Ptolemeon 1,Str., P.O.:116 35
Athens
Greece
- Youth and education
SHP is a founder member of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement with 25.000 members, boys and girls making Soma Hellinon Proskopon the largest and oldest youth organisation in Greece.
It aims at providing an educational proposal to the young people of Greece - boys and girls - through a system of progressive self-education, the Scout Method, based upon a value system. Children and youngsters experience Scouting in Cub Packs, Scout Troops and Venture Scout Units. Volunteer trained Leaders offer the adventures of the Youth Programme, encouraging personal initiative and active participation of all members in the decision making of their units. The Scouts of Greece have always been present in the community with an outstanding record of service in cases of emergency such as earthquakes and forest fires.
SHP strongly believes that the future citizens of the world deserve a dynamic programme based on the Fundamentals and Method of Scouting, with a wide range of opportunities offered and a strong international dimension.
The Youth Program, relative to the age group it addresses, reflects momentum and enhances the development of the full potential of its members. It strengthens creativity, motivation, teamwork and provides opportunities for physical, intellectual, social and spiritual development. The above aims are reflected in the following areas: Spiritual Dimension, Outdoor Life, Physical Development, Skills and Community Involvement. The Youth Program offers a great variety of activities that take place mainly outdoors, in contact with nature, whether it is on land, sea or in the air. It offers the opportunity to obtain specialized skills in areas such as mountaineering, backwoodmanship, sailing, amateur radio, etc. Our projects and activities mainly involve principals such as Culture and Environment, Quality living in urban areas, Protection of animals threatened by extinction, Networking, Co-operation with national and international environmental organizations, Campaigns against smoking, drugs, abuse, alcoholism and AIDS, Active Participation, Social and cultural events, an emergency (earthquakes, forest fires etc), community development projects, projects against racism and discriminations etc.