LINK No.84 November 15th 2016
Table of content • ABOUT US 4 • K.A.N.E STAFF 8 • PROGRAM OF THE YOUTH CENTER 12 • NEWS FROM POLAND 14 • INTERVIEW WITH EVS 18 • HOMETOWN BEYKOZ 22 • THE KAFTAN 24 • MY SENDING ORGANISATION 28 • AUTUMN DIY’S 31 • CUSTOM FROM SPAIN 36 • RECIPE: HOMEMADE GRANOLA ! 38 • PERSONAL PROJECT 42 • WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE YOUTH CENTER 43 • ZOOM ON KALAMATA! 44 2
EDITOR: Molly O’Doherty
CONTACT US: DESIGN: K.A.N.E Laura Gimenez Social Youth Development Youth Center of Kalamata CREDIT PICTURE: Plateia Othonos 10 Sharleen/ Bobbym / Hope Kalamata Allan 24100 GREECE STAFF MEMBER OF KANE: Filaretos Vourkos TEL: Fotini Arapi +302721110740 Jelena Scepanovic Nantiana Koutiva EMAIL: info@ngokane.org EVS: Tea Križanec URL: Rüya Hazar https://kentroneon. Oskar Shrattenecker wordpress.com/ Aurora Passone http://www.ngokane.org/inLaura Gimenez dex.php/el/ Rosa Vernooij Renée Hoogenboom FACEBOOK: Sara Amghar https://www.facebook.com/ Arthur Gallagher kentroneon/?fref=ts Aroa Liébana Rellán Molly O’Doherty Óscar Villarraso López Martyna Czypicka 3
About us : Hi, This is RĂźya from Istanbul,Turkey. I am 28 years old. I have studied Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering in Istanbul Technical University. Then, i started working on tanker ships as an officer. So, i was once an old mariner, than after leaving ships become a full time traveller and now i am a volunteer in Kalamata until next middle of May:). I am into sports, cultural activities and travel.
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Hi there, my name is Renee, I am seventeen years old and I am from the Netherlands. I arrived last monday and I will stay here for ten months. My work will be therapeutic horseriding and in the keviab. I just finished highschool and I didn’t wanted to study immediately, then I came across EVS and it turned out to be the perfect thing to do this year. Because I am doing something good and I will learn a lot from it. I hope that when I come back I will have new friends and have a lot more life experience.
Hello my name is Oskar Schrattenecker, I am 18 years old and from Linz/Austria. I am doing Evs in Kalamata. The main reason for me to do Evs was because i didn’t know what I wanted to do in my future so hopefully I get orientation during my Evs. Also since first of January in Austria you can do a long term Evs instead of your military service, so this was a nice opportunity. I started my Evs one month ago on 18. of April and my project lasts for one year, I work in the Youth center of Kalamata. Me and 6 other Volunteers live in an apartment near the Youth center, Hi everyone! My name is Rosa and I am 17 years old. I come from a small town called Woerden in the Netherlands. I just graduated from high school, so now I am taking a gap year before I will go to university. I like hanging out with friends, watching a movie, going for a hike and cooking. I will stay in Kalamata for 9 months to work in the Day care centre for autistic children. We visited Kalamata in the beginning of August for one weekend, so we got to see a little bit of Kalamata already. The people here have been really nice, but it is so different from the Netherlands. I hope to become more independent here and meet new friends. I am also looking forward very much to learning about autistic children and how to approach them. 5
Hey guys! My name in Martyna and I’m new volunteer from Poland! I’ve grown up in Poznan (west side of the country). I’m 26 this year and I try to enjoy every minute of my life! I’m crazy about Greece, this is my favourite place in Europe – however I love to travel and I take every opportunity to see the world. In my free time I like to read and spend time outside of the house. I love to eat, this is my biggest passion! I’m totally a beauty freak.
