LINK 54
April 2014
1
EDITORIAL Denis Waitley said “The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”
Let’s hope that in 5 years we will celebrate the 10th birthday of the Youth Centre of Kalamata in its own building and as one of the most free and independent youth structure in Greece! It depends on all of us to give to it the wings of independence... Thank you all for coming to the 5th birthday party!!! Filaretos
2
Editor:
Danae Lehmann
Cover foto:
Lina Šuminaitė
Design:
Lina Šuminaitė
Staff Members Of Kane:
Contact us: K.A.NE. Social Youth Development Youth Centre of Kalamata Plateia Othonos 10 Kalamata 24100 Greece
Filaretos Vourkos Fotini Arapi
Tel:
Long Term Evs:
e-mail:
Melina Savvidis Fiachra Mckeever Carmelo Márquez Eda Tandoğan Ahmad Ayyash Amaia Vilas Erika Funa Danae Lehmann Mehmet Ali Şirin Uğurcan Pehlivan Abdurrahman Ermiş Ece Zihni Lina Šuminaitė
+302721110740
amaiavilasarasua@gmail.com; info@ngokane.org url:
http://www.kentroneon.wordpress. com http://www.ngokane.org facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/kentroneon
3
ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΩΝ Κ
ΑΝΟΙΧΤΑ ΔΕΥΤΕΡ
kentroneon.wordpress.com - ΤΗΛ ΩΡΑ
ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ
1ος όροφος
2ος όροφος μεγάλη
ΩΡΑ 2ος όροφος μικρή
17.00 - salsa για Ισπανικά 17.00 αρχάριοι A1 Λιθουανικά παιδιά 18.00 18.00 LEVEL
18.00 19.00
Latin
Ισπανικά προχωρημέ νοι
1ος όροφος
R&B για παιδιά
Τούρκικα 18.00 - Σύγχρονο αρχαρίων 19.00 αρχαρίων τμήμα 1ο
2ος όροφος μεγάλη
Σκάκι
ΩΡ 2ος όροφος μικρή
Κιθάρα Για 17.0 Παιδιά αρχάριοι 18. τμήμα 1ο
Μουσικοκιν ητική Τούρκικα 18.0 Αγωγή Για αρχαρίων Παιδιά τμήμα 2ο 19. (τμήμα 1ο)
Μουσικοκιν ητική 19.0 Αγωγή Για Ελληνικά 20. Παιδιά για ξένους (τμήμα 2ο) αρχάριοι
19.00 Capoeira 20.00
Κιθάρα για 19.00 Παιδιά προχωρημέ 20.00 νοι
20.00 Capoeira 21.00
Κιθάρα για 20.00 - Σύγχρονο Γερμανικά Ενήλικες προχωρημέ αρχάριοι 21.00 αρχάριοι νων
20.0 21.
Κιθάρα για Γερμανικά Ενήλικες 21.00 - Νοηματική προχωρημέ προχωρημέ 22.00 αρχάριοι νοι νοι
21.0 22.
21.00 - Salsa αρχάριοι 22.00 τμήμα 1ο
Χορωδία
20.00 21.00 Αραβικά αρχάριοι στο γραφείο στο βάθος
4
ΤΡΙΤΗ
Οriental
ΚΕΝΤΡΟΥ ΝΕΩΝ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑΣ
ΡΑ ΕΩΣ ΠΕΜΠΤΗ
Λ. 2721110740 (ώρες 17.00 - 22.00)
ΡΑ
ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ
1ος όροφος
2ος όροφος μεγάλη
ΩΡΑ 2ος όροφος μικρή
ΠΕΜΠΤΗ
1ος όροφος
2ος όροφος μεγάλη
ΩΡΑ 2ος όροφος μικρή
Τούρκικα 00 17.00 - Internation Aγγλικά 17.00 Reggaeton Σλοβένικα ομάδα προχωρημέ al Latin Καλλιτεχνικ .00 18.00 18.00 συζήτησης νοι ό Εργαστήρι
Τούρκικα 18.00 - yoga τμήμα Ρώσικα προχωρημέ αρχαρίων 1ο νοι τμήμα 3ο 19.00
00 - Παραδοσια κοί χοροί .00 αρχάριοι
κιθάρα για 18.00 παιδιά αρχάριοι 19.00 τμήμα 2ο
Παραδοσια
00 - κοί χοροί Πορτογαλικ Ισπανικά 19.00 αρχάριοι Α2 ά .00 προχωρημέ 20.00 LEVEL
Γαλλικά
Αγγλικά 19.00 αρχαρίων 20.00
νοι
Μuay-Thai
00 Αραβικά ζογκλερικά αρχάριοι .00
Salsa 00 αρχάριοι .00 τμήμα 2ο
20.00 21.00
Νοηματική τμήμα 2ο
Εισαγωγή Νοηματική 21.00 - Yoga τμήμα Αραβικά στην Τέχνη προχωρημέ Προχωριμέν 2ο του 22.00 νοι οι Flamenco
20.00 21.00
21.00 22.00
5
ΜΙΚΡΕΣ ΑΓΓΕΛΙΕΣ With the Youth Centre opening again its doors to the public, for the 5th year, there are still some things, where we could use your help!!! For the beginning of the workshops, and throughout the year, the Youth Centre needs:
* CHAIRS
Strange as it may sound, the Youth Center is in need of chairs! As the Youth Centre acquires more and more members, and the use of the chairs is extensive, our poor old chairs are breaking down. As it is, it is impossible to have all the chairs that the workshops need. If you have any chairs that you do not use, or you think that you can spare, you can bring them!
