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Editorial About us The Food is Free Project Marseille First days in Kalamata Interview Opening Party Recipe Youth Centre Is Back
Editorial After long time, here we are with the new edition of the link. New people, new articles and lots of events... The end of the year finds K.A.NE. busy as always and with nice things coming up. Within the next months we will organise a project presentation along with a concert and then 2 big conferences in the city of Kalamata. The new EVS volunteers are ensuring that Kalamata will still receive the international support it deserves with beautiful people doing beautiful actions!!! But Kalamata’s youth are not enjoying only K.A.NE.’s activities... the Youth Centre of Kalamata is also here and this year is more active than ever!!!! Beside the 30 long term
workshops, which offers for free to the public, is also organising every Thursday different events. Seminars, educational activities, leisure activities and many many more, always free for youth! On top of that it organises one party every last Friday of the month! For last we keep the good news! After the break of one year the Kalamata Street Festival is back on track!!! The organisational committee of the festival will meet in the beginning of December to start organising the 9th international festival which will be bigger than ever!!! Stay tuned! Youth Work in Kalamata is very active and we can only be proud of this!!!
by Filaretos
About us I’m Lucia, I am 22 years old and I’m from Spain. I am a volunteer in the Youth Center. I consider myself a person enthusiastic, active and responsible, and I think that is very important to be open-minded and to have a positive attitude, that’s why I´m ready to live the experience and learn all I can.
Hi! My name is Liliana, I’m 30 years old and I am Portuguese. I am a lover of Nature, all animals and a big defender of respecting all forms of life! Also a believer that the planet must be taken care of, which is why . am now in Kalamata, working on recycling and permaculture farming! Hey, my name is Kostantinos (Kostas) and i come from Cyprus, Limasol. I was born in August of 1992. I love music especially rockand punk rock. I will be in Kalamata until February . See you! Hi! My name is Magda, I’m 25yo, and I come from Warsaw, Poland. I’m a freshly graduated psychologist, experienced in leading workshops for children, youth, and adults. I love mountain hiking, cycling, and canoeing. Here in Greece I work at the Youth Centre, where I also teach Polish. I’m looking forward to meeting you!
My name is Elisabet Romer Iversen and at the moment I am 19 years old. Together with my older brother and sister, I grew up on a biological farm in Norway with vegetable production, and some animals.
My name is MigueI. I am 25 years old and i consider myself a cheerful and dynamic person. I am social worker in Spain. I love my profession because while i help also i can learn. I love team sports, cook, Kizomba dance and enjoy with people. I hope to learn and enjoy much in this experience
Hi, my name is Maciek. I’m 25 and I come from Poland. I like music, movies and spend time with people who have a dark sense of humor. If you like the same things, you can find me around. Hi everyone ! My name is Anna, I’m 21 and I come from France. I’m an engineering student in Marseille and I took a break from school to come here in Kalamata. I’m working in the KEFIAP Center and in the therapeutic horseriding project, so I like horse-riding of course but also football and cinema. Hi! I’m Tania, an Italian volunteer. I’m graduated in Foreign Languages and Communication Studies. Since I was 11 I discovered my passion for studying English and then I decided to study also other languages like Spanish, a little bit of French and I took up also to study a little bit of Polish and Russian. Greek language will be the next. I love rock music, travelling, stay together with my friends and my family and create accessories, especially with crochet technique.
KANE’s staff Hello, I am Filaretos Vourkos. For the last 10 years I am working in the field of Non-formal education as a volunteer, youth worker and youth trainer. 6 years ago, I decided to create the Youth Centre of Kalamata, in order to initiate youth work in Kalamata and promote active citizenship as factor for change. Hi my name is Fotini Arapi and I am project manager in K.A.NE. organization and responsible, among other things, 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 initiative managed by a team of local volunteers. I am very proud of and I love the Youth Centre, its dynamic atmosphere, and most of all, its natural inclusiveness that allows everybody to feel “at home” there. See you around :-D
Hello, I m Niki , I ‘m 28 years old and I work as teacher , my job in KA.NE is to teach foreign volunteers the Greek language. Also I am a teacher for children with special needs
Hi, I’m Jelena Scepanovic, an EVS coordinator in KANE and the volunteer of the Youth center. I came from Montenegro 2012 as an EVS volunteer. I really liked the idea of the Youth center and the work that KANE does, so I decided to stay and be part of it. Editor: Kostantinos Ioannou
Cover fotos: Maciej Janiszewski
Design: Maciej Janiszewski
Contact us: K.A.NE. Social Youth Development Youth Centre of Kalamata Plateia Othonos 10 Kalamata 24100 Greece
Staff Members Of Kane: Filaretos Vourkos Fotini Arapi Niki Nikolopoulou Jelena Scepanovic
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The Food is Free Project
Very recently I was browsing through Internet and came across this website: Food is Free Project. This is a project currently based in Austin, Texas. The idea of the project is to provide communities with the means and the space to be able to grow food (or sometimes just give away!), which will later be available to anyone interested to collect what they might need. The group intends to motivate people throughout the world to do the same, whether in a small or large scale, in order to bring the people together, to find a way to share food and to‘gain independence from a broken agricultural system’.
