The Street Children's day was established by the Austrian charitable organization Jugend Eine Welt and is meant to work toward emergency relief, food, shelter, clothing, and education for “street children” and other homeless children.  
All over the world, there are about 33 million kids and teens under age 18 who don't have a home and  around 100 million who spend most of their daily lives on the street without necessarily being homeless or without their parents – but still. The “street” has become their home. In this term "street" stands for abandoned buildings, vacant lots, freeway underpasses and anywhere else in the city that they can find temporary shelter. 

But unfortunately for some of them this is not even the biggest problem. Moreover, they are also being chased by the police and people from the regulatory office.  
These children are shouted at, chased away, pushed around, abused and sometimes even killed by the adults that should in fact care for them. 
Their fear of adults and or officials may be well understood when remembering that in some cases these kids were forced to leave their homes and families due to child abuse. Of course, no one seeks his or her way into such a situation willingly. This for sure is also the trigger for the outbreak of mental diseases which will cause additional problems in their lives later on. 
Other reasons why children became part of the so-called "street youth" may also include domestic, economic, or social disruption. In a lot of cases this means: political unrest, the breakdown of their homes or families, as well as cultural factors such as myths and the believe in the supernatural. In some parts of the world children are abandoned by their families just because it believes their child may or may not be in contact with the evil or the devil himself.  

Sadly, the rights of these children are being disobeyed and ignored on a daily basis. In the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, almost every country of the world has agreed to ensure the rights of street children are being taken care of. Still 100 million of children are fighting for their lives in an unending battle of surviving on some of the most dangerous streets on planet earth.  
Street children's Day is about youths taking actions in order to help others their age. In sharing this information with you we hope to motivate you to be creative and find ways to help people your age who need assistance.  
 
 Written by Karolin VR 
 
To find out more about the initiators of this special awareness day please visit the following pages: 

On the 4th of January it is World Cancer Day. A day that is important for everybody because cancer is a worldwide problem. Everybody can be affected and or has a family member that is affected. That`s why we should all pay attention to this specific disease

Cancer is the uncontrolled growth and spread of cells. It can affect almost every part of your body. Cancer is one of the leading reasons for mortality worldwide. 2015 it was responsible for 8.8 million deaths. Even though everybody can be affected by cancer there are one out of three cases caused by specific risk factors. Those risk factors are high body mass index, low fruit and vegetable intake, lack of physical activity, tobacco use and alcohol consumption. Especially tobacco use is the reason for most deaths caused by cancer with a percentage of approximately 22%. Also a lot of chronic diseases like HPV have an impact on cancer.

30-50% of cases of cancer could be prevented. Most important is to avoid risk factors like tobacco use. Another prevention strategy is to vaccinate against HPV to protect yourself from sexually transmitted HPV. Furthermore protect yourself from ultraviolet radiation. Use sun cream and stay away from the sun in the middle of the day. Moreover the early detection of cancer is really important for the chance to cure it. Many cases of cancer have a good chance to be cured if they are detected early and are treated adequately. So go and get yourself checked regularly and especially if you have a specific suspicion. 

Get more information on http://who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/ .

​By Vera Lennartz

​On 27th January we remember the victims of Holocaust all around the world which was one of the biggest tragedies of the Second World War. In this period millions of innocent people suffered and died in concentration camps. The most of them, because of Jewish religion, but the Nazis also killed mentally and physically disabled people homosexual men and Romanian people. On 27th January 1945 Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, was liberated by the army and the air force of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics, called Red Army. The first Holocaust Memorial Day was on 27th January in 2001 in the UK but nowadays people organize commemoration celebrations all around the world. The remembrance of the Holocaust is important because in this way the new generation gets information about history and we can avoid a new tragedy in the future.
The Greek Parliament legislated 27th January as a Remembrance Day for the Holocaust Victims and Heroes in 2004. On this day we remember the victims in schools and there are commemorative events all around Greek.

Resources used: 
​http://www.holocaustremembrance.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Holocaust_Remembrance_Day


Written by Ágnes Illés

Hi everyone!
It was a really fast decision to come to Greece and applying for this project. This Project is good for me because we have radio shows, broadcasts etc. Normally I’m not good in explaining my feelings but I must say that I really like Greece, especially Serres. Nice people, nice shops, nice culture. This is my first EVS-Project and I think this is more than a project. I have this idea because it has a lot of stuff for the people. I hope I can get new experience about radio shows. Actually this project improves my skills for being a tonemaster.
Normally we’re as Turkish people are similar to Greek people but of course we have differences. I think Greek people are really nice people and I want to get to know the Greek culture.
I think when my time is over, I will know knew characteristics from myself. Also new friends from different countries will give me new experiences. In fact I know a lot of people from different countries but it is always better to make more friends. Before I finish I must say that I have a nice hosting organisation and this month will pass by with nice people. See you after one month.
By Yavuz Erdem

The last morning on the couch.
I feel it has been years since I was living here with the youth all over the world, who became my Erasmus Greece family (as we called each other).
What have I learned?
I learned how to be selfless.
I learned how to show my love more.
I learned how to solve the problems.
I gained so much knowledge, skills and feelings that I could  write the list and lay here on the couch for hours on the last morning on the couch.
I am more or less packed to my luggage, thanks the minimalist lifestyle, which I know makes smiles now on lot of faces, and yes I’ve been living in Finland for a year. And I have to admit this goodbye is harder than that one was.
I touched by the people here, in Serres so much, and all the appreciation that I could give it wouldn’t be enough to express myself!
Our project, the MediaArt is great, we could do great things!
We learned how to cooperate with each other as volunteers and also how to support the people from the refugee camp.
Thanks for it, I have improved so much, and my worldview has changed.
It showed me, sometimes our problems, that we call problems (like should I buy the 10th T-shirts to my wardrobe or not), they are not as big as we thought so.
To the end I would like to just say thanks, thanks for the moments, the smiles, the hugs, the support, and for everything.
See you around the world, to make it better, and to challenge ourselves in the future as well, because we are open minded people, and we can do whatever we imagine!

05.01.2018
Serres,
EVS volunteers flat, couch
Dóra Major