* MARKERS for the white board
* COMPUTERS
Unfortunately, the Youth Centre at the moment has only 1 working (almost) computer to be used in the info-point. Temporarily, and only for the registrations, volunteers of the Youth Centre have brought their computers from home… however, eventually they will need them back… We need at least 1 more computer to be used in the dance workshops and 1 more for the outside activities… :(
* GUITARS
As we are very musical this year, if you have any guitar that you do not need anymore and can give it to the Youth Centre, please do
* MIRRORS
This may be a bit of a longshot but we also need full-length mirrors for the dance room.
As all of the language workshops make use of the white board, we We know that it may be unlikely consume approximately 3 mark- that people have spare full-length mirrors lying around in their gaers per week! rages at home, but then again,
* PENS
if you don’t ask, you’ll never reYou can never have enough of ceive! those! 6
A letter to Kalamata By: Miguel
Dear Kalamata, Finally I met you in a winter Monday, the 3rd of February. By the way, my name is Miguel, I´m from Portugal (Lisbon) and I come under the European program “Leonardo da Vinci”. Your hosts Filaretos and Fotini made a point of taking me out to dinner and then present me your the most important sites. The next day, I met the Youth I leave you this simple but heartCenter and KANE Project. I was felt poem... delighted by the friendliness and hospitality of all those who work In the deep blue sea... unselfishly for the community. In the deep blue sea, For me it’s a whole new experi- hiding ancient secrets, ence. I did volunteerism and de- of Gods and forgotten muses, velopment activities abroad with when the sun melts into the sea, the Scouts, but the context is to- emerging from the ground among the mountains, tally different. Days later, with more confidence, A beautiful city.
I went on an adventure to get to know you better: I was delighted! The name I do not know ... The places, the people, the food, But I know it is beautiful, luminous and radiant, the drinks, the sun... Rising from the deep blue sea... I have a fantastic group on my Time slowed to know you better, Portuguese lessons. It is with im- And I was delighted. mense taste and pleasure that I Elderly and timeless village teach Portuguese and all are invit- rising from the deep blue ocean... ed to attend. Unfortunately, I will leave you on Miguel the 4th of May, so sorry.
7
Olá! By: Rita
My name is Rita Meleiro, I´m 30 years old and I´m from Portugal. I´m an ex-EVS volunteer, I was in Ukraine last year for seven months and, this year I applied to Leonardo da Vinci project to Kalamata. I have my degree in Arts and Cultural Management 8
so, I thought that no country would be better than Greece to learn more about Arts and its history. I´m here since the 26th February and I´m loving it! Kalamata is an amazing city and it’s really hard to pick one thing that I love the most about it. The surrounding is gorgeous! Mountains, the light blue sea, the colours, the sounds, the smells...everything is in the right place and the combination of all leads us to a city full of joy and life. And, of course the people from Kalamata! Everybody is extremely kind and easy going. It’s really easy to start a conversation with the lady from the supermarket, the old man at the cafe or just with someone you just met at a party. One month already passed since my arrival and I didn´t notice that it was going so fast! Now, I can´t avoid thinking that the next two months will be even faster and I don´t like that! I feel so good living in this city that, most probably I´m coming back as soon as possible, again!
