The activities of the “Faros tou Kosmou” (Lighthouse of the World) Roma Children’s Protection Center start from the early childhood awakening and the necessary food, taking their steps to school, preparing the lunch table with the love of the volunteer ladies, ensuring that no children are left alone we outline the key points of the program. But these are not enough. Tuition, music lessons and foreign language lessons by volunteer teachers of the city, complement our overall effort for elementary culture of children. And of course, we are interested in the good health of our children. Stacks of doctors sacrifice time and effort by providing vaccinations, ophthalmological and dental checks and general medical follow-up.

Roma Child Protection Center Actions

1. Awakening sector

• Breakfast awakening,
• Transfer students

2. Food sector

• Cooking
• Serving,
• Planning the needs of children’s nutrition

3. Education sector

• Educational team Roma-learning:
  Since November 2016, we’ve created a volunteer training team with a goal and vision to help children to love learning, unlock and capitalize on their potential. In addition to the courses, we provide counseling services for the Learning Profile to cope with any difficulties in learning as well as Vocational Guidance. Finally, Mental and Psyche Empowerment Group is supervised by School Psychologist.
• Tutorials,
• Enhanced teaching courses
• Non-formal learning lessons
• Foreign Language Courses,
• and computer courses by volunteer educators
• Empowerment Group
• Psychometric tests of vocational orientation and learning profile

4. Accommodation

The Faros tou kosmou(Lighthouse of the world) continues to expand its premises and improve them for the best and most quality result by offering the possibility of cohabiting children in a harmonious warm family environment with all comforts and amenities. 

5. Health sector

Vaccination, dental and ophthalmological testing, issue of individual health cards, healthy eating courses.

6. Mental Health Sector

• Mourning Management Sessions
• Responding to a addicted parent and learning disability of the child

7. Afternoon Creative Employment

Through the workshops and meetings each child discovers his own “wants” and talents. The “Faros tou kosmou” gives you the opportunity to participate in a variety of actions and hobbies. Over the years the benefactors have created painting and photography exhibitions and have participated in competitions and have created their own films.

• Theater, painting, dance, handicraft and gardening workshops
• Library – Reading Room
• Astronomy
• Photography
  

• Music lessons – Music band
  

  One of the children’s favorite activities is music. Lessons for all musical instruments, orthophony and theory. Our skills and successes have surpassed the narrow boundaries of the city. The band of “Faros tou kosmou” has played in the biggest places in the city: Royal Theater, Concert Hall, Ampelokipoi Cultural Center “Karabantesio”, Aristotelous Square, White Tower, Flower Theater, Neosios Observatory, Thessaloniki Warehouse, , Camp Once upon a time Skouras camp, Lazariston Monastery and has been awarded many times for its work as it participates in many charity concerts in prisons, institutions, greco-schools, schools, refugee reception centers, ecological and antiracist s festivals, schools, camps and where called to offer fun feeling and emotion. One of the band’s children, Alexandros Sagouris, became known all over Greece through his participation in the X factor video contest.

• Educational Robotics Courses – Participate in meetings and competitions at National and World level

If the music was the one that broke the boundaries of the ghetto and made Dondropotamos’ voice heard throughout Greece Robotics recognized the “Faros tou kosmou” all over the world. Our teams, Fargobots and Connect, and the Rottators team with Father Athenagoras have achieved through their participation in pan-Hellenic and global competitions to distinguish and change the image of the area, to showcase their neighborhood and to demonstrate that knowledge , stubbornness, love and will break the ghettos. The teams have been distinguished for the last four years Pan-hellenic among others with the 1st team award, 1st prize of a younger coach, 1st prize award, 2nd prize award, an award against the conditions have traveled to America, in world competitions where they have distinguished themselves by putting Greek Educational Robotics of young people on the world map. Additionally, our children train and support other teams. The “Faros tou kosmou” has stood in the last years economically, materially and ethically beside the refugees, training groups and taking them to the Pan-Hellenic competitions. Every year he stands next to the Athens Merchants team, supporting his team as needed.