“THE MOBILE SCHOOL TRAVELS” TO THE 8TH PAN-HELLENIC FESTIVAL AGAINST SCHOOL VIOLENCE

01 Mar “THE MOBILE SCHOOL TRAVELS” TO THE 8TH PAN-HELLENIC FESTIVAL AGAINST SCHOOL VIOLENCE

In the framework of the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School, the project “The Mobile School Travels” will be on Friday, March 3 at the 1st Primary School of Drama.
Following the invitation of the headmaster, Mr. Alkibiades Salpigtis, the project of the Ladies’ Union of Drama- House of Open Hospitality (HOH) will give the present for the third year at the 8th Festival against School Violence. The “Mobile School Travels” team will be for two hours in the school’s forecourt starting from 10 A.M, in order to raise students’ awareness of issues related to bullying by using experiential actions and empowering games, as well as to present the “Mobile School” and its work.
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 a regular education. 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 (ΗΟΗ). The Active citizens fund program, amounting to €13,5 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