Seed exchange in Sparti By: Ugurcan Hello everybody. This month I want to write about my trip to Sparti. 2 weeks ago, me and my dear boss Mirto, we went to Sparti. We started the trip at 8 in the morning from Kalamata. At 9 o’clock we arrived in Sparti. The idea was to give seeds from different places to everybody without any cost and when we give the seeds to someone, next year we want that seed back from him. This exchange was good because
normally I wasn’t waiting for a lot of people because nowadays we cannot see many people who are interested in seeds or in planting something.
9
Locomondo: Looking at the World and Smiling By: Erika About a month ago, I had one of my favourite days since I moved to Greece. The reason? I saw Locomondo, my favourite Greek band, live for the first time. What is so special about this, you might ask. Everything. The expectations, the trip to Athens, the fact that I got to go and 10
share this experience with Melina and Sotiris (my very good friends), and of course, the concert itself. It is indeed a great feeling when the high expectations you have for something are not only fulfilled but even surpassed! And that was definitely the case on that day.
The energy of the band was unbelievable. You could really feel they were giving it their all. Since it was the time of the carnival, everybody was wearing costumes, which also added to the festive atmosphere. Even though the concert was taking place in Arhitektoniki, a fairly large venue, it felt like we were all just a very big group of friends at a big party. Another positive surprise was the fact that they played so many Brazilian songs that I like. “Deixa a Vida me Levar,” a song by Zeca Pagodinho, was one such example and it fit to the spirit of the band perfectly. It speaks about a man who is poor, yet despite all the troubles that he faces, has managed to stay positive and to look at the world from the bright side, expressing gratitude for simply being alive and keeping an unshakeable faith in life.
the lead singer, Markos Koumaris. They are simple but at the same time beautifully profound and attentive to small things and brief, special moments in life. Each of the songs tells a story and transmits the quality of a personal experience. In one of the songs I like most, for example (“Γελάς πιο δυνατά”), the singer talks to a young person from a difficult social background that has been burdened by too many responsibilities, yet instead of pitying him or her, he speaks of the beauty that radiates from them when they sing and let go of the stress and worries that have written themselves all over their face. The person from the song is admired for their endurance and raw honesty. Even though the songs he or she sings might not have been written people like them, they still sing them more authentically than many of the so-called privileged individuals.
In fact, the main reason why I like Locomodo so much are Some other of my favoutheir lyrics, written mostly by rite Locomondo songs that
11
I like to put on in the morning to start my day or while I am cooking or preparing to leave the house are “Κύριος Κώστας” - a song about a lovely old man from Athens who owns a small shop and appears to others like he is from another reality, as he is trying to keep his old ways and slow pace in the noisy, hectic, modern-day Athens; “Ουρανός” – an ode to the magnificence of the the night sky, the majestic beauty and mystery of nature, and the realization that man is just small part in this wonderful 12
miracle that we call universe; “Εκεί που έχω ταξιδέπσει”- a tale telling about far-away places where people live and think differently than what we are used to here in the West, and where children learn to sing and dance before they are even able to walk and talk; and finally, “Ιλιαχτίδα” – a sensual love song capturing the moments of desire, when you have the one you are in love with standing in front of you, lighting up everything around them with their presence, making even the air you breathe feel dif-
ferent. All these songs have a characteristic Locomondo feel to them as they look for beauty in the most common every-day situations. Of course, the sound is another key element that helps create the unique vibe of the band and cannot possibly be overlooked. The result of combining traditional Greek music with reggae and other genres from all around the world are incredibly melodic, catchy and mellow tunes characterized by highly danceable rhythms that give new life to the Greek local heritage. Still, what I find most special about the music of Locomondo is its openness to the world (this also reflects in the fact that they sing in several different languages) and the attentiveness it transmits by giving voices to those who are often forgotten or even rejected by the society. The songs call to attention the themes and issues that tend to be ignored or attacked by the mainstream because they
do not fit to the aggressive propaganda of jumbo posters and mass media. By steadily giving recognition to the real every-day of the common people and paying respect to their hopes, feelings, thoughts and dreams, and by believing that these things actually matter, the guys of Locomondo have been one of those who creatively contribute towards creating a friendlier, more open-minded society by offering an alternative to the rule of mindless consumerism, pragmatic individualism, and artificial relationships. And the best thing is that their songs have managed to do so without losing the optimistic approach to life, full of wonder and childlike curiosity. The concert was, of course, unforgettable. We even got to chat to the band afterwards. Needless to say, the short conversation we had made me respect and like them even more. 13
Interview with our Latina Eleni By: Melina From where do you know the Youth Centre? I just got to know about it last Christmas, when a friend of mine told me that there is a Salsa lesson. Did you go to another dance school before? Yes, in vive bailando, but just to join. How long have you been Was it hard for you to teach? Did you have some dancing now? problems to face? I dance since I’m a child. I just looked what my aunt is No, actually I have no probdoing and then I tried to do lems. the same. Are you joining any other So why are you only teach- lessons here? ing Reggaeton now? I’m going to Salsa, Latin, InBecause it’s what I know best ternational Latin and traditional greek dances. and what I really like. 14
So why did you finally de- Is there any place you cide to come and teach would like to go? here? No, I’m happy here. But I’d Because I like the place and like to visit the Dominican the people. Republic once. Will you do another les- What are the differences son next year? Or even between the Greeks and offer another one? the Latinos? No, only for this year I did one! I’ll go to Athens now to study civil engineer. But I want to go on there and also maybe teach Reggaeton again.
