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1 March 2015
Content -Editorial -Who we are -New volunteer in Kalamata -About Poland -Carnaval never end -Carnaval in Austria -Carnaval to Nedusa -Fat Thursday -Anti Valentine’s Party -Receipe -Interview -Book time -EVS cafe -Help needed -What’s new/Coming soon
Editorial Recently I was involved in this activity about the “changemaking” process and the “change-maker” as a person. Although I dislike these impressive labels I wanted to see what people think about change. I stayed in my “safe-corner” without expressing my thoughts. Listening to people discussing about change as it is something that comes from superhumans, once again I confirmed my theory about the reasons people don’t take action. Examples like Gandhi and his beautiful actions and quotes are definitely inspiring. But examples like that are also a bit deterrent for many people. Believing that change is coming from a superhuman, believing that they aren’t that superhuman, they just block. How can we, as youth workers, help youth unblock from this fancy academic but theoretical perception of change? How can we help youth understand that change isn’t only happening under periods of extreme oppression or “when the circumstances are ready”. Change is an everyday process, a wave of small initiatives and interventions, especially coming by youth. Youth who don’t stay in the quotes, youth who don’t feel intimidated by all these “superhumans”, youth who share a basic characteristic with them; The need for change and the lack of fear to make mistakes or the strength to overcome them
Filaretos
Who we are My name is lolita but you can call my lola also. I have twenty years old. I studie social work. I love animal and in particularity my favorite are horses. I like dancing, listen music. My personality adventuress, Philosophie of lolita : stay serious but when the time is for enjoy, laugh because life is simple ! =) Aye, i’m Laura nineteen years old and i come from the south of France. I’m interest in learning other language and cultre and that’s why i came the Greece. I’m more of an indoor person with a calm personality and i really like snow that why i love winter but i pefer spring for the flower. XD
Hello people, I’m Nuno Davide and I twenty-three years. I’m from Portugal and I live in (Lisbon). I studied Graphic Design, and I love drawing, painting, listening to music, playing football and many things .. I came to Greece to evolve in my artistic career and learn and experience new cultures English Greek principaly. ;) I am Burçin BEZİRKAN, from Turkey. I am 25 years old and coming from Antalya. I studied Public Administration at Akdeniz (Mediterranean) University and I am doing master at same university and on the same major. Here in Kalamata, I am working in Farma Fifa with Mirto Fifa for Natural Farming Project. I love reading book and watching movies and I love this Country!!!!
Hello everyone, as you already may know, I am Daan the Dutch EVS’er. Don’t confuse it with Deutsch, I am from The Netherlands. You know, Amsterdam, cheese and weed. Ok, I would love to meet a lot of people, so if you are in for a beer or a coffee, you will find me! Hello, I’m Agnieszka, I’m 23 years old and I come from Poland. I’m volunteering in Youth Centre of Kalamata. I’m a big fan of music festivals and live music. My favorite season is summer, and the most enjoyable sport is snowboarding ;).
Hallo! I’m Ines Hofer from Vienna, Austria. I’m 27 years old and studied Zoology (Animal Behaviour) at the University of Vienna. Here in Kalamata, I’m volunteering for Re-think Project and Farma Fifa Permaculture. I like being in the nature, hiking, travelling and enjoying life So..I am from Poland. My name is Kasia and I am 23 years old. I study Croatian language and literature. Balkan, most of all Serbia, is my place in this world, but I love to travel, to live in different places, to meet new people, because from this people I draw energy and joy. I love to dance and sing even I’m not the best in it. I love to listen to people and see some situations from different perspective. I learn by experience, project in Greece is next step in my “education”.
