I was very pleased and surprised to read these two short entries at the Southeast European Times in the Science and Technology section.

Greece’s Education Ministry announced plans on Thursday (January 3rd) to prioritise environmental education in schools, in which currently only 15% of students participate. In junior high, environmental lessons are offered on a voluntary [...]

The Municipality of Athens and Microsoft are offering a series of basic computer skills seminars (in Athens) for single mothers, unemployed women, long-term unemployed men and women (over a year), immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. People who complete the 75 hour course will be issued a state-recognised certificate.
Please call 210-522 1403 for details.
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School finished today for children at state schools here in Greece. A whole three months off for them. We are fortunate enough to live in a neighborhood that provides all day activities and programmes up until the end of July. That will be an enormous help to stave off the boredom children feel when they [...]

To launch my new home, I decided to do a post on a positive and welcome initiative that has been launched in Greece. It is called The Peace Education Project.

Peace Education embodies the very essence of education, it’s methods, principles and overwhelming potential, so that we may offer and nurture within all our children those [...]