HIGGS collaborations with local & international stakeholders

Τrainings on Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence by IRC

IRC facilitated two days of training on Child Protection and Gender-Based Violence at HIGGS on the 22nd and 23rd of May. On the first day, the participants learned about the legal framework of Child Protection and its application to the Greek context. The training also covered the different categories of Child Abuse and how to…

Three-day training seminar “NGOs & Leadership” by HIGGS

5-7 May 2017 – 14 members of NGOs participated in the training seminar entitled “NGOs & Leadership” which was facilitated by Gerasimos Kouvaras, General Director of ActionAid Hellas. Mr Kouvaras talked about the important role of Leadership in the field of NGOs, as well as the ways in which a charismatic leader can change the…

Social Yoga at HIGGS

Monday is one of the most difficult and demanding days of the week … Relaxation and positive energy are essential for people! At HIGGS we take care of this and we offer you every Monday, 18:00 – 20:00, kundalini yoga lessons, with instructors Argyro Fatehdeep Spyridaki and Ioannis Darshan Seva Tsiodoulos. The yoga kundalini gives…

Presentation of the book “Greek Civil society and the Financial Crisis”

3 May 2017 – The book “Greek Civil society and the Financial Crisis” was presented by Dimitris A. Sotiropoulos, at HIGGS. Facilitator: Sotiris Petropoulos, Director of HIGGS Introduction: Asteris Chouliaras, Professor of Comparative Politics and International Relations, University of Peloponnese Speakers: • Alexandros Theodoridis, Founding Member “Boroume” • Stefanos Loukopoulos, Managing  Director “VouliWatch” • Dimitris…

PRAKSIS Business Coaching Center

PRAKSIS is an independent Non-Governmental, Nonprofit Organization whose primary objective is the design, application and implementation of humanitarian and medical actions through specific programs. PRAKSIS Business Coaching Center functions as a support center for the selected candidates offering training, coaching and consulting in order to help people materialize their entrepreneurial goals. The program started at…

H.U.G Program

Psychologists and cases of the Child & Family Psychiatric Support Center – Kid & Family were hosted by HIGGS for individual psychotherapy sessions from October 2016 until March 2017. H.U.G. program includes – among other things – the implementation of experiential workshops (a) for parents and teachers in public schools of the Municipality of Athens…

Educational Seminars by ELIX

30-31 January & 13-14 February 2017 – We hosted the educational seminars of ELIX. NPO “ELIX-Volunteer Programs” implements in cooperation with UNICEF, the Church of Sweden, the Finn Church Aid (FCA), the Teachers without Borders [TwB] and the Greek Nonprofit Organization “Apostoli” the project “Quality play-based learning and non-formal education, enhanced psychosocial well-being and positive…

HIGGS at Break Free 2017

26 March 2017 – HIGGS participated at “Break Free” in Athens, in a colorful and peaceful walk against what we are committed to: injustice, inequality, discrimination and climate change. Break Free began last year as a global umbrella of actions in 20 countries against fossil fuels. This year, from 12 to 31 March, hundreds of actions were…

Carnival Party by METAdrasi

24 February 2017 – The children and the workers of the interpretation services and the protection of the unaccompanied children of METAdrasi in Athens organized their own carnival party at HIGGS. Those who were invited were friends of the children from their schools and the volunteers of interpretation services and the protection of the unaccompanied…

School Visits at HIGGS: “Me and you together”

12 & 13 December 2016 – In the context of our actions and our desire for teenagers to become acquainted with the world of Nonprofit Organizations and the notion of charity, we have co-operated with the 4eproject program “Me and you together”, where pupils of the third grade of the 42nd Gymnasium of Athens participated.…

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