Like we say: we keep the best for the end so now K.A.NE people
Hello fellow EVSers! My name is Argyris, Αργύρης, Арјирис, 아라리스 (the last one is Korean, and the one before is my contribution to serbocroatian) and I am the most long-term Euphoric Violent Surrealist (EVS) in K.A.NE., I am an all around player, attacking with the power of unlimited love and laughter and defending with the shield of memory. I have been living in Kalamata and working for K.A.NE. since April 2014 and I know everything about the meaning of life and death. Feel free to ask me whatever you want ☺
Hi my name is Fotini Arapi and I am project manager at K.A.NE. organization and responsible for all sending motilities (sending EVS volunteers, participants in training courses, interns, etc). Apart from my work in K.A.NE., I also volunteer in the Youth Centre of Kalamata, a volunteer ini tiative managed by a team of local volunteers. I am very proud of and I love the Youth Centre, its dynamic, and most of all its natural inclusiveness that allows everybody to feel “at home” there. See you around :-D
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.
New Volunteer in Kalamata
Aye my name is Lorenzo Brizi ad i come from Italy. I come from a small town located between lazio, umbria and tuscany. Named acquapendente. In the province of viterbo. I’m 20 years old and i will stay in Kalamata until september I will work to the youth center as a teacher of italian and also in tourist information center. I want to try new working experience to improve myself and also enjoy the summer, the beach and the company
About Poland in few words Many times here in Greece people asked me about my country, POLAND. Usually the first impression about Poland which I heared were: „Ooo, Poland is such a cold country.” or „Poland has good economy!”. The secound one I concider like a true and in general in the moment when I heared this words I was proude on my motherland… But about the first one opinion… Ehhh, Of course we have harder winter that in Greece but come on people, Poland is not on The North Pole! We also have summer, really nice and hot summer ;) Anyway, for me is difficult to introduce Poland, there is to many contrasts to tell something in one sentence. However, last days I fount on some webside one articele from French newspaper about Poland. It was only translated peace of it without autor or title, but whoever wrote this text got a point. So… enjoy it and discover my country
Poland. So, this is a land of absurd. The country where one of five citizens had lost their live during the Second World War, the nation of which 20% live outside the country and in which every 3rd inhabitant is 20 years old. A country that has two times more students than France has and engineer earns less here than the average worker. Country, where
people spend two times more money than they earn, where the average salary does not exceed the price of three pairs of good shoes and… where there is no poverty! And where foreign capital is push the doors and windows to start business there! Country in which the price of the car is equal to three years’ salary, and still it’s hard to find a parking space. Country which is governed by the ex socialists, in which religious holidays are days off from work. Foreigners here must give up with any logic if they don’t want to loose the ground under their feet. Strange country, where you can talk with the waiter in English, with chef in French, and with the salesman in German BUT with Minister or any other office worker only through an translator. POLES, how you do it !!?? How we do it? I have no idea!!!
Katarzyna Chojnowska
Carnival never ends In Kalamata carnival is something that is inside the body of people. And February is the month to dance your ass off! For almost the whole month there are everyday several party’s where you can go to show the most amazing outfits and finally, dance everywhere you want. During carnival people don’t mind how they are dancing but they only if they can dance.
Parade In Kalamata it is common to join a carnival group. Every bar or organization can have their own group with their own outfit. People can join this group so that there are more people with the same outfit. During the parade you can see how nice this organization is, every group is walking behind each other and forming a huge line of amazing dancing creatures. And of course the follow up street festival is the best closing of this parade. Until late in the night the music is on and everybody is dancing on happy, Greek and international songs. There are two parades, one at night and one on the last day of the carnival season. Both guided with a lot of people on the streets and a lot of noise.
Problems Joining carnival in Kalamata has unfortunately some problems.. First of all you get addicted to partying and second, after or during the carnival, everyone is sick and cannot go to work. Of course there are some strong people among us but let’s say that I never saw Kalamata this quit as the day after the last carnival day. I almost forget the last problem, what to do after? Where to go to dance, where to go to dress up completely as an idiot but don’t care about it? There is only one answer for: just do it. If you want to dance or dress up like crazy, don’t let anything stop you and go out! People will enjoy and thing back with good memories. Maybe someday it will be completely normal to go to your work as a clown or cowboy.
