Through a series of workshops held in Athens,
Thessaloniki, Komotini, and Katerini, UNICEF Greece Country Office and Junior
Achievement Greece presented FunDoo to more than
300 adolescents and young adults, who had the opportunity to try the new
digital skills development tool and start planning their future today.
FunDoo was launched in March ago by UNICEF and
Junior Achievement Greece, aiming to equip adolescents and young adults aged
15-24 with 21st-century skills and to prepare them for the labor market through
a series of interactive tasks, exclusively designed to focus on the process of
learning through play. The users can complete the tasks on their smartphones in
any order and time they prefer.
In April, a number of events took place throughout Greece
in order to introduce the tool to the youth. The “journey” of FunDoo began with
its presentation on Friday, April 21, at the 1st “Athens Civil Society Festival”,
which was organized by the Municipality of Athens and “SynAthina”. The event was
held at Serafio, Athens, where FunDoo was officially presented to the public by
means of an interactive workshop.
FunDoo then traveled to Thessaloniki, and particularly to the
Municipality of Pylaia-Chortiatis, one of the Municipalities that are
part of the UNICEF programme “Child Friendly Cities”, where more than 65
students of the 1st General Lyceum (Senior High School) of
Pylaia-Chortiatis had the opportunity to access and use the FunDoo platform.
The next stop was Komotini, where 90 students of the 1st General Lyceum and the Minority Gymnasium/Lyceum (Junior and Senior High School) of Komotini, as well as students from the Democritus University of Thrace, gathered at the Municipal Library and learned more about this chat-based digital tool through an experiential activity. The event was organized by the Municipality of Komotini, in collaboration with the “Exagono” youth and volunteering center and the Social Cooperative Enterprise “Thra.ki.”, marking the participation of the Municipality of Komotini in the UNICEF Programme “Child Friendly Cities”.
The series of presentations held in Northern Greece concluded
on Friday, April 28, with a workshop organized at the 4th Gymnasium and Lyceum of
Katerini in collaboration with the Municipality of Katerini, as part of
the UNICEF Programme “Child Friendly Cities”. More than 75 students tried the
interactive tasks of FunDoo and learned how they can
strengthen their skills and equip themselves for the future.
Upon completion of the events in Northern Greece, Mr. Argiris Tzikopoulos, CEO of Junior Achievement Greece, stated:
“Our goal is to always
meet the needs of the new generation and to empower the youth by training them
in the most important skills they will need in their lives. To this end, we travelled
to three cities of Northern Greece and presented this highly innovative tool, which
was designed to help young people plan their future through interactive and engaging tasks.”
All young people 15-24 years old living in Greece can have free
access to the tool through the U-report Greece platform by simply texting
“FunDoo” via WhatsApp, Viber, Instagram and Facebook Messenger.
