Gymnasio Zipariou, Greece

Gymnasio Zipariou is a public school on the island of Kos. The school receives students from four small villages at a rural area around the city. It offers general secondary education and it has 25 teachers and 300 students, aged 12-15. The area of the school has received many immigrant and refugee families that work in the agricultural sector and the hotel industry. The students come from different social, financial and cultural backgrounds. The school aims at improving the education and the school life of all the students.

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Inclusion in COmmuNity ICON Greece

I.CO.N is a Greek non-governmental and non-profit educational organisation in Rodos, Greece. It was founded in 2011 in order to offer a broad spectrum of educational and social activities in Greece and involve in European issues. 
ICON Greece was initiated as an informal group of educators and students aiming to enhance inclusion in the school community –for students with special skills, different cultural backgrounds or belonging to vulnerable groups as Roma, foreign, repatriate, refugee. ICON Greece started by implementing volunteer activities and educational projects at the context of extra curricular activities

ICON encourages non-formal education as a powerful tool 
to support personal and professional development of individuals and thus increase their employment 
to encourage multilingualism and integration of cultures
to promote active citizenship and volunteering
to stimulate creativity and new ideas for entrepreneurial initiatives 
to encourage protection of nature and animals and and respect for the environment
to suggest a healthy lifestyle for personal well being
to provide educational opportunities for young people with fewer opportunities
to endorse the elimination of stereotypes

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