First, Greeks are racists, Latinos they are not. They are very open minded people, the Greeks aren’t that much.
So what do you prefer What are you doing af- more? Latinos or Greeks? ter your studies? Do you want to have a civil engi- Of course Latinos! neer profession? Tell us your favourite SalNo, actually no. I’m just sa Parties in Kalamata! studying it to have something to do. But finally I want to be Aigli and Speak Easy! a dancing teacher with my own school. What’s your favourite dance and why? Are you actually doing something else next to Bachata! It’s so romantic and dancing? I’m romantic. I like that the people are dancing so close to No! I’m only dancing. each other. And the Rhythm! 15
16
Is there something you να τους πω ενα μεγαλο would like to say to the ευχαριστω που με εβαλαν people of Kentro Newn? στην παρεα τους και μου φερθηκαν καλα οσο καιρο Χαιρομαι πολυ που τους ειμαι εδω...τωρα που θα φυγω γνωρισα και τους αγαπαω εκτος καλαματας δεν θα τους ολους διαφορετικα γιατι ο ξεχασω και θα τους θυμαμαι καθενας εχει τον δικο του σε ολη μου την ζωη...σας χαρακτηρα, και την δικη αγαπαψ ολουσς και ελπιζω να του προσωπικοτητα..επισης με θυμαστε με αγαπη οπως και εγω...
My Personal Project By: Ece
When I came here as volunteer in that time in my first meeting I learned that I need a personal project. For this I have 9 months. So the first time I thought about it too much. Because I wanted to create a different project. Firstly I planned what I want to give to people with this project? What I need for it? I decided on some things and those were my starting points. I said to myself, it must be
easy and for a long time. And it must be totally created by only me. With this project somebody and me have to learn something. When I study about this, I have to enjoy. It must be about some cultural things. Because my EVS project is about it. After that I suddenly found an idea. I could prepare a board for every day like “What happened in history today? Why is today so important?�. I decided that I will include just enjoyable, funny, exploring and international means though. Since my first day until now, I made the board about this topics: 10th March: The first successful conversation on the telephone by Graham Bell (connection) 11th March: The first daily council (in England) 17
26th March: That was the first time; Aezop’s Fables is printed I’m using some colorful papers in this job to make it more brilliant. And also for local people, I’m writing short information in Greek. But in general this board’s language is English. Sometimes I’m using small cartoons, sometimes I’m drawing some pictures.
12th March: The first seen comet 13th March: Paul McCartney’s Wedding Day 17th March: St. Patrick’s Day (in Ireland) 18th March: Canakkale Victory (in Turkey) 19th March: Bob Dylan’s first album 20th March: International Happiness Day 24th March: The first sold an autocar. 18
I believe that everybody likes my project like me.
Interview with Ece from Turkey By: the best writer in Kalamata (Ahmad)
What is your name and makes most? how old are you?
you
happy
the
My name is Ece, I’m 22 years Of course chocolate and monold. ey and jazz music. What is your project?
Who is the most close person to you?
My project’s name is “See Differences”. As you know, it I wanted to say “You”. But I is about different things be- must be honest. Actually in tween foreign cultures. my opinion I’m in the same relationship with everybody. What is the thing that I don’t want to give a name :D 19
Why did you choose Kal- they really want to learn. So amata? I’m feeling like a helper. Because K.A.N.E is here and I chose K.A.N.E. In my life I wanted to visit Greece, especially Peloponnese. Also because Turkish and Greece history have a lot in common. Every time I wondered for this. And I was lucky that after my application for being volunteer in K.A.N.E, they also accepted me. So know I’m happy in Kalamata. And every weekend I’m visiting near places.