Hi ! My name is Laura and I’m 24 years old. I come from a small town in France called Le Thor (yeah like the north god), it’s around Marseille. I have a bachelor degree but I wanted to do something else this year, something that will give me life and work experiences: I wanted to be useful. I’ll work in KANE’s office as the webdesigner of the team and I’ll stay in Kalamata for 1 year; I’m really looking forward to it! I have quite a lot of hobbies; I love to draw, write, read, play video 6 games, watching movies and tv show and so on.
Kalimera to all of you, I am Sara, I am french and I am 21 years old. Since yesterday, I am a new volunteer in Kalamata and will stay here for a year (maybe more ...?) in order to give some help to the horse riding center of kalamata and the Kefiap as well. More over, I will give french lessons at the Youth Center of the city. I met people I will work with and I am really excited to start being part of the project. Horse riding center is a real peacefull place for anybody who needs to connect his mind with his body. The couple of therapist working there are sensitive and receptive people, so if you have any physycal pain, just go to the horse riding center :) !
Hi ! My name is Aroa, I’m from Madrid in Spain but I live in Màlaga, the south of Spain. In Spain I’m working in a secondary school for dance, I’m the teacher for hip-hop, funks, break dance and classic for teens. I have 18 years and I love dance, photography and watch movies with my friends. 7
Greetings dear readers! Tea is my name and art is my game. You’ll be able to see me around Kalamata through the next nine months of my EVS. I came from Croatia and apart from Croatian lessons I will be leading the Creative arts workshops in the youth centre where we will be doing different kinds of creative projects. Hopefully, I will learn a lot of new things during my stay here and have a chance to share my skills with you. When I go back home, I will be finishing my studies at the university (Art history and Indology). Can’t wait to meet all of you and I hope we’ll create wonderful artsy things together!
Hello, my name is Arthur, I’m coming from France. I will stay in Kalamata for a 12 months EVS, working at K.A.N.E office. I will animate some workshops here and participate in media communication. I’m glad to be here and experiment the greek way of life.
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Hi ! I’m Oscar, I’m from Spain, I live in Màlaga, so close to Africa. I love the fashion world and I worked as organiser and teacher of modeling in lot of fashion shows. I’m an animal lover, I have a tiny dog called Fredy. Music is very important in my life, I’m listening music every time. I like traveling every time I can, I think exploring the world is the most interestng in your life.
Hello everyone! My name is Molly and I come from the UK. I’ve moved here from a city called Bristol in England. I am going to be working in K.A.N.E.’s office. I’ll be helping with the programming, development and evaluation of activities. I’ll also be helping out in the Youth Centre and running an English Conversation workshop. I love cooking, watching films and doing yoga. I also really enjoy helping people to connect with their local history. Before I came here I was working in museums and archives for many years. I am really excited to be in Kalamata and I feel very lucky to be here working as an EVS volunteer. 9
Kane’ Hello, I am Filaretos Vourkos. For the last 10 years I am working in the field of Non-formal education as avolunteer, youth worker and youth trainer. 6 years ago,I decided to create the Youth Centre of Kalamata, in orderto initiate youth work in Kalamata and promote active citizenship as factor for change.
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.