Daan Roorda
Carnival in Austria In Austria and also Bavaria, the carnival is called “Fasching”. The carnival session, also known as the “Fifth Season”, begins each year on 7th January and finishes on Ash Wednesday with the main festivities happening around Rosenmontag (Rose Monday) and Faschingdienstag (Shrove Tuesday). Especially in the western part of Austria there are varieties of customs and traditions during Carnival. There are two key locations in Austria where such carnival processions take place, attracting many visitors: in the Tyrol (the “Tiroler Fasnacht”), and, in the Salzkammergut area (the “Ausseer Fasching” in Styria, and the “Ebenseer Fetzenfasching”, or carnival of rags in Upper Austria). My favourite carnival festivity is the “Ausseer Fasching”, so I want to tell you a little bit about it: At the “Ausseer Fasching”, the carnival at Bad Aussee in the Styrian part of the Salzkammergut, the “Trommelweiber” (women with drums), are really men in white nightdresses, with night-caps and smooth, smiling masks. They march through the town playing the carnival march of Aussee. This tradition dates back at least to 1767.
On Shrove Tuesday the beautiful “Flinserln” (tinsels) roam the streets, always in pairs (a man and a woman, the “woman” also being a man in disguise). They are named after the tinsel with which their white linen costumes are ornamentally decorated. The making of such a costume takes at least one whole year, often longer. The Flinserln wear a mask of cloth (“Gugel”) over their heads with a beak-like nose which gives them a bird-like look. The “Flinserlzug” (procession of tinsels) consists of the “Flinserlmusik” (musicians, also in tinsels-costumes) and about 30 to 40 Flinserln all carrying white bags full of nuts which they distribute among children. On Shrove Monday and Shrove Tuesday, three to five groups of Faschingsbriefsänger (carnival singers reciting the carnival letters) recall comical events of the past year to the public.
Ines Hofer
Carnaval to Nedusa CERCLE OF THE LIFE FERTILIZATION OF THE EARTH
WEEDING
DIED
TRADITIONAL MOMENT
DANSE
BLEESE AND CROSE
FOOD
Lolita Garcia
Fat Thursday Τσικνοπέμπτη, Thursday of the Smoke Grilled Meat takes places in Greece 11 days before clean Monday. This carnival tradition is characteristic for many countries. Celebrations are known as ‘Fat Thursday’. It is a traditional Catholic Christian feast taking place on the last Thursday before Lent. It is celebrated in Germany, Hungary and Poland. This is a symbolic end of the carnival and the last chance to overeat before the 40-day period of abstinence prior the feast of Easter. Not differently than in Greece and other countries in Poland this day is dedicated to eating. We call this celebration Tłusty Czwartek. Traditionally during this day we eat doughnuts and our special snack called Faworki. Everybody brings to work doughnuts. Most of the time Faworki we prepare ourselves at home. Eating doughnuts during Fat Thursday symbolically has to ensure happiness and health.
Facts about Fat Thursday in Poland: *Tradition of Fat Thursday established in Poland in the seventeenth century
*The average Pole during Fat Thursday eats 2,5 doughnuts, while all Poles during celebration eat together almost 100 millions. *One doughnut has 250-400 kcal, while one Faworek 87 kcal. *To burn one doughnut we need 45 minutes of walking or 20 minutes of jogging. *Every year during Fat Thursday in many polish cities take place doughnuts eating championship. Record-holders can eat even 30 doughnuts in 20 minutes.
Agnieszka Lul
Anti Valentin Party
The Anti-Valentine’s party was one of the big event which we organized in our Youth Center.
A lot of people came, we were dancing and playing the game to discover who killed Cupid. We are loocking foward for the next party with you
Nuno Davide
FromSicily: “Parmigiana Di Melanzane”. Few elementary flavors complement back into an tasty dish that is well suited to summer. The “parmigiana di melanzane” is a dish of fried eggplant and baked in the oven with tomato puree , basil, parmesan, garlic and cheese. Is a typical Sicilian although it must be said that the story of his recipe is not yet clear. the first references date back to the first half of the nineteenth century but the origin is still disputed between the lands of napoli palermo and parma. But we can say that the term “parmigiana” comes not as you might think from the famous cheese of parma but by the Sicilian word “parmiciana”, which are called the strips of wood that make up a window shutter, shape recalled from the arrangement of the layers fried eggplant slices.
