CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE “MOBILE SCHOOL TRAVELS” PROJECT

02 Feb CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE “MOBILE SCHOOL TRAVELS” PROJECT

On February 28, 2024, the Closing Ceremony of the project “the Mobile School Travels” implemented by the Ladies’ Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality (HOH).

The ceremony will take place at 11.30 A.M at the Municipal Conservatory of the city of Drama. The event will be honored with their presence by S.A. Ambassador of Norway to Greece, Lajla Brandt Jakhelln, the President of the Bodosaki Foundation, Athina Desypri, the Consul of Norway in Thessaloniki, Yiannis Akkas and the Programme Officer of the Active citizens fund Greece, Katerina Goula.

Meanwhile, the interventions continue 3 times a week in the settlement of Philippou, so that the children who started school receive an additional help preparing for the next day’s lessons, as well as two interventions per month in Chrysochori of Kavala and one in the city of Xanthi. In Kavala and Xanthi, Roma children are creatively deal with the mobile panels while simultaneously they are learning mathematics, spelling, geography and more. After three years of interventions only within Drama, the Mobile School from 2020 until today is taking place three times a week in areas of Drama, Kavala and Xanthi, in order to approach Roma children who either for social or family reasons are excluded from the school communities and cannot have normal attendance. The project received a new nine-month extension until April 2024 starting in August 2023. One of the goals is to convince more Roma children in the Philippou camp to go to school and continue their education. For this reason, the project team carries out a “Social Tutoring” in the settlement of Philippou three times a week, helping the children to meet the demands of school lessons.

The project “The Mobile School Travels” is implemented within the framework of the Active citizensfund program, with the implementing body of the Ladies’ Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality (HOH). The Active citizens fund program, amounting to €15 million, is financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway and is part of the financial mechanism of the European Economic Area (EEA) for the period 2014 – 2021, known as EEA Grants. The program aims to strengthen and optimize the sustainability of civil society, as well to highlight its role in promoting democratic processes, strengthening citizens’ participation in society and defending human rights. The management of the grant of the Active citizens fund program for Greece has been undertaken jointly by the Bodosaki Foundation and the Solidarity Now. Read more here: www.activecitizensfund.gr