Solidarity Tracks

National Network
Grèce
Address

????V?LL? 12- 31100 Lefkas Greece
LEFKAS
Grèce

Telephone
+30 2645022763
Telephone (other)
+30 210 441 50 75
Fax
+30 210 441 50 76
E-Mail
pistes_solidaires@yahoo.gr
E-Mail (2)
vandoroula@yahoo.gr
Mobile Phone
+30 69 70 881 303
Mobile Phone (other)
+30 69 816 22 910
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Human rights
  4. Youth and education
General Information
Greek Solidarity Tracks is a civil non profit, non governmental organization, based in the island of Lefkas, founded on June 2007, and it consists a branch of the French association “ Pistes Solidaires” based in Frejus, France. The organization doesn’t have any salaried staff and all our members work as volunteers (20 members). Our budgetary resources come mainly from our members’ contributions and programmed manifestations. Until now the sources of funding are the European program “Youth in action” and the Municipality of Lefkas. The types of action in which we are active are the youth exchanges, the European voluntary service, seminars, educational excursions, informative meetings, campaigns of sensitization of citizens in modern social problems, programs against social exclusion. Our organization has a partnership with the Municipality of Lefkada and local cultural associations. On international level we have a network of different associations in euro med space.
Mission and Objectives

The objectives of the organization are developmental, cultural, educational, social, humanitarian, and in no case profit.
We aim to the conscious participation of citizens in a multicultural European community, at the promotion of values of justice and equality, in the sensitization in the problems of humanity, social, environmental etc and the comprehension of interdependence between the nations, the development of programs of international solidarity, intercultural exchanges and tourism, organisation of local and international volunteers’ services, the promotion of ecological products and in general the organization of activities that promotes the local cultural development, such as researches, studies, organisation of congresses, seminars, reports, festival, publication of cultural brochures etc.

Main Projects / Activities

In the year 2008 we have realized two environmental activities, tree planting in Lefkas on March and beach cleaning on April. On June 2008 we will organize a training course titled “Youth Entrepreneurship, potential for youth and community” participating youth workers from 12 euro-Mediterranean countries.
We also have participated in two euro-Mediterranean youth exchanges in Luxemburg and in Turkey, and in the seminar titled “Euro med EVS Odyssey” organized by SALTO Youth EuroMed Resources Center in Norway.
In the year 2008 we have realized two environmental activities, tree planting in Lefkas on March and beach cleaning on April. On June 2008 we will organize a training course titled “Youth Entrepreneurship, potential for youth and community” participating youth workers from 12 euro-Mediterranean countries.
Next summer, we will be partner in the artistic project in Luxembourg. We will organize a concert with musicians from 6 countries. We will organize also bouzouki training and Arab calligraphy.

Contact (1) Full Name
Konstantina VANDOROU
Head of the organisation
Konstantina VANDOROU
Contact (2) Full Name
Mohamed CHAABOUNI