On sunday 6th of september 2020, we took the opportunity to discover a bit more about Chios island and went on a trip to Nea Moni. We arrived a bit early therefore leaving us the time to look around and stroll through the abandoned buildings that once were the servants quarters. […]
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After a long and hot summer holidays, it is time to start school again. But due to the current situation of corona school started one week later than actually planned before. Therefore, the students and the children were supposed to go to school on the 14th of September again. The […]
After a long break of summer holidays schools finally started again on 14th of September. In the kindergarten we already started preparing everything two weeks before the children arrived at school. Every year the kindergarten teachers select a motto for the whole kindergarten. As this year’s motto is “castle” we […]
On a sunny Saturday we went on another trip to the south of the island, this time to the capital of the mastic region: Mesta. The castle-village is located 4 km from the sea where it has a big port and has been added to the representative List of the Intangible […]
If the weather and the team are good we sometimes go sailing with the whole group. During our last trip we noticed that the motor of the boat was making strange sounds and therefore decided to check if everything is okay. After we had realized that the propeller was broken […]
On a Sunday we dicided to visit the small fishermans village Lagada located just 17 km away from the city of Chios. The City is built at the slope of a hill and originates from the two ancient settlements Koila and Kydianta. Those ancient settlements where built farther up the […]
On the 11th of June we, the volunteers, had the opportunity to do an excursion in the small village Pyrgi which is located in the central south of Chios. As soon as we arrived in Pyrgi, all of us were fascinated by the architecture of the houses because the village […]
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic all the schools of Chios were closed for safety measures from the 11th of March to the 31st of May 2020. The primary schools and kindergartens reopened on the 1st of June for a month, therefore extending the school year a little longer. On the […]
Two weeks later than usual due to the Corona pandemic, the primary schools finally closed on the 26th of June for the summer holidays. Thus, during the last week everyone was desperately waiting for the holiday. The teachers were starting to watch movies with the children and lessons like the […]
The 3rd kindergarten of Vrontados had their final celebration on the 24th of June. This year the schools and kindergartens were open two weeks longer than usually because they had to close for many weeks due to the outbreak of Corona in 2020. We, the volunteers were very happy that […]