What is your dream?
I think 8 is a good point.
How do you want your dream girl to look like?
If you asked me this question last year, I would have more amazing things to count. But after my 2 EVS experience, my ideas are really changing about the future. My dream is to live in a world without money. Did you find love in Kalamata?
I don’t want to say anything How much do you like about it. I have to be diployour job from 1-10? matic.
What about your work shops? As you know I am not a lesbian :D So, I’m not imagining In the Youth Center I have a dream girl. :D I didn’t think Turkish lesson every Wednes- about it. day. During one hour I’m the Turkish teacher. And I defi- Ece, please give us some nitely like it. Because they words that you believe in? care about my lessons and My word is “Peace”. 20
A wonderful Sunday in Mani Trachila-Lagkada-Thalames By: Danae 6:45 o’clock , Sunday 16th of March, Kalamata – Waking up by the annoying sound of my cell phone alarm. It is probably the earliest I had to get up since I came to Kalamata more than five months ago. Looking through the window and seeing that the weather will be nice as well as the thought of walking in beautiful nature in just a few hours made it much easier to get up. When I was cycling through town to the meeting point of the mountaineering club it seemed like most of Kalamata was still sleeping. The streets were almost empty. I just met some joggers and some people walking their dogs. As soon as getting on the bus the ambiance totally changed. The bus was full to the last seat and the people seemed quite awake. Everybody was very excited of what
was awaiting us. After more than an hour of driving up and down the mountains and through quite narrow street streets in the end, we made it to Trachila. We were followed by a mini bus and several cars full of more hikers. The bus dropped us off before the village since this was the last spot for it to turn. We walked through Trachila to get to the beginning of the path leading 21
us towards Lagkada. Trachila is a beautiful quiet, little village at the sea. It’s rocky seaside is perfect to collect the sea salt, which many people from Trachila do. Reaching the path upwards everybody gathered together and one could see how many we were for this trip. We must have been around eighty people of all different ages and also some dogs accompanying us. We were joined by the mountaineering club of Tripolis, which also contributed to the high number of people. The path upwards lead us though olive trees, rocks, grasses and herbs as well as fields full of flowers. I saw many people collecting the herbs as well as wild asparagus and flowers on the way. 22
Lagkada is like Trachila a typical village for the Mani region. The houses are all built out of stone. The village is located on top of a gorge and that’s probably also where its name comes from (Λαγκάδι = gorge, glen). In Lagkada we took a rest, to eat something, fill up our bottles with water and sit in the sun. Some of us also went inside the cute little church before leaving for the next village. The path we went on to get to Thalames was a piece of the former “road” connecting Kalamata with Areopoli. On our way we stopped at another tiny church to take a quick look inside. Next to the path there were fields full of white and purple flowers and some people sat right in the middle
to take pictures. We were sure that the spring has arrived. Lagkada and Thalames are pretty close to each other so we reached Thalames quite fast. Thalames architecture is also characteristic for Mani. We stopped under a huge plane tree for a little while in the center of the village. I found a little stone wall to lay down in the warmth of the sun. For the way down we took another path from the one we hiked up. I was also gorgeous. The loose rocks on the way just made it a little difficult. I had to watch my feet in order not to fall but all
I wanted was to look at the nature surrounding us and at the nice view down on the sea and on Trachila from above. The path ended before the village of Trachila and there we waited in the shade for the bus to pick us up again. On our drive back everybody seemed a little exhausted from the walking and the already strong sun of March but happy. We drove back around 4 o’clock and watched the nice landscape passing us by on our way before returning to Kalamata. After all it was a perfect spring Sunday!!! 23
Kalamata, more flamenco than ever By: Carmelo
Kalamata hosted last weekend, Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th of March, a flamenco workshop facilitated by Caroline Fischer, and titled ‘Πάμε μια βόλτα στο φλαμένκο’ (‘Let’s go for a walk in flamenco’). A perfect name in all ways, because what took place in this seminar was a quick, but always respectful, around different genres of flamenco. It was impossible to see all genres that build flamenco especially in two days of six hours only. In any case, the teacher, of German origin, speaking perfect Greek though, was right with her way of transferring the musical morphology of Andalusia, because the most important thing of flamenco is not the rigor, but the flexibility of 24
feelings. This is what she told me when we talked, and I agree. For me, this seminar was an enriching experience. The participants were me, the only one Andalusian, a teacher blonder than the sun of August and Greek students of all ages. I would say that everyone was from 5 to 60 years old (this was my totally subjective calculation, of course I was not asking people for their age). We were only 3 guys. Of the three of us, I would like to put emphasis on an older gentleman who, in my interpretation portrays, the desire to learn, the fight against time as well as the ignorance of shyness and fear. Definitely a role model for everyone and, especially for me. This music is like the purest kind of love, not distinguishing between ages. “To be honest” (this is a little joke for my mate Ahmad who always uses this expression) before the start of the seminar, I asked myself how it would be. “A flamenco seminar taught by a German for Greeks? This doesn’t look too good, obviously”. But flamenco, I can promise you, is above all this prejudice, races, nationalities, all this separates. Flamenco unites.
