11.500 members 100 cities in Greece
Who are we? The Greek Guiding Association is a non-governmental, pedagogical organization. Guiding is meaningful play. Children and young members (aged between 5 and 17 years) learn to live by adopting values such as respect, faith, cooperation and friendship. They participate in modern activities which allow them to experience a carefully designed system of self-management and personal progress and improvement. Guiding is so much more than an after school activity or a way for children to spend an evening. Here's why we are special:
What is the Association s goal? to contribute to the children and young's development so that they can be responsible citizens, free and able to claim and participate in the creation of a better world by building communities with better conditions for everyone. Active Citizens
What do we offer? To our members To the society
Adult members Volunteers with strong commitment!
VOLUNTEERS We built an inspirational network of volunteers: Our Leaders and adult volunteers give their time so that children get their voices heard, do great activities and feel included and special. They are also inspirational role models for children. In return we provide them with training opportunities so that they have the skills to offer children the best possible guiding experience.
VOLUNTEERS Training: Non formal education: - Modern methods, based on coaching and mentoring - One by one - Small self-organized teams - Creating an activity for raising awareness on a local/national/global issue - Discovering different personal potentials - Discovering team dynamics -> Making an impact to the society
The children!
We encourage children to be independent, learning how to take care of themselves
Children express themselves, they meet new friends and they explore their potentials.
How do we work: Guiding law and Guiding promise: All members are invited to be true to themselves and develop their own beliefs and potentials. We welcome every children regardless faith, origin, nationality, religion, social and financial status or physical handicap.
The 3 axes of our educational Program: Personal Development It comprises activities enabling participants to achieve physical, mental and emotional development Social Participation It comprises social activities enabling participants to socialize and offer to people in need Life in Nature-Environmental Awareness It comprises activities urging people to love and respect Nature and the Environment
Our basic educational methods: learning by doing child to child
Learning through the fruitful cooperation between children and adults
The Greek Guiding Association is a member of a global organization (WAGGGS). WAGGGS represent ten million people in 150 countries!
As a global movement, we provide relevant opportunities to our members Such as: International Leadership Seminars
Such as: Participating in international camps, speaking out in European institutions, creating community-change programs
Coming back to the children
The goal and the values of Guiding goes together with children s rights! Our values are our shared commitment to be: caring challenging empowering fun inclusive and inspiring
We encourage through our programs:
The child's right to freedom of expression
THE GREEK GUIDING ASSOCIATION: FOR REFUGEES: Implementing in schools the Educational Program: Refugee flows, human rights and interculturalism Leading the way for other NGOs and institutions for refugee activities Integrating refugees from refugee camps in guiding activities *starting from raising awareness in our own groups *delivering clothes and food the first years of the refugee crisis
Educational Program: "Refugee flows, human rights and rights and interculturalism" Action: "A world in a suitcase - Implemented to schools by trained volunteers - Applied to: 16 cities, with participants: 3.000 students 110 volunteers (Guides and non Guides) 145 teachers While in the seminars, the Greek Guiding Association has trained: 345 teachers 103 volunteers
Leading the way for refugee activities/ Connecting other NGOs with Guides and Scouts teams from other countries who are interested in the refugee crisis
Integrating refugees from refugee camps in guiding activities by building partnerships with other NGOs. Refugees teenagers from Afghanistan participated actively in all the activities the 3 days National Meeting of the Greek Rovers (teenagers group from 14-17 years old.