A mini retreat- visit to an organic vineyard and farm
The field projects of ARCHELON have just been completed. Volunteers returned to their homes, the officers in charge of the projects returned to Athens, the equipment was transferred to the warehouses and now the annual reports are being written.
To celebrate this milestone, a mini retreat was organized at the Kokotos Estate, in Stamata, Attica, where we welcomed the program managers, Nikoletta Sidiropoulou (Zakynthos), Galini Samlidou (Peloponnese) and Lydia Koutrouditsou (Crete). Our main goal was to spend a few hours together and communicate in a different- than- usual open space.
Later we were introduced to wine-tasting, we enjoyed the buffet and the wines of the vineyard and we played the game of the "secret friend", something that is evolving as a tradition in ARCHELON!
It was a welcome breath. Now we are ready to start planning the field projects for 2022!
Participants: Aliki Panagopoulou, Anastasia Samartzi, Anna Kremezi-Margaritouli, Galini Samlidou, George Valais, George Parhas, Daphne Mavrogiorgou, Dimitris Margaritoulis, Dimitris Fytilis, Erini Kasimati, Thomas Arapis, Ioanna Fytou, Lenio Margaritouli, Lydia Koutrouditsou, Nikoletta Sidiropoulou, Nikos Manias, Michalis Moraitis, Olga Drettaki, Panagiota Theodorou, Rania Spyropoulou, Regina Stefanatou, Frosso Dimitrakopoulou, Chara Papailiou.
From Budapest directly to the Rescue Centre!
«A strange day»: the film made by youngsters for the protection of sea turtles at the ARCHELON Rescue Center
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