The project took place at first in Texas and is now going everywhere, not only in America but also worldwide! There are small gardens being cultivated and grown by the communities in places like New York
The project started in Austin in January of 2012, but within 6 months, the project began to go open source and Food Is Free Project Tasmania kicked off what has become over 350 cities starting Food is Free Projects in their community , and there are now other ideas, not only gardens but the possibility of just sharing free food: (from a Branch of Food is Free, in Australia)
Food box, in Croatia
In Brooklyn
So every idea goes!!! And this is what will soon be implemented also in Kalamata. In a busy part of town, a garden will be created with the same intention; sharing food, growing vegetables, bringing the community together. It will be done with the help of anyone willing to give some of their free time, to maintain the space clean and everything running smoothly. This project will start around the end of October, so if you would like more information and you would like to be a part of it let us know. Contact me through email on xtoirinha@hotmail.com and I will let you know how everything is going, and how you can be involved!
by Li Sources: www.foodisfreeproject.org Facebook : Food is Free
Marseille
I think everyone who will read this article have already heard of or even been to Paris, capital of Fran ce and one of the most beautiful city in the world. But you may not know Marseille yet, even though it is the second largest city of France. Marseille is actually one
of the most ancient city of France and was founded by Greek people that came from Φώκαια, known as Phocée in France. They baptized it Μασσαλία, and today everyone still remembers this greek origin with the widely used nickname of cité phocéenne, or phocaean city.
By being one of the largest harbour of the Mediterranean sea, Marseille is a multicultural city with a rich background and history, and whatever you like, you can find it there.
If you’re into beautiful monuments, you can start with the Palais Longchamps, that contains 2 museums and is surrounded by a botanical garden.
Then you can stroll down the Boulevard de la Libération and stop by the Eglise des Réformés.
This gothic church marks the beginning of Marseille’s most famous avenue, the Canebière. It will lead you straight to the Vieux Port, where you will feel the protective presence of NotreDame-de-la-Garde, also called the Bonne Mère by the Marseillais.
From there you can wander to the north, in the narrow streets of the Panier, the old and lovely neighbourhood that will lead you to the Cathédrale de la Major and the 2-yearold museum of European and Mediterranean civilizations, the MuCEM.
If you choose to go south, the Corniche Kennedy will offer you a beautiful path over the sea to the beach of the Prado.
If this huge beach isn’t enough for you, pack a good pair of shoes and start and little hike that will take you to Marseille’s most magnificent treasure: the Parc des Calanques. Walking between rocks and sea, you will encounter little creeks sheltered from the world where you can dive in the nicest water.
If you want to relax after such a full day, I suggest you go to La Plaine grab a beer and enjoy the beginning of the night there. Marseille is regional capital, and as such can pretend to be a capital for some famous local dishes, like the bouillabaisse, a soup with fish and rouille sauce, the navettes, cookies flavoured with orange blossom, or the pastis, an anisated drink close to ούζο. I feel like I’ve told you about a lot of things already, but I think I’m not even half the way through all that Marseille can offer, like la Friche de la Belle-de-Mai, the islands of the Frioul, the Cité Radieuse or the Parc Borély, and so much more. I guess it will be for you to discover, because now I’m sure that visiting this amazing city is what you want most in the world.
by Anna
First Days in Kalamata
All started with hope and energy, I had made one of the most important decisions of my live. When the day was coming I felt different, with fears and insecurities‌ But I kept my decision because I wanted to change my routine. Probably the worst moment was when I said goodbye to my dog, my family and my friends‌ I hate departures, but this would be for a reasonable reason. All this feelings changed when I arrived to Kalamata, in the bus station was my flatmates, the reception was very good and when we left our things in the apartment the first thing that we did it was to go at a BBQ, it was fine because we met people that would be in our lives all the year.
In the second day we walked around the city, see the port, the central square and ate traditional food… and after the walk we went to the opening party, a good moment to meet new people. It was a fun experience. The next days were good too, we went to the beach where we swam in the clear sea… we benefited of the good weather of October. We drank a typical Greek coffee in a hammock… and of course we could walk around the nice environment. When the week started we commenced with our labour in the youth centre, we could see the number of people that were interested in the workshops and in the activities there, it was satisfactory to see it. All the Kalamata volunteers have lessons there so we met them as well. So I can’t say bad things about the people from here, most of them made us feel so welcomed.
by Lucy
Interview with Nikos
VS. So you are the MUAY THAI teacher in The Youth Center. How exactly did that happen? Well nothing complicated, I had a fat girlfriend some time ago, and she told me about it. I thought it sounded like a good idea, so I checked it out. At first I was not a teacher, I just spend time there for socializing. Why do you want to be a volunteer? It is because I want to give the people, that are not rich,
a chance to learn. I believe that everyone has the right to learn marshall arts, also the ones that can’t afford other schools. How long have you been doing MUAY THAI, and where did you learn it? I have done it for 15 years now, and I went to school in Athens. We can all see that you are very into your sport, but have you ever done anything else?
