachers (Teahers' Guidance Manual on Akelius Language Course).