And this forever. It’s like a drug (a good drug) that that is passing your veins until it hits your hard in a way that you will not forget throughout your whole life. It’s water in the desert that satisfies your thirst, it is a coat in the winter, it is a beautiful sunset. So I went to participate in the seminar, because life is not to be distracted by stereotypes and stupidities, life is for living (sorry for the redundancy), to enjoy every minute of it. Many say, “Flamenco, Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. I prefer to say: “ Humanity, heritage of flamenco”. The dancer and Caroline Fischer will be back to Kalamata in May. And I will see the teacher again; I’ll take some coffee with her and my friend Chrisa, delighted and happy, to experience the universality of flamenco again. Erdogan could win again in Turkey, Ukraine and Syria are being mistreated by the USA and Europe, in India the women are being violated and killed every damn day. I don’t forget that. But this past weekend, after my return from Lefkada, laughter, happiness and rhythm were not going to be taken away from me. 25
The birthday party of KANE and KENTRO NEON By: Eda
I want to say before to start that I am so happy that if you were not at the party you now have the chance to imagine this amazing night from my eyes. For me this kind of birthday nights have a lot of sense. They are making proud, happy, sad, giving you a good mood for the future. And also you are starting to think of the organization’s past (your first steps) and the organization’s future, the best moments during the 6 years... I told, it had a lot of sense. There was labor, when I was at Turkey, I was part of a NGO and the founder of NGO Sinan Yaman was saying that “Having an organization is not easy but 26
the most important thing is to make people believe the same imagine with yours, and have good ‘partners with the same imagination’.” Like who was always near to Filaretos and Fotini, this is my window that how I see them. When I think about the night those were my feelings with impressions. But if I can put the feelings one of other side, just with my impressions: One day before the party, we went to the Youth Center with Ahmad to take some electric stuff for the dancing event and the Youth Center was completely ready for the next night, it was looking perfect. And finally the Saturday night started with music and conversations all around
of Youth Center, we waited for every next moment excitedly. And the best moment was of course when the amazing delicious cakes came - the level of excitement was going more up. The partners of imagination blew out the candles together. After that Fotini and Vassiliki took some papers and the microphone. I asked Ece what was going and Fotini said my name at exactly that second, I was like ‘what did I do’, it was so funny to be the first without even knowing why my name was called. I took the paper, it was a certificate where it said “Το Κέντρο Νέον Καλαμάτας αποδίδει το παρόν πιστοποιητικό στην Εντά Ταντογαν για την εθελοντική προσφορά και την πολύτιμη βοήθεια της στις δραστηριότητες και τη λειτουργία του Κέντρου Νέων Καλαμάτας.”
It was such a nice moment, really. Afterwards also all the other volunteers received a certificate. On Filaretos turn they gave him a Italy flag too with his certificate (Filaretos will go to Italy for 2 months), on the white side of the flag there was a “F” for Filaretos with a lot of signitures of us volunteers. It was so nice. Just shortly after the cake was cut. It is not possible to describe the taste of cake, there were two and they were a-ma-z-i-n-g. (some of us even ate eight slices of it). From the beginning of my article I said if you were not there blah blah, now if you were not there this part of article should be quite hard for you to read without wanting cake. And for me the main summary of the night: There are maybe 30 27
people behind of the curtain to I wish many many, many years do all of this things more or less. to KANE and to Kentro Neon. I don’t know exactly the lessons, I’m happy to be with this guys. workshops, the other things, but they were not only an individual himself or herself they seemed like an ‘us’, like a community. When I felt this, I was proud of to be part of this action. 28
The Fantastic World of Wes Anderson By: Amaia This time I would like to write a little bit about one of my passion, the cinema, This time I choose the fantastic director Wes Anderson for one reason because he is an unadulterated success. Wesley Wales “Wes” Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter. His films are known for their distinctive visual and narrative style. His style is very characteristic for particular care in its carefully planned colour palettes, their sympathetic but conflicted characters and the emotional mood that they evoke. His films belong to different genres (drama / comedy, comedy, crime, etc.. In the World of Wes Anderson everything is colourful, the houses are colourful and original. The colours do not go out or fade, all is bright.
