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7.11.07
SAFE - Earthquake Readiness Exercise in Heraklion * SAFE – Άσκηση Ετοιμότητας για Σεισμό στο Ηράκλειο Κρήτης
Με μεγάλη επιτυχία πραγματοποιήθηκε η άσκηση ετοιμότητας για σεισμό που διοργάνωσε το Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας & Έρευνας και η Νομαρχιακή Αυτοδιοίκηση Ηρακλείου από την Κυριακή 4 έως και την Τρίτη 6 Νοεμβρίου 2007.

Η άσκηση, που είναι η πρώτη του είδους της στην Ελλάδα, πραγματοποιήθηκε στα πλαίσια του προγράμματος “SAFE – SAtelites For Epidimiology” του Ευρωπαϊκού Οργανισμού Διαστήματος (ESA), το οποίο αφορά στην εφαρμογή δορυφορικών τηλεπικοινωνιών για την έγκαιρη προειδοποίηση στην υγεία.

Σε αυτήν συμμετείχαν φορείς – εταίροι από διάφορες χώρες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (Γαλλία, Ισπανία, Ιταλία κ.α.) αλλά και από την πόλη και τον νομό του Ηρακλείου, τόσο από την τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση (όπως ο Δήμος Ηρακλείου), τις δημόσιες υπηρεσίες (όπως η ΔΥΠΕ Κρήτης), τις Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις και τα Σώματα Ασφαλείας, όσο και από τον χώρο του Εθελοντισμού και των Μη Κυβερνητικών Οργανώσεων (Σώμα Ελλήνων Προσκόπων, Σώμα Ελληνικού Οδηγισμού, Ελληνικός Ερυθρός Σταυρός, Πανελλήνιος Σύνδεσμος Αναπήρων Πολιτών, Σύλλογος Πολιτικής Προστασίας Ηρακλείου κ.α.), προσφέροντας ο καθένας την τεχνογνωσία και την εμπειρία των μελών του.

Οι Πρόσκοποι του Ηρακλείου συμμετείχαν με σαράντα οκτώ (48) Ανιχνευτές, Μέλη Προσκοπικού Δικτύου και Βαθμοφόρους, που ως κύρια αρμοδιότητα είχαν το στήσιμο του καταυλισμού σεισμοπλήκτων, ενώ κάποιοι εξ αυτών συμμετείχαν και στα σενάρια διάσωσης θυμάτων.

Οι Πρόσκοποι του Ηρακλείου επιθυμούν να εκφράσουν τις ευχαριστίες τους τόσο στους διοργανωτές όσο και στους υπόλοιπους φορείς – συνεργάτες σε αυτήν την δραστηριότητα, που απέδειξε πως με σωστό συντονισμό και συνεργασία μπορούμε να πετύχουμε ένα υψηλό επίπεδο Πολιτικής Προστασίας στην περιοχή μας και κατ’ επέκταση στην χώρα μας.
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10.10.07
Heraklion Scout Leaders 2007 Annual Conference * Ετήσιο Συνέδριο 2007 Βαθμοφόρων Προσκόπων Ηρακλείου