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’ staff 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
My name is Nantiana! Im 23 years old. I live in kalamata! I were living for 5 years in patras! I were studying there greek philology and now im teaching greek to youth center in kalamata. 11
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News from Poland
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October was very emotional time for all Poles – women and men, young and old, with left-wing and right-wing political beliefs. On the beginning of the previous month, public institute – Ordo Iuris (working for defense constitutional rules) decided to create and present a civic project of abortion law. The Ordo Iuris wanted to prohibit abortion and make law more strict. In the same time other organization Ratujmy kobiety (Save the women), also created civic law project which was giving women a right to get a legal and safe abortion, provided pregnant women full, free health care, gave access to modern contraceptive methods and introduced sex education in schools. Already at this point Polish people started to separate and made comments about what is wrong or good, what is better for women, children and families. You have to know that Poland has one of the most strict abortion law in Eu-
rope (like Malta, Vatican, Ireland, Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino). In Poland, abortion is banned, except in the following three circumstances: 1. when the woman's life is in danger; 2. when there is a risk of a serious and irreversible damage to the fetus; 3. when a pregnancy is as a result of a rape or an incest – this must be confirmed by a prosecutor. The weakest point is that “ethical compromise” is that even if women’s life is in danger, she has to wait for a permission from a doctor and sometimes from a judge (just to be sure she wants to do it legal and there is no chance for her and fetus). As you can imagine, sometimes is simply too late, because fetus is too big and it will be inhuman (you can do an abortion until 26 weeks of a pregnancy). Because of that Polish women often seek an abortion care in neighboring Germany or Slovakia due to the strict restraints in our own country. Problem erupted when Polish government accepted and decided to work only on Ordo Iuris bill (antiabortion) and reject the se- 15
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cond one (Save the women– liberalization of abortion). That day half of Poland went mad! All mass-media – TV, radio, the Internet, newspapers, were full of comments what have happened! Let me explain this to you what was the reason. Ordo Iuris project, called Stop abortion, despite of ethical beliefs, was just simply dangerous for pregnant women lives! If that proposal would change into a law, women would be punished with a prison sentence for having an abortion and any case of miscarriage could be investigated. The protection of prenatal life would force women to give birth even if they were raped or they are carrying lethally damaged fetuses. As a result, some life-saving medical interventions, such as ante-natal screenings or fetal surgery, might be given up in practice because of potential penal consequences for women and doctor if they cause miscarriage. Some standard procedures, like terminating ectopic or molar pregnancies would be performed only when life-threatening conditions finally occur. To sum up, such law would not only become one of the most restrictive in the world, sending Polish women back in time to Ceausescu’s Romania, but it also seems defective owing to the introduction of imprecise terms that might in practice face medical staff with a dramatic choice: risking a prison sentence or saving lives . After our government agreed to work on this bill, part of Polish nation decided to strike and say at loud that they don’t agree for this. They want to say at loud: “we don’t want to take a risk, we don’t want to die”. One of the best Polish actress, Krystyna Janda, added post on Facebook – she said about protest on Iceland, which took place 40 years ago. All Icelandic women went on strike, they didn’t go to work, they didn't care about anything, to show men, that this country can’t survive without women. Janda commented it with words: “This is just a proposition, unfortunately Polish women aren’t
so solidarity”.
And that was it – that was a sore point for us! Next Monday – 03 of October Polish women went on strike! We decided to wear black clothes and called it “Black Monday” and “Black Protest”. What happened next was really amazing! That day weather was very awful – rainy and cold. Nevertheless, men and women in every city went out, jointly and severally, to show to the government that we’re not agree for this barbarian law! By October 5, 2016, politicians were distancing themselves from the proposed legislation in the wake of new polls suggested that 74% of the people are supporting the current legislation. On October 6, lawmakers voted the bill down with plans to present a counterproposal from the government. That was a great success for all of us! Now we believe, that we can change our country, if we really want to!
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Interview with an EVS' volunteer RenĂŠe: First question, who are you? What is you age? What are your hobbies? Oskar: I am Oskar, I am from Austria and I have18 years old. I am doing Evs already 7 months, it will last for 1 year so I am still here for five months. My hobbies are playing video games and juggling *showing his equipment* and playing the guitar. R: What do you do here in kalamata, what is your project? O: My project is the youth centre project, I work in the youthcentre of kalamata. I take care of the place help them when there are workshops and I help the instructor of the workshops. I am also working in the cafe of the youth centre. R: What made you decide to apply for evs? O: I was in highschool, but I was really unhappy and wanted to change something immediately. So I quit school and started evs. R: Was it hard to leave your home so young and live abroad? O: It wasn't so hard, I got used to it quit easy and now I am really happy I made this decision. R: What shocked you the most about the Greek culture so far? O: The biggest difference is the working attitude. The Greek people are working really relaxed and slowly and taking a lot 18 of breaks, while in Austria everything has to be done fast.