Even the filthy train through India seems cosier. As Slate’s Jonah Weiner wrote in an essay, “He’s wise enough to make fun of it here and there, but in the end, there’s something enamoured and uncritical about his attitude toward the gaffes, crises, prejudices, and insularities of those he portrays.” Meanwhile, it’s harder to name another acclaimed director who’s stayed inside his lane as much. Even Tarantino jumps genres.
During the filming Wes Anderson with Jude Law 29
Arrives in theatres The Grand Budapest Hotel, the last work of Wes Anderson. A film that has a legion of stars, a blistering pace and visual elegance and undeniable power. A delight in almost every way. Filmography marked by the nouvelle vague, the wanderlust, the puzzles in the form of unpredictable characters and a warm family feeling, a timeless style, recognizable yet indecipherable to share with other filmmakers like Richard Linklater Texans or Terrence Malick himself. As if the sensitivity outside a geographical issue. Filmography 1996 - Bottle Rocket 1998 - Rushmore 2001 - The Royal Tenenbaums 2004 - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2007 - The Darjeeling Limited 2009 - The Fantastic Mister Fox 2012 - Moonrise Kingdom 2014 - The Grand Budapest Hotel 30
The last film: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”
“I think there is something very intimate in the films of Wes and therefore connect with the audience in a unique way”, says Jason Schwartzman
Shish Kebab (Sis Kebabi) By: Ali Ingredients: Bonless lamb leg Onions Milk Olive oil Tomato paste Salt Black pepper Tomatoes Green peppers
1 kg 3 medium size 200 grams ½ cup 100 grams ¼ cup 50 grams 2 tablespoons 20 grams 2 teaspoons 12 grams ½ teaspoon 3 grams 3 medium size 300 grams 6 medium size 75 grams
Preparation: Cut meat into 2 cm. cubes. Peel, wash and grate the onions, drain the juice and mix it well with milk, olive oil, tomato paste, salt and black pepper. Refrigerate the meat in this mixture for 24 hours. Wash the vegetables, remove the stems of the peppers. Chop the peppers 2 cm thick and the tomatoes into 2 cm cubes. Pass the meat, pepper and tomatoes alternately over skews. Boil each
side over charcoal fire or in an electric grill for 3-4 min-
utes, turning until all sides are broiled.
31
OUR NEW BAND By: Apti
Music has to be in everyone’s life. Music’s meaning is looking at a new window for people’s lifes. This time I am looking at the life from Greece. Totally different atmosphere. This is the time and clearly this is the place to make music. We should use our time on the perfect way for music. People remembered us because of our music in the past projects. This is a really good feeling. We want to surround 32
this here in Kalamata also. But from the beginning it couldn’t be like what we wanted, with the EVS people. We wanted to make music with them and help the Kentro Neon with music. We couldn’t do it and we tried to find another way to surround. Because we had to continue, we started. to search for the next steps. Of course we had a second plan, if the first plan could not work, we were thinking to continue with local people.
The first option was negative. So we stared to search to have a new band because the time was short enough. And we should continue in Greece also like in Turkey. We start to create our new band. We just needed a new guitarist and a new vocalist. Time was going on like we wanted and we found them in two days. And then we had a first rehearsal, and then a first meeting to arrange the next rehearsals. And we started to meet accept music every weeks. We like to spend our time together. This is really a different feeling, we are talking about a new band, I really like to spend my time and make music with them. And I want to talk about my dear vocalist Aliki Skarea because her voice is the most amazing voice that God created. She deserves to be in different and much better places then now, that is my idea. I am waiting excitedly for the moment when God will discover her. If you have time
you should go to listen to her and don’t forget to bring your red wine with you… If you are listening to music to just listen to music, that is injustice for the singer. There is sense and work in every
single song. You should respect it and don’t listen just to listen, don’t forget to drink your wine. See you for the next article. Enjoy the time.
