Volunteering Mission : Week 5/25

Alexis Lidec, ESAI EN ROI Volunteer; Candidate Youth Worker || French

ESC individual volunteering MAXIMIZE ARTS & CREATIVITY project   04//01/2026 to 04/07/2026

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Kalimera dear readers, the adventure continues in Macedonia. Follow me !

BASEL PIE MEETINGS

Date : 2nd & 4th February (evening).

Location : ActionAid Youth Center (city center).

Host : ActionAid (independent, international organisation fighting against poverty and injustice).

Guests : NGOs on Monday, and young greeks closed to the association on Wednesday.

Purpose : New Year's cake (Basel Pie or Vassilopita) meeting.

Activities : rountable discussion on Monday. Ping pong, photo exhibition, karaoke on Wednesday.

Socialisation : +15XP.

ActionAid Campaign Poster. Credits : A.Lidec

GREEN FRIDAY

Initiative by EER to gather people in familiar and welcoming places every last Friday of the month to talk about ecology, sustainibility and social engagement.

Date : 6th February.

Location : Villa Mordoch.

Organizer : Esai-en-roi.

Partner : Thessaloniki municipality.

Program : Summary of the report about stray cats and dogs's situation/ Pet food stand / Calendar distribution / Vasilopita and drinks.

Personal achievment : Poetry reading.

Logistic : +5XP.

Difficulty : Rainy weather.

Villa Mordoch during Green Friday (06/02/26) Credits : A. Lidec

RADIO SHOW : ALEXPLORATION

One of my weekly task as a volunteer in EER. I created Alexploration, a journey through geopolitical issues, myths of the past, and artistic heroes of our time.

Day : Every Thursday.

Time : 3pm (GMT+2).

Duration : 45 to 60 min.

Radio : Molto Radio.

Topics : Geopolitics, Cinema, Mythology, Cultural interview.

Music : Classical

Eloquence : +10XP

Radio show poster. Credits : Molto Radio

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Dates : Thursday 5th & Friday 6th.

Institutions : Institut Français (5th)& MOMUS (6th).

Topic : Potential work alliances.

Interlocutors : Michael Pelamidis (Cultural Affairs at Institut Français) & Vassiliki Polyzouli (MOMUS Museum educator).

Outcome : Likely collaboration for theater classes and the Thessaloniki Biennale.

SPIRITUAL BONUS

10.15 am, Sunday, 08/10/26, my curiosity led me to the Osios Gregory Church, next to my flat. Candle lit in front of an iconography. May the Gods be in my favor.

Osios Gregory Church. Credits : A.Lidec

See you next weekend for more adventures in Greece. Kenavo!