Well, I have not studied in the university. After high school I worked as a bouncer in different nightclubs for about 9 years. Why did you start doing MUAY THAI in the first place? When I was a kid I was a victim of the bullies, so I felt the need to know how to protect myself. I believe that MUAY THAI is one of the easiest marshall arts to learn, and to use in life. Are you aggressive, and do you often get into fights on the street? To know marshall arts is like carrying a weapon, and I try to prevent using it, but sometimes it happens anyway. I am using my profession to help those who are not able to protect themselves, people with special needs or others who are
being bullied. I am not the one that starts a fight, I am the guard that stops it. Ok, enough about work, over to you: what’s your favorite band, and why? Slayer, because it “shakes� the christian religion. So you are not a christian? What is your reason? Before Christ there were more than a thousand different religions in Jerusalem, and suddenly it was just one. I think that is fascism. I do believe in god, but I have so many questions regarding Christianity that no one can answer, so I have no reason to believe in it. Is there a place that you would really love to go? I want to go to Iran, because I want to bring an end to Islamism. I think the religion has become all about
killing small girls and making them warriors. I know the Quran, and that it has nothing to do with how the islamists are acting in these days, pretending that it is all about religion.
Which quality about yourself is the best?
How do you picture yourself as 70 years old?
We are screwed. Ton ipiame.
Like a porn-star in a big company in the States, with a lot of money.
What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
Pita or Pizza?
Pita, because the dough of the pizza is like the vomit of a dog. What is your definition of a stereotype greek? It is a person that looks for easy money, he wants to be rich without working. He also cares more about himself than other people, he is selfish.
That I like sex. Do you have an expression which you use a lot?
Im not going to tell in details, but the craziest things I have done have I done during sex.
What makes you sad?
To spend a lot of time with Stavros (which is a local volunteer at the Y.T.). He is one of my big mistakes which I did not realize before it was too late.
Dog or Cat?
Dog!!
Best bar in Kalamata?
Golden Palace. Is there something that you have always wanted to say? No.
by Eli
Opening Party Already have passed two weeks! and go two weeks, I can not be happier with my stay in Kalamata, Greece and transmitting very good sensations from Spain, but confirmed, I fell in love the country and its people. Since the arrival, almost we haven´t time to leave our bags in the room. we went to a Barbecue (as i would say in my land, churrascada). Second night, oppening party in the youth center and already without realize we have made many interesting plans in only two weeks. Only I have words of appreciation for the host on around the environment: roommates, local volunteers, coordinators, mentor... and other people of Kalamata that have been great. Thanks to them I’m enjoing the most of this experience and continuously remember that only two months but I want to take advantage of the most to finish, in the next days i disire follow knowing people very interesting, learn much of them and in exchange i hope to provide some my well.
by Miguel
Recipe: FAWORKI Ingredients: 3 & ¾ glasses of wheat flour (a regular glass is around 200–220 ml) a pinch of salt 13 egg yolks 4 crested tbsp. of dense sour cream 1 tbsp. of rectified spirit 4 cubes (200g each) of fat, suitable for deep-frying (e.g. lard) some powdered sugar mixed with vanilla sugar for sprinkling Instructions: Mix flour with salt, sift it onto a pastry board (make a small mound), make a hole in the middle and add egg yolks – start with 10, knead the dough, and then add more if needed (depending on the yolks’ size, you may sometimes need less than 13).
It’s OK if in the beginning small pieces of dough don’t seem to stick together. Add sour cream, spirit, and then knead it into smooth dough that doesn’t stick to your hands (add some more flour if it’s too sticky but not too much!). After kneading thoroughly beat the dough with a rolling pin, wrap it in plastic foil and leave for half an hour in room temperature.
Later divide the dough into 5 smaller pieces and roll it out. It has to be super thin (should shine through). Do not add flour at this stage! Cut it into 4 cm wide stripes, and then cut every stripe diagonally into 10–12 cm segments. Make a longwise cut in the middle of every segment you’ve just created, and drag one end of the dough through said cut.
Melt 2 bars of fat in the deep frying pan (the fat has to cover the pieces of dough, so if your frying pan is big, you should add more fat). Fry them for several seconds on both sides (their colour should be golden), and afterwards put them onto a paper towel (it will soak some of the fat). When the fat in the pan gets dark (seems scorched) you can replace it with fresh one and then continue frying.
After faworki get colder, move them to a plate and sprinkle generously with powder sugar mixed with vanilla sugar. Arrange in layers. It’s best to eat faworki after 1–2 days. Enjoy!
by Magda
YOUTH CENTER IS BACK!!!
For 7th year Youth Center is with us again to teach us, to make us laugh, make us love and be loved! 14 of September the Y.C. opened its doors for all the friends for the registrations. It was two weeks full of energy, fun and the enjoying of meeting new happy faces! Two weeks later at 28th the workshops began. Is so amazing to see all these love from the people that coming. The happy faces who were coming for the registrations finally are back again and now are ready to share with us their feelings and their knowledge. We are waiting for you to come and grow our family!!!! SEE YOU!!!
by Kostas
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