Our company was a sponsor of the first conference for volunteers and young people, organized by GloVo.
GloVo is a global volunteer platform, in which people from all over the world can register as volunteers for any kind of event that is organized and participate in it depending on the location of everyone, his interests and abilities. The name GloVo comes from the initials of the words Global Volunteers, which means Global Volunteers. Each of us can benefit from the GloVo website by using it in order to find volunteers to work on their own event.
The conference for volunteers and young people, took place on 4-6 October 2013 in the multipurpose space The
A) To train and help participants gain knowledge and develop new skills, that will help them in their professional and personal life, such as e.g.. Curriculum Vitae formatting, Mentality, Soft Skills, Global Communication, seize the opportunities that exist around us, etc..
Β) Communicate and present the new features and goals for next year for GloVo, but also to involve the participants in its design process.
Γ) To entertain and "network" the participants with each other.
Δ) To come true 4 voluntary social activities on the third day of the conference.
One of the most important goals of GloVo is the development of young people. They believe that young people can cause significant changes and developments in Greece and do fantastic things, when adequately supported. Education, Growing up and volunteering are some of the key elements that can help young people contribute to social, cultural, environmental and economic changes in Greece and around the world.
In detail the 4 voluntary social activities carried out during the conference, on Sunday 6/10:
- Regeneration and tree planting of the surrounding area of the roof hosting actions of citizens of the Municipality of Athens "Synathina"
- Social Cooking, where in collaboration with "We Cook for Good And his chefs, portions of food were cooked and distributed at the Reception Center & Solidarity of the Municipality of Athens (ΚΥΑΔΑ) through ‘WE CAN’ networks
- Contact and acquaintance of the volunteers with Hymettus, through cleaning, waste registration and forest protection.
- Simple but important operations in Athens in collaboration withCity of Errors and the use of the "City of Terros" application
Our company contributed to the realization of the second action, of ‘Social Cooking’, where participants stated that they were satisfied with’ food with grade 9,1/10.
It was consumed 80% of the food prepared and the rest were given in parallel with social cooking p’ those who needed it.
In addition to his philanthropic work, this conference mobilized 150 young people, and is a beginning in to change the society around us and make it a little more enjoyable.