On Halloween, the 31st of October, the second primary school of Vrontados decided to do an excursion to the nearby beach of Daskalopetra. The beach is named after the famous poet Homer. Homer used to teach his students on the rock, which is just up the hill above the beach. […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
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Every year on the 28th of October the people in Greece and the Greek communities all around the world celebrate a very special historical moment. In 1940, during the Second World War Benito Mussolini presented a ultimatum, to the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxa, which demanded Greece allow Axis forces to […]
The 11th of November is a very special and important day for the inhabitants of Chios Island. More than hundred years ago the island was occupied by Turkey for many years. The population was oppressed, their rights were restricted. But the population of Chios wanted to be an independent part […]
Every morning when we wake up we see the sun rising over Turkey. The turkish coast is only 30 km away from Chios island. So since Turkey is that close, we took the chance of the long weekend and booked a ferry for Saturday morning on the 26th of October. […]
This week both groups of the 3rd kindergarten of Vrondadhos did an excursion to the “Centre of Enviromental Education Chios”. The group where Robert helps went on Wednesday 30th of October and my group did the same the day after Thursday 31st of October. In a car convoy we made […]
As part of our European Solidarity Corps program we were invited to the On-Arrival Training from the national Agency of Greece in the beginning of October. Together with the other new volunteers from all the different projects around Greece we were accommodated in “The Ranch”. “The Ranch” is like the […]
On Friday the 27th of September it was sports day at the local schools in Vrontados. At the second primary school of Vrontados the classes had to compete against each other in various different active games. The first challenge was to pass the parkour built by the sports teacher. The […]
Volissos is a nice little village 40 km away from the main city of Chios. Perfectly located on a very steep mountain with a castle above the city the inhabitants of Volissos were able to spot enemies like pirates early enough to prepare for defense. The castle was built in […]
On 11th of September 2019 the school started again after the summer time! At 9am the children from the kindergarten and the primary school arrived with their parents, grandparents and their siblings. They were all very excited and happy to see their friends again. Today there weren`t any lessons, the […]
Now that the school is finished and summer holidays have started, all the kids start playing on the playgrounds at the schools regularly in their free time. Our objective as volunteers is to spend our time with the children, help them if they have any problems and invent and play […]