Το Σάββατο 6 και την Κυριακή 7 Οκτωβρίου 2007, στην Ιερά Μονή Αγίας Μαρίνας, στο χωριό Βόννη του Δήμου Αρκαλοχωρίου, πραγματοποιήθηκε το Ετήσιο Συνέδριο 2007 των Βαθμοφόρων της Περιφερειακής Εφορείας Προσκόπων Ηρακλείου.
- Απολογισμός Έργου Σεπτέμβριος 2006 – Σεπτέμβριος 2007.
- Προγραμματισμός Έργου Έτους 2008.
- Η Σύγχρονη Αποστολή του Βαθμοφόρου του Σώματος Ελλήνων Προσκόπων.
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7.9.07
The Diary of a Scout Troop * Το Ημερολόγιο μιας Ομάδας Προσκόπων
A really interesting idea from a really good Scout Troop!
Well done, guys!!
To visit it, click here.
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Οι Πρόσκοποι της 4ης Ομάδας Αεροπροσκόπων Ηρακλείου Κρήτης έφτιαξαν ένα online ημερολόγιο, στην μορφή ιστολογίου, με φωτογραφίες και κείμενα από τις δραστηριότητές τους.
Μια πραγματικά ενδιαφέρουσα ιδέα από μια πραγματικά καλή Προσκοπική Ομάδα!
Μπράβο, παιδιά!!!
Για να το επισκεφθείτε, κάντε κλικ εδώ.
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1.9.07
Thoughts
Two months without "dzien dobry" and "dzęknuje".
Two months without "my Polish family".
Two months without my mentor.
Two months without the friends I made there, in work and fun.
Two months without the Orthodox community of Koszalin.
A lot of things have changed during these months. Poland seems like an old memory now, like a dream from the past. Koszalin is faraway now, like an untouched vision in my mind.
Shall I see this country again? Shall I walk in this city again? Shall I drink its water? Shall I smell its perfumes? Shall I dance its dances? Shall I taste its food? Shall I feel its girls? Shall I pray with its people? Shall I...? Who knows...
But, this distance in space and time makes things more clear. Poland appears like a dream, but a living dream. Koszalin is like a vision, but not a cloudy one. It's a vision in a crystally clear sky...
This distance makes me see my EVS and my life in Poland in an other way. Makes me think about in an other way. Is it a more clear one? Perhaps. No doubt that it's a different one. It's a way with less passion, less temptation, less confusing feelings. But, full of sadness. Full of nostalgy. Full of eros. Full of love.
Yes, it was hard living in Poland. It was hard sharing a house with these three girls. A lot of times it was hard to communicate, it was difficult to find a common ground. Often we were eating in the same table, but not together. We were drinking in the same garden, but not together. We were dancing in the same place, but not in the same rhythm. Yes, sometimes, it was over my powers...
On the other hand, it was nice sharing things with them. Even if we had problems. Even if they never really liked me. Even if we never crossed some borders. Even if I never crossed some borders...
My last night in Koszalin, we made a farewell party for me and we exchanged some gifts. I gave to each one of them a card, with a poem in their own native languages and some thoughts of mine in English. All cards had the same ending, something like: "Perhaps we will not meet each other again. Possibly you will not think about me anymore. Sure you will not miss me. I doesn't matter. I wish you..." and my personal wish.
I still remember Meltem's surprise when she got a card written in Turkish, I stll remember Alejandra's reaction "It's Neruda, it's Neruda, it's my favorite poet, it's Neruda!!!", I still remember Amanda's hug.
And since that day, Meltem's question, in her lovely Turkish accent of English, has been fixed in my mind, has been stuck in my mind: "Michail, how can you believe that I'll forget you? Do you really believe that we can forget someone that we lived six months together?".
No, Meltem, no, Girls, I don't believe it. I never believed it. Neither now, neither when I wrote the cards. But, when you possed me that question, I already knew a Truth. I already knew a Truth written by cries, encraved by pain, taught by life. A Trurh which I learned by experience. A Truth that all Travellers, all Life Travellers know. I already knew the Truth which says that we tend to estimate things and people only when we miss them. That we must feel the distance to realise the lack of their presence, to understand the loss.
And when this moment arrives, we are ready to ask for forgiveness and to be asked for forgiveness. To give it and to take it. As we say in my language for forgive, to "sygchorein" (συγχωρείν), to "co-exist in the same space". Even if we live in far distance.
Good bye, Girls! Good luck in your life! LIVE YOUR LIFE!!! It Worths! It's Yours and it's Life...
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28.5.07
WhiTeRaN, welcome to the Jungle of the Blogs * Άσπρε Ραν, καλωσόρισες στο Δάσος των Ιστολογίων
His weblog, "..The Land of Thoughts..." (available mainly in the Hellenic (Greek) language) invites us to a journey of thoughts about Scouting, youth and life.
Welcome to the Jungle of the Blogs, WhiTeRaN, and don't forget:
"We be of one blood, ye and I..."
