Are fish farms operating in an environmentally sound manner? He tried to answer the above question. program “Fish farming without garbage” NGO Ozonheld in the Saronic. “We have declared war on trash,” NGO Executive Director Anastasios Philippidis said at an event for the new cycle of the Points of Support program, which involves ten non-profit organizations coordinated by Bodosaki Foundationthat support and finance the most promising stocks.

“We have been fixing the problem of waste at sea and on the coasts since 2017, and, unfortunately, fish farming is the main factor in the pollution of the hard-to-reach coastline,” he explains. Mr Philippides, who participated in the previous round of Points of Support, has found an ally in the fight against waste in the Athanasio C. Lascaridis Foundation, which is particularly sensitive to marine environmental issues. With the funding it received, Ozon gave birth to field research that had a major impact on local communities. “In cooperation with the Galataki (Corinthian) Association of Volunteer Forest Conservation, we checked 36 active fish farms and adjacent shores, as well as five abandoned ones,” Mr. Philippides explains “K”.. A very high burden was found in 100% of the sample. In units still in operation, “broken buoys and floats with exposed and leaking styrofoam were found in 30.56% of them,” he adds. “Among those active, 55.56% are in moderate to very poor condition, and among those, 30.56% are in poor or very poor condition.” The results of the Ozon study are accompanied by photo documents and brought to the attention of all interested parties. “Of course, pollution can come from a nearby fish farm or from more distant locations and be transferred.” However, it is hoped that 33.33% of the active fish farms are in very good to excellent condition. “This means that many conscientious professionals are also active in the industry,” he concludes, “but the complete lack of control pushes many into non-compliance with the rules of organized work.”

Thanks to the funding received, the non-governmental organization Ozon has come to grips with investigating pollution on fish farms in the Saronic Sea.

In 2019, the Ioannis S. Latsis Foundation gave a creative breath to the Amymonis association, which takes care of people with visual impairments and additional disabilities, to implement the Fairytale Without Borders project. This is the first e-library of fairy tales in Greece, designed for children of preschool and primary school age with visual impairments. “We started with ten tales that were selected based on their variety of meanings as well as their suitability for adaptation to the needs of the population in question,” This was reported to the correspondent of “K” by Maria Chondronasiou.. The tales include soundtracks and storyboards with strong color contrasts, crisp outlines, images, and a lack of perspective so visually impaired children can distinguish between the characters’ figures. The first ten fairy tales were available on the YouTube channel of the same name and became in demand during the quarantine. The successful program continued with the support of the Ministry of Culture, thanks to which the fairy tales became 20, and thanks to the cooperation with e-Nable Greece, the fairy tales were given a three-dimensional illustration.

public invitation

An ambitious partnership of country philanthropic foundations – Ioanni S. Latsis, TIMA, Bodosaki, Kapitan Vassilis and Carmen Konstantinopoulou, A.G. Leventis, Athanassiou K. Laskaridis, Kostas M. Lemos Foundation, KIKPE Social and Cultural Project, Canada Hellenic Initiative and Athenas I – Martin, – addressed a few days ago with a public invitation to the 6th funding cycle. Previous cycles have already been successful with 119 shares funded, benefiting more than 40,000 people. The new cycle will support up to thirty-nine events worth €5,000 each, while at the same time it will offer capacity building workshops for leaders of organizations to be implemented by Social Dynamo, the center of the NGO Bodosaki Foundation. Applicants can submit their proposals until 30 April.