R: So you have already been here for a while is it what you where expecting? O: Actually I don't really remember what I was expecting. The main thing was that I expected to feel free and to feel no pressure and that is how I feel right now. So yeah it was what I was expecting. R: What has been the best thing that happened so far here in Greece? O: The best thing is that I found my girlfriend and that I am really happy with her ! R: When I arrived you talked a lot about the street festival so how did you experienced it? O: I loved the street festival, we had a group of short term evs here to help during the whole process. And I became good friends with some of them. It was short of time so we had to work hard and fast. And because of that it was also a lot of fun because everyone was in the same situation. During the festival it was also really nice because it was very good. And it was also a really good time with the local volunteers, it was really a group of friends organizing a party. R: So because you are already here longer you have lived already with to groups how is that? O: It is very interesting, it is a interesting experience. I can see a lot of how people influence you in good and bad ways. And I can see the differences between people very good. Like how the things are done, how we spend the day, and the working progress together. With the other group I was going out a lot because they were going out a lot, that is different now because this group isn't going out that much, and I prefer it. I really like the group now because there are more people the same age as me and it is a 19 better co-existence.
R: In 5 months you are going home, do you already have plans? And is this experience an influence? O: I have nothing special planned now, but I am thinking the whole time now about different things. And of course this experience influences me in my decisions, I will continue studying but I don't know what yet and how it will go. R: What did you learn with living abroad and is it something you want to do more? O: What I learned is that I really love my home, my home city and country. But I also loved this so i will probably travel more and visit places but I want to live in one place and not travel around all the time. R: And of course Laura how do you see your future when you go back? O: We don't know yet how we will do it, we will see how it goes. We think we are going to stay together but we can't be 100 percent sure now. R: Last question, what is your favorite Greek word so far? O: Siga siga, because it fits my way of thinking. So Greece fits me in a way, I like this more than the mentality in Austria there it is to stressful.
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Hometown Imagine a place, In a metropol, But it doesn't look like that, Doesn't make you feel that way, Where there is peace, Trees, Fresh air, And kind neigbours with nice neighbourhood. A place where you can grow your vegetables, Have breakfast in your own garden, (Sometimes barbeque, anytime you want) Grab fresh fruits, right from the tree bough, On the other hand, Within short distance, You can have fun with living in a city which is a crossroad of intercontinental trade and cultural events, Where you can find anything you want (with best prices and good quality of material) And anything you want to do such as concerts, festivals, best night life, historical places, gourmet tours, Knowing that, if you feel overwhelmed from all those intensity, you can excape to your house in heaven, Name of this heave is BEYKOZ. Beykoz is one of the biggest county in ISTANBUL. It is located in the north of the Anatolian side of the Bosphorus (we say Istanbul Strait in Turkish) established on an area of 22310,360 km2 with 248,056 thousand population.
n BEYKOZ It has the last remaining forests of the main Istanbul, and it has the best overlooking view of the whole Strait. 
Usualy, Beykoz is famous with its fishermans where you can find most delicious and fresh fish from them, Beykoz Çayır'ı where many festivals and events thrown there, Historical small streets and buildings, remaining from Armenians, Genoeses, Cypriots... As well as other cities and counties of Turkey, also Beykoz is famous with something to eat: Ours are turbot fish, walnut, chesnut and yogurt. In recent decade, because of its both natural beauties and houses suitable for sitcoms, many production companies have declared Beykoz as a scenery for movies, tv shows and videos.
By Ruya
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The K
Hi guys ! As you may know we organise an intercultural night on wedensday 18th of November at Youth Center (by the way the more we will be the funniest it will be ;) ),so why not introducing you a part of ... morrocan culture ? I have noticed that greek culture (even nowadays) has a lot of influences from Turkey and from oriental countries in general.