33
OFFICE: WHO WE ARE
Hi, my name is Miguel Oliveira/40/Portugal, university graduate (marketing and management), Here at the youth center I taech portuguese. I´ll be in Greece until 4 May. Likes: Scuba diving, outdoors and also antiques.
34
Hi my name is Fotini Arapi and I am project manager at K.A.NE. organisation. I started working here in September 2011 and fell in love with the Youth Centre, its dynamic and most of all its incredible team of foreign and local volunteers! See you around :-D
LONG TERM EVS:
Filaretos Vourkos / Last 7 years I am working in the field of non formal educa- tion as a volunteer, youth worker and youth trainer. 4 years ago, I decided to create the Youth Centre of Kalamata, in order to initiate the youth work in Kalamata and promote active citizenship as factor of change.
Danae Lehmann/ 20 / I’m Uğurcan Germany Pehlivan. I’m Erika Funa I like being from Turkey. From Slovenia I’m working in around people, (half Greek), 26 ecological farm. photography, years old, uni- I’m playing bas greek lifestyle, versity gradu- guitar. I will be good food, ate (English, swimming in in Greece until Philosophy) the sea. 31 of July. My Likes: bename become to I’m volunteering outdoors, my country and ing at the youth languages, art, the meaning is center from nature, yoga. October 2013 Ugur - fortune and Can - soul. to June 2014.
Hello, my name is Fiachra (the English translations are: hunter/tracker or raven), I’m 26 and I come from Ireland. Here at the youth centre I teach music, English, make good frappes in the café and bad jokes in Greek. Χαίρετε!
Olá! I´m Rita Meleiro, from Portugal. I´m 30 years old, graduated in Arts and Cultural Management and I´ll be in Kalamata for three months for the Leonardo da Vinci Project. I´m in love with visual arts, performative arts, photography and football (my team is Benfica!). While in Kalamata I will work in NGO K.A.NE., and my projects are mostly related with events planning.
My name is Eda Tandoğan. I am from Turkey. I am 21 years old, still a university student. My project is about disabled people in kekykamea.
Γεια σε όλους! My name is Carmelo Márquez. I am from Cadiz, a city of Andalusia, in the south of Spain. I’m 25 years old and I have finished my career in journalism. So, like good Spanish, I love flamenco, football (my team is F. C. Barcelona), sea and his waves, philosophy, literature, music... My work here in Kalamata, besides teaching Spanish and Flamenco in KANE center is to help as possible to workers KEFIAP (center children with disabilities) and equestrian therapy until June 2014.. Τα λέμε.
I’m Mehmet Ali Şirin. I’m from Turkey. I’m working in ecological farm. I’m playing elektro guitar. I wil be in Greece until 31 of June.
Hi everybody! My name is Melina/18 years old/ half german/ half greek and I’m working in the Therapeutic Horseriding and in the K.E.F.I.A.P. I love chocolate and to dance, so I teach Salsa for children and Latin and of course German! And all of that I’m really enjoying!
Abdurrahman Ermiş I am Abdurrahman. I am from Turkey. I am working in ecological farm. I am playing drum. I will be in Greece until 31 of July.
Hi, My name is Ahmad Ayyash and I am from Jordan iam 23 years old I love to play chess and football. I am fan of Real Madrid club and I am a construction engineer. My project is about autistic children.
Hello! I’m Ece from Turkey. I’m 22 years old. I studied Economics at the Istanbul University. I’m happy as a volunteer in here. I believe I will do great things for K.A.NE. My Project is for 9 months. It will be finished in October. After the volunteering, I hope I will stay with K.A.NE. Although this is the first week for me, I’m feeling like I was already here in the past. So now that’s all.
My name is Amaia and comes from Basque roots, since my mother is from San Sebastian, the meaning of my name is “the end” but in turn is an warrior woman of Basque mythology. But I born in a beautiful land north of Spain, Galicia, Atlantic ocean.
Lina /28/ Lithuania/ volunteer in K.A.NE. Youth Centre from August 2013 to June 2014. Teaching lithuanian and art. Hobies: design, history and museums.
35
The volunteers responsible for this publication are hosted in Greece in the framework of the European Youth in Action programme, Action 2- European Voluntary Service.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, anvd the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. 36