{"id":6653,"date":"2019-03-05T12:44:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T12:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2019-03-05T12:46:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T12:46:37","slug":"eleni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/eleni\/","title":{"rendered":"[:el]\u03a0\u0391\u0393\u039a\u039f\u03a3\u039c\u0399\u0391 \u0397\u039c\u0395\u03a1\u0391 \u03a4\u0397\u03a3 \u0393\u03a5\u039d\u0391\u0399\u039a\u0391\u03a3_H \u0395\u03bb\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7: \u00ab\u0391\u03c5\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03b1 \u03ba\u03bf\u03c1\u03af\u03c4\u03c3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac\u00bb[:en]INTERNATIONAL WOMEN\u2019S DAY_ Eleni: &#8220;These girls are strong, they have passion to do things\u201d[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;I like this interaction with my students. It is a give and take relationship, not only with the girls, but also with their mothers. By seeing their gratitude written across their face, I get emotional. I feel happy by doing my job and it\u2019s something that is transmitted to the children too. When I finish the lesson, I feel fulfilled\u201d, <\/em>says 30-year-old Eleni Kontou, who has been working for SolidarityNow as Education Officer for the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>Eleni has studied Early Childhood Education and has done her Masters on Special Education. Before working with refugees, she had worked in the private sector as a kindergarten teacher. Two different worlds in which the teacher is called to respond to different needs. On one hand you have the nice environment of a school and on the other you have the lessons in refugee camps\u2019 containers. On one hand, you have the native pupils and then a group of children carrying many traumas; for them education and knowledge are not priorities as much as survival, Eleni tells us.<\/p>\n<p>However, the same children, despite the difficulties, don\u2019t quit. Girls and moms are dynamic, they have not given up, they care for themselves. <em>&#8220;I&#8217;m inspired and moved, and I feel more dynamic by watching them. These girls are strong, they have passion to do things, why don\u2019t you do the same?\u201d<\/em><em>,<\/em> notes Eleni. She has realized that girls, and especially teenagers, see their teachers as role-models, <em>&#8220;like a person who can advise them on various topics. Likewise, their mothers feel happy when we talk to them\u201d, <\/em>she adds.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The message that Eleni Kontou wants to share with all women and girls is that we must always have dreams and goals. &#8220;<em>You must try to achieve your dreams, because only then you will have a reason to continue fighting. The key is to feel that you can do it\u201d<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UNnpQTQ6osI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/kentro-allileggiis-thessalonikis\/\">Thessaloniki Solidarity Center<\/a> is supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensocietyfoundations.org\/\">Open Society Foundations<\/a> (OSF\/OSIFE).<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I like this interaction with my students. It is a give and take relationship, not only with the girls, but also with their mothers. By seeing their gratitude written across their face, I get emotional. I feel happy by doing my job and it\u2019s something that is transmitted to the children too. 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