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Το ιστολόγιό του, "..The Land of Thoughts..." (Η Χώρα των Σκέψεων, γραμμένο κυρίως στην Ελληνική γλώσσα) μας προσκαλεί σ' ένα ταξείδι σκέψεων για τον Προσκοπισμό, την νεολαία και την ζωή.
Καλωσόρισες στο Δάσος των Ιστολογίων, Άσπρε Ραν, και μην ξεχνάς:
"Είμαστε απ' το ίδιο αίμα, εσύ και 'γώ..."
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16.5.07
We did it!!! * Τα καταφέραμε!!!
What I didn't write, because I didn't know, was than the Meeting was actually a competition!!! The 5th National Polish Competition on Theatric Arts for Mentally Disabled People.
So, we wen't to Mikołajki, we presented the play and we got the Second (2nd) Prize!!! A Prize that we had to share with the 2nd Workshop of Koszalin (WTZ-2), that presented a play about the Holocaust.
Following are some photos from the play. Good job, don't you think so??
Here are also some photos from the 5-stars (!!!) Hotel Gołębiewski, where we stayed. Any comments???
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8.5.07
Theseus and the Minotaur travel to Poland!!! * Ο Θησεύς και ο Μινώταυρος ταξιδεύουν στην Πολωνία!!!
There's no doubt that, if you are a Hellen (Greek), you do know the Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. If not, then you can visit Wikipedia, to learn more.
Why am I writing all this??? Because, nowadays, Theseus and the Minotaur are visiting Poland!!!
What that means??? Simply, in my Hosting Organisation we are preparing a theatre play based on that myth!!!
The play will be presented next week at a meeting of all the Annexes and Workshops of the Association, that will be held in Mikołajki, in Masury Lakes, on the occasion of the Day of the Dignity of the Mentally Disabled People.
The need to create a kind of presentation for the meeting, on one hand, and the request of the Hosting Organisation, expressed by both my Director and Mentor, that elements of my culture to be presented in the Project, on the other hand, gave birth to the idea of this drama play.
The preparations started some weeks ago, just after my return to Koszalin from Toruń and I think everything is going great. Following you can see some photos from the preparations:
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24.4.07
Updates about the Anne Frank Exchibition at Heraklion * Νεώτερα για την Έκθεσι της Άννας Φρανκ στο Ηράκλειο
This six (6) days long Exhibition was visited by more than 800 visitors and 500 students (primary & secondary schools and Universities), that had the opportunity to read extracts from the Anne Frank's Diary, to see photos of the Holocaust period, to virtually (3D) visit her house in Amsterdam, to see the videos of the "Free 2 Choose" Project and through that to realise the importance of Human Rights and to reflect on their respect.
It worthies to mention here a comment made by Stefan, a Junior High-School Student, immigrant from Ukraine, that said: "Me also, the first time that I arrived in Greece, for almost one (1) year, I was not exiting my home..." .
It also worthies to mention the emotions of the older visitors, a lot of them victims of Nazism and Fascism and survivors from Concentration Camps.
I must also mention the comment made by the members of the Group of Recently Drug-addicted Purged Youngsters: "We suppose that we feel like Anne used to feel..." .
So, I invite you, after having also seen the following photos, to reflect on Human Rights and to think how many times in our daily life we discriminate other people (perhaps without wanted and not even realising it), just because they are different...

Scouts of all the Age Sections (Cub-Scouts, Scouts, Venture-Scouts, Rovers, Leaders) in the opening day of the Exhibition.

Students of a School that visited the Exhibition.
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9.1.99
Kandersteg '99
A great experience!!! A whole week in the Swiss Aples. A project organised by the Scouts of Heraklion at the Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland.
I was there, co-ordinator of the communication group of the organising team, together with some really great friends from Crete -Apostolis, Manolis, Maria, Marios, Michalis, Maria, Dimitris, to name few of them, but we also had the opportunity to crate new friendships from all over Europe and the rest of the world - I still remember a Scout Leader from Australia that we exchanged our Scout scarfs.
If you are a Scout, listen to me: Take the chance, live experiences like this one.
If you are a Scout Leader, listen to my advise: Offer experiences like that to "your" kids.
If you are just a young person, looking for great adventures, just one thing for you: search, be informed, catch the opportunities; there are a lot of them out there; and -why not?- join the Scout Movement!!!
p.s.: Of course, this blog didn't exist on January 1999. But I decided to publish all posts on their "original" date, meaning a date close to the described event.
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