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Kaftan For example, some traditinnal greek cloth really make me think about some traditionnal ones of some people in Morrocco. Of course they are not exactly the same but the variety of fabrics for a same piece of cloth, of colours and accessories are the main relation between both fashion. So, let's talk about Kaftan! (no it's not a spicy) The kaftan is an oriental traditionnal cloth wore by men and women as well in Morroco but also in other arabic area like Saudi Arabia Actually, the kaftan was first devoted to men...which is really funny because nowadays it is more considered as a cloth for women. For example it's the most glamorous cloth for a morrocan wedding, can you imagine how the vision of this cloth changed in the history ? The actual kaftan we know in Morroco are actually a legacy from arabic spain (Andalousia in Xve century) which inherits from Ottoman empire (XIIe century) which itself inherits from Ancient Persia (long story). And because of all economic exchanges between nations over time, even Russia had its own version of kaftan (shorter and generally with black or brown wool) during XIXe century. The kaftan used to be a real icon for men wardrobe in Ottoman empire in during XI 25
Yeah, this is Yves enjoying his gandoura (a long dress for men in morroco)
ad XIIe century. It became a feminine pice of cloth from XVIIe century and it is still a big reference for a lot of fashion designers. Yves Saint-Laurent (ok, he's not here anymore but still...) for example has been influenced a lot by morrocan fashion and kaftan of course!
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As I mentionned before, this cloth was first wore by men, and it was the main piece of cloth devoted to nobles people, mainly because since the very begining the work on the fabric was really complex in terms of technical. It was not, and it is still not, rare to have a kaftan full of embroidery deep colours and different textures for the same piece of cloth. When nobles used to order some kaftan they had to wait a loooong time before receiving the cloth because the cloth needed a lot of craft knowledge (silk fabric, brocade, weave...).
Salma, the queen of Morroco still wears kaftan !
Even though the western fashion has invaded almost every part of the world, morrocan women still wer this type of dress, but mainly for important event like weddings or official ceremony with the king. Fortunately, Morroco still has cities specialized in different craft technical to keep creating those beautiful dresses, like MĂŠknes, Fes, TĂŠtouan and of course the capital, Rabat.
By Sara
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MY SENDING O EHSB - Europe House Slavonski Brod Back in 1998. in a Croatian city called Slavonski Brod, an organization was formed in hope of promoting the integration of Croatia into the European Union. Now it numbers over a hundred and fifty members and they are the ones who helped me come to Kalamata by acting as a sending organization for the Erasmus+ project. It is accredited to run projects under the European Voluntary Service as a receiving, sending and coordinating organization. So what does this EHSB want? The organization's main goal is to promote understanding and development of the importance of the European Union, how its countries depend on one another and work together. It's trying to create a culture of tolerance and understanding. Also, very important topics for the organization are human rights and environmental protection, including natural and cultural heritage. Moreover, in their activities they support integration of young people from rural areas, young people with different cultural, national, and religion backgrounds in economic, social and civil life. What does EHSB actually do to achieve that? Working with youth and adults, EHSB promotes, designs and 28 carries out: learning mobility and european active citizenship
ORGANISATION activities (trainings, workshops, individual support, international exchanges and projects); medium and long term learning projects; cultural exchanges; vocational guidance; cultural, social, sport, recreational and editorial activities; seminar and formative training aimed to organisations, social workers and citizens; promotional and informative initiatives related to specific interests of the organization.
And how do they do it? They use both non formal and informal education and a multidisciplinary approach. EHSB cooperates with: public institutions (mostly those in the region); schools, universities, vocational and other education institutions; public and private social inclusion organizations (e.g. underage prisons); other NGOs. It's particularly active when it comes to youth with
fewer opportunites and organizes projects and activities dealing with social inclusion. EHSB regularly does both local and international projects based on public discussions, round tables, forums, inviting everyone who would like his/ her voice to be heard. Some of these project are: „Role and responsibility of local community's youth in the Euro integration processes“; „Youth Decision-Makers in Lo-
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cal Community“; „Gaining knowledge about EU by argumentative debate“; „School of democracy“; „3D model – dialogue, discussion, debate“; „Towards Croatian lobby in the EU“... - In 2004. EHSb established the National Association of Youth Parliaments of the Republic of Croatia - a network of Youth Parliaments from 21 Croatian towns - absolutely based on volunteering, with the aim to increase youth participation and their influence on the local community and to develop cooperation with related organizations from other countries. - EIDHR project (Building child friendly community) was related to the protection, respect and promotion of children's and youth’s rights in the area of Brod Posavina Count. - Democracy projects (YIA projects - “Root & WingsI”, “Root & Wings II - and “Towards active youth citizenship”) - a series of activities aimed at raising awareness of young people about the importance of active youth citizenship on national, regional and European level. - In 2013 EHSB established Youth information center of Brod Posavina County and it became EHSB host organization for Europe Direct Information Centre Slavonski Brod. Contact: E-Mail: europski-dom@sb.t-com.hr Web: http://europski-dom-sb.hr
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By Tea
Autumn DIY’s Although autumn is almost ending, I would really like to share some DIY’s with you. And by the way, these ideas are very useful during winter as well. Have fun making them!
