Educational Curricilum
EAGLE Sports Integrity Services
EAGLE Sports Integrity Services is a team of distinguished professionals dedicated to promoting inclusive, fair and sustainable sports. Panagiotis Panoutsos Talkovski, a specialist scientist in the field of Sports Integrity, has delivered over 100 trainings on sports integrity. The purpose of the workshop for the THI Summer Youth Academy was to raise awareness and inform participants about the values of sports, through theoretical education and sports play, with an emphasis on inclusion.
Odyssea
Odyssea is a non-profit organization that supports vulnerable young people with access to employment opportunities. They provide tailored vocational and life-skills training, along with employability services that bridge young people with the world of work, empowering them to realize their full potential. Through the activity that was designed specifically for the THI Summer Youth Academy, the participants learned to identify the beliefs surrounding women’s and men’s professions and highlight their influence on the choice of profession. Through this, skills such as critical thinking, empathy, teamwork and creativity were strengthened.
Comicdom Press
Comicdom Press is a non for profit organization dedicated to release the educational and entertaining power of comics and graphic narratives. Through its flagship project of Athens Comics Library, the organization designs and facilitates workshops for a variety of audiences using comics as a tool for education, healing and community empowrement for over 15 years. The particular workshops designed for the THI Summer Youth Academy are connecting sports with storytelling, allowing the participants to creatively express themselves and produce their own comics around basketball and sports values.
Breathe
Breathe is a non-profit organization founded in 2020 by Tatiana Blatnik to fight the stigma that surrounds mental health. We believe in equity, especially when it comes to mental well-being, and our resources are available for free to everyone, everywhere. We build partnerships that create community and raise awareness, and we support initiatives that provide immediate support. Breathe works to improve understanding of mental health by 1) providing self-care tools that can be used at home, 2) supporting campaigns that create a sense of community, and 3) advocating for equitable access to mental health support. Breathe is working to make Greece a leader in mental health by creating projects and campaigns focused on the emotional well-being of its citizens.
Women Empowerment
Evina Maltsi, the top woman Greek basketball player of all time, was the official guest of the second period, offering a keynote speech on the importance of women’s empowerment in sports. Greece’s icon of women’s basketball highlighted the role of sport in developing self-confidence and the need to support young girls to pursue their sporting ambitions. Knowing some of her achievements in Greece and Europe, but mostly with her ethos and passion, she inspired the THI Summer Youth Academy athletes to play an active role in empowering women in sports. The presence of Evina Maltsi at the THI Summer Youth Academy, who also took part in the festive opening of the program, was undoubtedly one of the most important moments of the camp, encouraging girls to participate in sports with more determination.
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