Ingredients: Eggplant 1.5 kg - Onions 1/2 - Basil few leaves - Parmigiano Reggiano 150 g - Oil d ‘oil 1 dl - Coarse salt 100 g - Fine salt to taste - Caciocavallo 500 g - 1 clove garlic - 2 tablespoons triple concentrate Tomatoes - Tomatoes rose 1.4 lt
How to: - To prepare the eggplant parmigiana started from the tomato sauce: in a pan, pour a little olive oil and add the garlic and onion. Fry for a few minutes, then add the past and the tomato paste dissolved in a little water, add salt and pepper to taste and simmer until the sauce to crowding. - When the sauce has thickened, add the basil leaves and turn off the heat. Thinly sliced the cheese; - Then wash and dry the aubergines, check them with a mandolin and cut into slices about 1 inch thick for the direction of the length. - Arrange in layers in a colander and sprinkle each layer of large coarse salt. Let risposare your eggplant for at least 1 hour, so that they can expel a good part of the bitter liquid that characterizes them. After this time, remove from the bowl, rinse thoroughly under running water and dry them thoroughly.
- In a large pan pour abundant seed oil, then fry the eggplant, a few at a time so as not to lower the oil temperature too; turn them on both sides then drain on a paper towel. - Dab with other paper towels; then grease a baking dish with oil 15x20 helping with a kitchen brush and sprinkle the bottom with a little ‘sauce. - Lay three slices of eggplant, a little ‘sauce and Parmesan cheese and a layer of sliced cheese. - Place another layer of eggplant and one of sauce, then again Parmesan, slices of cheese and start over with a layer of eggplant. - Continue until all ingredients are used, ending with the eggplant. Cover with the remaining sauce and Parmesan cheese. Bake in oven preheated to 200 ° for 40 minutes (if ventilated at 180 ° for 30-35 minutes). Once cooked, leave the parmigiana in oven off so that resting congeals better. Then take it out and serve warm or cold! BUON APPETITO!
Lorenzo Brizi
Interview with Ludovic Hello Ludovic can you present a little bit yourself, age, family, profession? I’m a French guy of 31 years old, father of a cute little girl of 6 years old. In France it’s been 8 years that I work in informal education. I was a first an animator and after a coordinator and in the end a trainer. How long will you stay in Greece? I arrive in November in Greece but first work in Gastouni near Pyrgos. I move to Kalamata two weeks ago and will stay until the end of June. It’s been 2 week you arrive in Kalamata what do you thing about the city? I came from the countryside of the Peloponnese and I arrive here in Kalamata little city which make me think about the one where I live in France, during the Carnival so the city is really alive and attractive even if I didn’t really had the time to discover all of the city and the part around but I think I will feel really comfortable here.
What did motivate you to come to Greece for 8 month? I needed to experience something new and break my daily professional life and also find other opinion and look on how they live and think; what is their style of life, and what is this Mediterranean rhythm of Spain, Portugal, and Greece. So, in another word discover another culture. Why Greece? I already visit Greece for a month in the past and that was a great experience. It’s a country with an important history, I think it’s the crossroad of civilization and the crossing point of Orient and Occident. So it’s a country with a rich culture. And Greek people are really welcoming. You are here with an Erasmus + program can you speak about it a little? I’m here with what was call Leonardo internship program the name change for Erasmus +. This is a mobility opportunity that is still available for people older than 30 years old. It’s an internship and we can see that it’s use for two thing: scholarship with apprentice; and business with unemployed and worker people or in training. This is a share and discover knowledge.
