RECYCLING

In this fleeting but splendid month of May, we have had the pleasant task of developing a new project at KANE Although the weather has sometimes not been stable enough to proclaim that summer has arrived in Kalamata, our European Solidarity Corps (ESC) group arrived at the beginning of the month with a lot of energy and ideas to implement to the project

Our plan involved several aims, among them the volunteers have had the arduous tasks of working on new ideas and possible solutions related to problems in the community, promoting the circular economy and social entrepreneurship. Through participation in different workshops, our young volunteers have been able to increase their knowledge and contribute with their fresh and renewed opinions on these issues.

In relation to the other volunteering objectives, we also had to participate in raising awareness in our organisation's local community, about the harmful and damaging consequences of using products that are not reusable, focusing on disposable plastic.

In this aspect, the social commitment to the community and to the project have been combined with the unparalleled creative skills of the volunteers. As Linus Pauling once said: <<The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas>>, and this May thousands of ideas have blossomed at KANE thanks to this project

First, they had to carry out several clean-up sessions on Kalamata's beaches

This action not only made the locals aware of the importance of not littering the city, but also collected and cleaned the shores of our entire coastline, thus freeing the sea of all existing human waste with their own hands Thanks to all that has been cleaned over the past few weeks, we have been able to collect a large number of objects that, although useless to some, the creative group featured in this article managed to turn into precious and usable objects that now they not only help us to decorate our office, but also remind us of the two sides that every coin has. From being rubbish in the past, the creativity of our volunteers managed to bring new objects to life