Is there any greater happy feeling for an Intercultural Trainer and youth worker than to witness her young participants’ ranking as their top values empathy, friendship and will to be better? That was one of the positive outcomes Fotoessa’s John (Yannis) Sourelis and Aspasia Protogerou enjoyed on the 29th of November 2023, while facilitating the
Fotoessa was in the city of magnolias, Serres, on November 17-19, for another national meeting of the Greek Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation. In a city full of life, Praxis Greece, a member of the Network, hosted us, along with dozens of organizations from all over Greece, from Thrace to Crete. The meeting offered
On the 4th of November 2023, Fotoessa’s co-founder, Yiannis (John) Sourelis, and Intercultural trainer, Aspasia Protogerou, participated in a four-hour online session organized by the Gender Alliance and specifically, from George Nikolaidis, Adult Educator and Coordinator of the organization Gender Alliance and Andriana Nikoloulia, Psychologist – MSc Social Psychology – Gender Alliance. The training session
On October 6, Fotoessa organized an intercultural workshop for the volunteers of the non-profit organization “People of Love” (https://www.lovepeople.gr). In the hospitable space of the “Hatzivei School”, volunteers shared the experience of intercultural dialogue, by participating in original interactive activities, under the guidance of intercultural trainer Aspasia Protogerou and coordinator Yiannis Sourelis. The creative group,
More than ever, the power of image, as a means of influencing either positive or negative, is evident. Visual communication and storytelling is a great tool to bring focus to vital issues and to stimulate positive social change, but also bearing great responsibility, especially in the hands of civil society organizations like Fotoessa. Yannis (John)
The Portuguese organization Aequalitas, and fellow ALF member, led an innovative 12hrs training course aiming to empower civil society organisations by providing the necessary skills and competencies in the fields of media literacy and interculturality. Trainers, Monica Corrigan and Leo Zbanke, welcomed participants from 11 countries: Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Greece, Finland, France, Palestine, Lebanon
Following the “Change is a Journey” Irish Youth Workers’ Erasmus+ mobility program which took place in Greece on April 2023, Fotoessa organized an on line Intercultural Citizenship Education workshop for the program’s team of Irish Youth Workers, on June 20th. During the digital ICE training session, Aspasia Protogerou presented possible limitations of our perception and
On 15 June 2023, Aspasia Protogerou, certified Intercultural Citizenship Education trainer and John (Yannis) Sourelis, Fotoessa’s cofounder and training facilitator, held a 3 hours team-building workshop in Athens for young volunteers from SCI Hellas. As the young participants were originated from Ireland and France there was an acknowledged need for a better mutual understanding and
18-28 May 2023. Fotoessa’s co-founder, John Sourelis, and Intercultural trainer of trainers, Aspasia Protogerou, participated in the 10 days SCI Hellas’ Erasmus+ training program: “Gender Identity & Violence when Empowering the Youth” (GIVEN) which was held in Thessaloniki from 18 to 28 May, 2023. The specific program focused on informing, sensitizing and training youth workers
