“Fridays 4future in Githeio”
(2019-3-EL02-KA105-005173)
Training course funded by Erasmus+ program with organizer Humanity & Youth. The project was held from 12th to 19th October, 2020, in Gitio, Laconia, Greece. It included participants from five different countries and the relevant organizations: Greece (Humanity and Youth), Turkey (Bayburt Genclik Grubu), Bulgaria (Bulgarian Youth Forum), Romania (Associatia Allons-y), Italy (Club Integriamoci), Estonia ( Pro Consensio) and Cyprus (Stressball).
The focus of the project is on environmental pollution issues and climate change. The main goals are linked to developing strategies and ideas for the reduction of waste materials, using them again even under another purpose, refusing to buy and using unnecessary products that cannot be recycled.
The course included the following activities: developing strategies on main goals with participants being divided into groups and presenting them in the form of a short presentation, cleaning a polluted public place, breathing new life into old clothes, preparing a dish of leftover products. In addition, the project provided participants with the opportunity to explore different cultures, languages and traditions.
The project was conducted in accordance with anti-epidemiological measures related to the COVID-19. pandemic.