Transcript What is Praxis?

What is Praxis?
PRAXIS is a non-governmental and nonprofitmaking cultural organisation in Serres.
It was founded in 1995 in order to offer a broad
spectrum of cultural activities to the town youth
and involve them in cultural issues. Most of the
people working for PRAXIS do it voluntarily.
Where is praxis?
Praxis is
located in
Serres,
capital of
Serres
the
Thessaloniki
department
PRAXIS has its main office with theof radio
Serres,in
station in the centre of Serres InNorthern
the town
Greece,
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live about 80 000 inhabitants.
Because
Athens
far away from
the Technological Education Institute
there
Thessaloniki
is a high number of students living in
Serres.
Local Activities
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Radio Rodon FM
Youth Information Center
Newspaper ‘Mediart’
Ecological Activities
Cinema club
• Organize Local and national concerts
Local Activities
Campaigns via internet:
• Olympic truce
• International Year for people with special
needs
• against social exclusion
• Voluntarism
International Activities
ACTION 1
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Egypt
Turkey
Praxis is one of the most active organisations in
Greece. A lot of youngsters participate in
several youth exchanges in European and
Mediterranean countries
International Activities
ACTION 2
•Praxis focuses its activities on the EVS
program, acting as a hosting and sending
organisation
•Praxis co-ordinates EVS projects in other
cities of North Greece
•Praxis organized two times with success “on
arrival training” for all hosting volunteers in
North Greece
International Activities
ACTION 2
•Hosting: PRAXIS hosts volunteers from other
countries who contribute in the making of the
"Mediart" newspaper and create cd-rom and website
in the computer laboratory
There are 4 eligible positions for EVS every six
months
•Sending: We are looking for partners to host our
volunteers for EVS
PRAXIS is the biggest sending organization in Greece.
From 1998 has sent hundreds of volunteers abroad
International Activities
ACTION 3
• PRAXIS support a lot of EVS volunteers to
run their Future Capital
• PRAXIS under this action run the project
“Internet and severalty”. At the
computer lab of PRAXIS children with
special need learn computers by PRAXIS
staff (PC teachers, psychologists,
sociologists) .
International Activities
ACTION 5
PRAXIS participate in several seminars.
Members of our organization participate as
trainers and as participants in several
seminars in European and Mediterranean
countries
Cooperation
PRAXIS co-operates with
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the municipal cultural centre of Serres
several Greek universities
UNESCO
the cultural ministry
Network of European Journalists
General Secretary for Youth
ecological groups
and other institutions.
Contact Information
Chairwoman: Anna Alevra
Website: www.praxisgreece.org
e-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Address: Selefkou 8, 62123 Serres - GREECE
Tel.: +30-23210-58800, +30-6944263636
Fax:+30-23210-58802
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Radio Rodon FM
• news and information about all kinds of events
in Serres
• young people can make their own broadcasts
• Every month campaigns with social radio
messages
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Ecological Activities
• Hiking in the mountains
• Bird watching at Lake Kerkini
• Rafting in the river Aggitis
• PRAXIS support ecological projects and
targets of the local municipalities via radiostation, websites and electronic newspapers
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Campaign for people
with special needs
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On Arrival Training
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