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REHABILITATION CENTER FOR DISABLED CHILDREN
Start date: Aug 1, 2010,

The project takes place in KAAPV, a state institution located in a suburb of Athens, Greece, housing 88 multiply disabled children and young people who have been abandoned by their families. The main themes of the project are anti-discrimination and disability, the objectives are to improve the chiidrens' quality of life, to act as a link between the institution and the society, and thirdly the personal development of the volunteer. This is achieved partly by empowering the volunteers to organize integrational activities (the volunteers work in groups or individually to design activities such as alternative school, sports, disability awareness-raising games and events in local community, shopping in the local vegetable market) and give care, stimulation and love to the children who spend most of their time doing nothing. And partly through the community life the volunteer shares with the other volunteers from different cultures. Finally, the volunteers gain not only valuable skills and experience which may be useful in their future career but also a sense of interculturality, responsibility and social involvement.The group EVS project includes 18 volunteers from Argentina, Belgium, Finland, Spain and France, with 1 year duration for most volunteers and 3-6 months for volunteers with fewer opportunities.
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