This document describes a program run by Geitonas School in Athens, Greece aimed at increasing awareness of Greece's cultural and natural heritage among Greek students and students from other European countries. The program involves Greek students creating posters with pictures and descriptions of heritage sites in Greece. These posters will be sent to schools in England, France and Germany to share with their students. European students will then provide responses about the Greek sites which will be shared online. The program also aims to fundraise for SOS Children's Villages in Greece through an online crowdfunding project where visitors can donate.

2. Eleni Fytrou
Prof. Erifylli Bagia
• Geitonas School
Athens

3. Geitonas School
“GREECE! THIS IS MY COUNTRY!”
Miss Eleni Fytrou (IBDP1 student)
Ms Erifylli Bagia (IBDP Teacher of Modern Greek Language
& Literature)
Geitonas School 2012-2013
2nd SEE World Heritage Youth Forum for peace and
sustainable development

4. Geitonas School
The programme is supported by:
The Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO
The European Parliament Office in Greece
Onassis Cultural Centre

5. Geitonas School
1st Phase of the Programme:
“Greece through children’s eyes”

6. Geitonas School
The Programme’s Objectives
To increase awareness of the value of both
cultural and natural heritage of Greece as far as
greek students of different ages are concerned.
To help students from other countries become
acquainted with the cultural as well as the
natural heritage of Greece through images and
texts.
To facilitate communication between Greek
students and students from other countries.

7. Geitonas School
Participation
All students at Geitonas School from the
2nd Grade of the Elementary School
through to the 2nd Grade of Lyceum as
well as the International Baccalaureate
DP1 Class, participate in the programme.

8. Geitonas School
Activities involved in the
programme
Each student will receive the special posters of
the Programme.
Within the designated frame, each student
needs to attach a picture or a drawing depicting a
monument or a landscape situated in Greece.
The student will write a short text about the
picture
The students will then translate their texts into :
English, French or German

9. Geitonas School
Forwarding the posters to European
schools
The teachers who are in charge of the programme will:
 categorise the posters
 send copies to the Hellenic National Commission for
UNESCO
The HNC will :
 forward the posters to the schools of the UNESCO
Associated Schools Network in England, France and
Germany.

10. Geitonas School
The final recipients will be European
students of similar age who will:
Express their feelings about
→ the images
→ the text
And then
→ Send their own text or photograph in relation to
Greece to the following e-mail address:
ellada@geitonas-school.gr.
Both original works and responses coming from the
other 3 countries will be uploaded to the webpage:
greece.geitonas.edu.gr

11. Geitonas School
Exchanging views via the internet
Following the communication between the
Geitonas School and the foreign schools
participating in the programme, European school
students will have the opportunity to exchange
views on cultural and natural heritage and its value
with the greek students via the internet.

12. Geitonas School
2nd Phase of the Programme:
“Children for children”

13. Geitonas School
THE PROGRAMME SUPPORTS THE SOS
CHILDREN’S VILLAGES
The SOS Children's Villages
 an independent, non-governmental organisation
 they give shelter to children in need, respecting their
different religions, cultures etc.
The first SOS Children's Village in the world was
constructed at Imst, in Tyrol, Austria ,in 1949 by its
founder Hermann Gmeiner.

14. Geitonas School
FUNDING THE SOS CHILDREN’S
VILLAGES
 The Geitonas School will grant the students’ original
posters to the SOS Children’s Villages which are in Vari,
Plagiari and Thrace.
 They will create, in turn, a project under the title “Children
for children” on the website www.groopio.com, the first
electronic platform in Greece for creative projects
(crowdfunding)
 The website visitors will be able to donate any amount of
money to this project. (there is detailed information
concerning the terms and payment methods in the
website).

15. Geitonas School
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION !!!