Synergy Blooming
Start date: Feb 1, 2016,
End date: Jan 31, 2018
PROJECT
FINISHED
Synergy Blooming is in the context of European Voluntary Service of ERASMUS+, involving six volunteers from Sweden and is expected to have duration of 24 months. Project activities are centred in Greece at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center in Athens and at Rethymno which is one of the major important nesting beaches for loggerhead sea turtles in the Mediterranean. The project benefits 6 youth with fewer opportunities and at the same time helps saving turtles in Greece, an endangered species. The volunteers will be involved in all the project activities, which include applying the daily treatment of the animals (medication, feeding, etc, supporting the National Stranding Network, providing information to the public and helping to keep scientific data on the relevant databases. These activities providing young people with the opportunity to work directly for the conservation of a protected marine species. To promoting the importance of protecting the marine and coastal environment and acquiring knowledge that can make young people adopt a friendlier attitude towards the environment. Through learning by doing and the fact that volunteers can see the direct impact of their work, it helps them building a stronger self-confidence. To be a part of a community in an international environment is a way to involve young people to active citizenship and also it contributes to motivate young people to explore Europe and to find new opportunities. In the long run their volunteer service leads to more motivation to studying and they get closer to the labour market.
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