You will work with the Youth Center and K.A.N.E but what are you gonna do exactly? With the Youth Center I will participate in the coordination of EVS volunteer and their personal or professional project. With K.A.N.E I will do something which has a big importance for me: training. I will participate in 3 seminar, the first one is a subject that is know well which is working with young people, after on a subject that I found interesting and in what I’m involve and want to learn more about: social cooperative and the last which is on forum theatre that is new for even if I know the basic learning. Do you have some project or event you would like to organize ? I don’t have some specific project because I’m still in an observation moment but I have some idea and they are all about conviviality in the youth center with maybe holding some share opinion, actuality moment.
Laura Doddi
A Travel To OlymposMountain… Are you in love with Greek Mythology? Do you want to see Gods and Goddesses with a different face?Then I invite you my perfect travel by “P. C. Cast- Goddess Summoning Series”. Get ready!
“This magical book series retells ancient myths giving them a sexy, modern twist and introducing heroines to some of the most fantastic heroes the world has ever known.” In the first book, Gooddess of the Sea, you will meet U. S. Air Force sergeant Christine Canady and her new life as a mermaid and daughter of the king of the sea. – Not Poseidon, just a king. ;)- Things will change for her in this ancient time and she will find love of her life. But will she be able to stay with him??
The second book, Goddess of Spring, is my favourite one. It is about my eternal love, Hades and me, Persephone. ( Ahh, don’t worry I am not insane. I just love them very much. ) In this book, you will meet Lina from Tulsa. Our lovely Demeter wants to protect her daughter from Hadestown and also wants her to be a woman. Then while she is watching our world she finds Lina and replace her with Persephone. Let’s see what will our human spirit goddess do with Hades…
The third book, Goddess of Light, let us be a part of Las Vegas Kingdom adventure of our amazing twins Artemis and Apollon. Interior designer Pamela Gray needs a real love in her life and Artemis decides to make her wish true by using her bother Apollon and everything starts…
The fourth book, Goddess Of the Rose. Do you know about Goddess Hecate?? If not, don’t worry you will learn about her and if yes, you know about her cursed guardian.This book is about Hecate, her cursed Guardian and Mikki – an ordinary immortal who completed (as a mistake) a ritual with her blood.
With the fifth book, Goddess of Love, you will meet a lovely, friendly Venus.Sshe has always seemed to me as a naughty girl but with this book by the help of our mortal woman Pea Chamberlaind and her need of love, you will see a new Venus – a helpful Venus.-
In the sixth book, Warrior Rising ( Goddess of Troy); Goddesses Hera, Venus and Artemis are writing the destiny of Troy. Have you ever thought about the background of the Trojan War and Achilles. Now, in this book you will learn about it. ;) All the secrets have been told after centuries. :P
“After her car plummets off a bridge, Isabel, a world-weary photojournalist, struggles between life and death when she’s saved by the Water Goddess-with one tiny caveat: Isabel must travel to another time to seduce the legendary Lancelot du Lac away from Queen Guinevere.” As you understand through the summary, the last book, Goddess of Legend, is completely about King Arthur, about how to save Lancelot. I strongly advise you, to read this series. I hope you will enjoy your reading.
Burçin Bezirkan
EVS Cafe
Help Needed * 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
As all of the language workshops make use of the white board, we consume approximately 3 markers per week!
* Pens
You can never have enough of those!
* Computers
Unfortunately, the Youth Centre at the moment has only 1 working (almost) computer to be used in the info-point. We need at least 1 more computer to be used in the dance workshops (for now we are using a borrowed one) and 1 more for the outside activities‌
* Volunteers
As you may have noticed, most of the time in the Youth Centre, apart from our lovely volunteers from abroad, there is usually also a Greek speaking volunteer around, to give information about the workshops and help in case it is needed. If you want to become and volunteer in the Youth Centre and dedicate 2-3 hours per week to help with the running of the Youth Centre, please, do not hesitate to contact us at: kentroneonkalamatas@gmail.com
What’s New ? New class were create after the new semester begin
Theatre class Drawing class
Coming Soon Like you know new olunteer arrive and so a new class will be create: Italian, came to learn italian with our italian volunteer Lorenzo
The End The volunteers responsible for this publication are hosted in Greece in the framework of the European Erasmus+ programme, KA1/youth - European Voluntary Service. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.