Caring for Europe – Solidarity with Greece Erasmus Project

Project Title

Caring for Europe – Solidarity with Greece

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

The project tries to respond to an increasing lack of empathy towards disadvantaged people and refugees in Europe. It draws its strengths through a close partnership between like-minded school communities from 4 EU countries and the Greek NGO ‘Kapnikos’, which has a long history of assisting disadvantaged people or people in a crisis situation. The beneficiaries of this project are 15 to 17 year-old pupils and their teachers from Belgium, Germany, Greece and Luxembourg.

Objective 1: Mutual understanding/bonding between school communities from Belgium, Germany, Greece and Luxembourg is enhanced through exchanges and networking activities.

Objective 2: Participating school communities have learnt about EU values, focusing on international solidarity and supporting a welcoming culture.

The project aims at reaching the following results:

Participating schools have
1. acquired knowledge and know-how in working with non governmental organizations through hands-on experiences at the solidarity center of the NGO Kapnikos in Katerini (Greece);
2. learnt how to organize charitable events, such as collecting basic necessities for refugees or disadvantaged people;
3. produced a best practice guide on organizing solidarity events, such as collecting and dispatching basic necessities for refugees or disadvantaged people;
4. established a network of like-minded young people who are aware of the importance of empathy towards and taking action in favour of disadvantaged people and refugees.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 130826 Eur

Project Coordinator

Athénée de Luxembourg & Country: LU

Project Partners

• Hilda Gymnasium
• 5o gymnasio katerinis
• Pius X-College