Ginger orange cookies What you need: - 200 g olive oil - 200 g light brown sugar - around 500 g flour - ½ teaspoon baking soda - 1 teaspoon baking powder - 1 teaspoon cinnamon - ½ teaspoon ginger - 2 tubes of vanilla-extract - a pinch of salt - 1 egg
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Step 1: Preheat the oven at 180 ut the olive oil and sugar together in a bowl and stir.
Step 2: Add the spices and squeeze the orange above the bowl. Stir again.
Step 3: Now add the flour little by little. At some point you can start kneading the dough with your hands. In the end it should look like the picture below.
Step 4: Cover your baking tray with baking paper and bake the cookies for 15-20 minutes. Be careful: they turn brown really easily, so keep checking!
Ginger bread spiced hot chocolate
What you need: - 450 mL milk - 30 g cacao powder - 50 g of (light brown) sugar - 1 ball of piment - 1 tube of vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon of cinnamon - ½ teaspoon of ginger - a pinch of salt - optionally: a cute mug and some whipped cream
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Step 1: Poor the milk into a small pot. Add the cacao powder, the sugar and the spices. Turn on the stove on medium heat. Step 2: When their steam rising, turn the fire off and take your pot from the stove. Step 3: Now poor the hot chocolate into a cute mug. To make it even more fancy, put some whipped cream on top and sprinkle a little bit cacao powder on top.
ENJOY!
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Leaf owls
1. You will need: felt, glue, tape, scissors, leaves, plastic bag, white paper, black marker 2. If your bag with a strange bottom, first tape it together like the picture on the right. 3. Start filling your bag with leaves and close it with tape afterwords. 4. Cut the felt and the paper and draw eyes on it with a black marker. Glue it on a bag together with the beak. 5. To finish off, take to leaves to use as wings. 6. Done!
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You need :
Pine cone owls
Step 1: Cut out the felt in the shapes that you want. You can make eyebrows for the owls to make them look even cuter. Then glue everything together.
Step 2: At last, glue the wings and the eyes to the pine cone. This is the easiest with a hot glue gun, but can be done with normal glue as well.
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Custom from Spain Spanish culture has its roots in the influences that different peoples have left after their passage through the peninsula over the centuries. In addition the history, the mountainous relief and the seas that we have around it have contributed significantly in the formation of the current culture. Dinner time, like in some regions of southern Italy, is the latest in Europe, usually around 10 p.m. Usually you can have more fun in the night, even until the hours of the morning. That is because the good weather is everytime in all of the country. One of the best things in Spain are the Tapas, you can get it in every bars everytime of the day.
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And one of the most famous things of Spain is Flamenco, everybody nows, is the regional music, dances and costumes of the country,but not every spanish nows how to dance flamenco. The flamenco fashion in Spain is so famous with a lot of designer like Pedro Bravo of the fashion sing Acordy Alta Costura.
What are you waiting? COME TO SPAIN
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By Oscar
Homemade Granola ! It’s a well-known fact that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Many studies have shown that if you eat a good breakfast it sets you up for the rest of the day: it kickstarts your metabolism, gives you energy and provides you with valuable nutrients. It is understood that skipping breakfast can make us more likely to snack on something unhealthy later on in the day. Links have even been made between missing breakfast and obesity.
