Spirou Donta, 5
11743
Athens
Greece
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The Greek Bank of Memories is a nonprofit organization founded in May 2011 with the following purposes:
• to preserve and promote history and culture as a whole of experiences,
• to valorise knowledge and traditions of each people, particularly through the promotion of individual and collective memory.
• to preserve individual and collective identity as a cornerstone for building a global, peaceful, multicultural society.
•to raise awareness and to educate new generations about the importance of registering and maintaining collective memory.
• to bridge the generation gap through the recognition of the important role of elder people in the evolution of our society and culture.
1. Educational Meetings in School: for the importance of memory sharing at educational level
2. My memories, our history: for the engagement of citizens in the preservation of oral history
3. H.I.S.-tory: for the generational bridging of young and senior volunteers through memory sharing and ICT
Although we are a quite young organization, our team is highly committed to establish fruitful cooperation with Greek partners to strengthen network and to add a peculiar aspect - memory sharing - to the works and of the network.
Because at greek level is one of the wider platform of NGOs and at international level it works on fundamental values that are at the core of our work.