Some weeks after the ending of the second period of the “Junior-Captain-Project” in the spring of 2012, a closing ceremony of these first two took part in the yard of the foundation’s building. This ceremony presented the work of the two simultaneously running projects of the Tsakos foundation: The project […]
Junior Captain
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On an island many people are connected to the topic of seafaring and so are many people on Chios Island. The expert, who was invited, was one captain living on a neighbor island. He was going to talk and inform about the topic “how to correctly sail” one week ago, […]
On Saturday, the 15th of December, time for Tsakos and like every Saturday three volunteers of the TES- project went to the boat to take care of the children and to be a member of the presentation hold by a professor. This time the topic has been: Safety. During the presentation […]
On the 10th of November the lesson in the “Junior Captain” – Project presented the subject of Meteorology. One expert in this area came to teach the children about the different layers of our atmosphere, what they are made of, to which layer an airplane can go, showed them various […]
On the 27th of october , the children in the workshop of “Maria Tsakos” Foundation could gain the knowledge about differents mechanics between the boat, how works a ship,a boat .There, they were shown the difference between e.g. a cargo ship and a cruise ship. Moreover, they learned how an […]
Last saturday, 24 of November, the children participated in the “Junior Captain” – Project, where they were informed about how they could learn to sail. They were excited, because they know how important the sailing industry in Chios island is. In the begining, they learnt about the parts of the […]
On Saturday 20th of October, the “Junior Captain” project started again. The first Period of this Project started in October 2011. The project is created for youngsters in age from 8 to 15 by the “Maria Tsakos” Foundation. Every Saturday, a group of children come to the wonderful, wooden sailing […]
It was Saturday, the 17th of November, when the children participating in the “Junior Captain” – Project were informed by the head of the cardiographical department of the local hospital about the function of the heart and the human health in general. The doctor firstly presented to the children the […]
The same day that the workshop on board of “Mania” the boat of “Maria Tsakos” Foundation started, it was also the beginning of the workshop of the traditional construction of a wooden boat. There, a group of about 15 children could gain the experience about how to construct a boat […]
The last session of the second period of the Junior Captain Project was about the optimists. These are little sailing boats, in which children can learn and practice how to sail. A trainer of one sailing school showed the children all the parts, how to prepare the sailing boat to put […]
On the 31st of March 2012, the lesson of the second period of “Junior Captain” was about safety on a ship. The participating children learned important things about surviving in distress. During the lesson they were taught about safety precautions on a ship, about maneuvers ships do in danger of […]