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Getting away from the serious facts…from a personal perspective I must admit that it is my favourite thing to eat. Let’s just say I am passionate about breakfast! So for this issue of Link I’m going to share with you a recipe for delicious homemade granola. The main ingredient is oats which have a slow-releasing energy, so they keep you feeling full and energised for a long time after you eat them. Oats also contain protein, magnesium, potassium, iron, calcium, Vitamin E, and Vitamin B, and have no sodium or cholesterol. Healthy seeds, nuts, and dried fruit are added too.
You can use the ones specified here or exchange them for other similar ones that you have in your cupboard already. Finally the large amount of honey adds a sweet taste and a little decadence! Ingredients 2 tbsp vegetable oil 6 tbsp honey 1 tsp vanilla extract 300g rolled oats 50g sunflower seed 4 tbsp sesame seeds 50g pumpkin seeds 100g flaked almond 100g dried fruit – berries, raisins or papaya work nicely 50g coconut flakes
Method : 1. Heat the oven to 150C. Mix the oil, honey and vanilla together in a large bowl.
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2. Tip all the remaining ingredients into the bowl, except the dried fruit and coconut, and mix it together well.
3. Tip the granola into a large baking stray and spread it around evenly. Bake for 20 minutes.
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4. After 20 minutes remove the tray from the oven and mix in the coconut and dried fruit. Stir the mixture around with a wooden spoon. Return the tray to the oven and bake for 15 minutes more.
5. Remove the tray from the oven and leave it to cool. Once it has cooled you can put it into an airtight container to store. It can be kept in this container and is good to eat for 1 month. 6. Time to eat! Serve with yogurt or milk and add fresh fruit if you like. A yummy way to start the day!
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PERSONAL PROJECT My personal project will be a dance show at the end of the course, which will consist of dance performances of the students. What I want to achieve with this is that each of them of the best of themselves and that they see as far as they are able to arrive, that they experience the sensation of dancing in front of people who are there to see them and that they feel happy of it What they are doing and all their work during the year. In Spain I work in a dance institute as a teacher and two years ago when we finished the course, we did a dance show that had the theme "Dance masks", each and every one of the students wearing a mask and so nobody Saw the face, but at the end of the show everyone took off the masks to make it understood that the dance is not how good you are dancing but what you express with it. And that's what I'm going to do with my personal project, I'm going to let them say what they have to say.
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By Aroa
What's happening in the Youth center. Every Wednesday evening, there is a free event in the Youth center. It changes every week, sometimes it's a party sometimes it's a discussion about an interesting topic. 2 weeks ago, we had a discussion about Breastfeeding and its benefits, and last week, a "fun night" with Karaoke and board games. On the 2. of November it was an event about Breastfeeding. A women came to the Youth center and talked about the benefits of Breastfeeding, and a good diet for the mother while Breastfeeding. It was well visited, around 15 people came, so it was not too much and not too less. On the 9. of November we had the "Fun Night", it was a evening where we had some different activities. The event started with a Stand up comedy by a local volunteer, Stauros. Since it was in greek it was only for the local people. There were a lot of people and from the smile on their face they liked it. After the Stand up comedy, the karaoke/board game night started. Some of the local volunteers brought their games with them like scrabble. Most of the participants in the evening were either Evs volunteers or local volunteers, but it was a very nice evening, a lot of singing, laughter and fun. By Oskar
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Theme for November: The sweetness of doing nothing. Kentro Neon Kalamatas invites you to participate in a photo contest which aims to discover the beauty of our city. Regardless of the technical capabilities of your camera (or even your phone!), be open to your own creativity and new challenges! The competition is a cyclical event – each month we will indicate a new theme. Set the zoom both on people, society, the events taking place in the city, as well as everyday situations! You can vote for the most beautiful picture in #PhotoContest #ZoomOnKalamata ! All photographers did their best, so now it’s YOUR TIME to choose a winner! The winner will be chosen by YOUR “LIKES”!
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Also we want to inform you, that the first photography contest of Youth Center Kalamatas has reached its end, with a winning picture of your choice! Bojana Lakovic congratulations! #PhotoContest #ZoomOnKalamata #NOVEMBEREDITION Learn more: FB/KentroNeon
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