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Educating Responsible Animal friendly Citizens

Educating Responsible Animal friendly Citizens
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ZO.E.S. (Zoological Information for Schools, Institutions and Organizations)

ZO.E.S. (Zoological Information for Schools, Institutions and Organizations) was founded in January 2015 by the Educator, Author and Dog Trainer Papapostolou Katerina. The soul of this vision is the four-legged Dioni, who was slaughtered, shot, beaten and left to die helplessly in September 2011. She was reborn from her ashes, wrestled with her demons, "founded" ZOEs, "spoke" about the undying love of animals to over 300,000 children, but also wrote her autobiography!

ZO.E.S. educates responsible pro-animal Greek citizens and through their network of 100 volunteers and 28 groups in Greece and Cyprus and their three dogs they fight for the creation of a new zoological educational establishment by demolishing the old one as anachronistic, dangerous and inefficient.



Objective Action

The objectives of our action are to achieve the harmonious cohabitation of people with animals and respect for every living form of the planet. The radical change of our zoophilic education, as well as the protection of the environment that is daily affected by human analgesia and indifference. The spread of feelings of affection and love for animals, the defense of their rights and the "Implantation" of empathic feelings. Dissemination and encouragement of responsible animal guardianship. The development of any activity related to animals, such as the organization of events, meetings, scientific meetings, seminars, festivals etc. The organization and development of educational programs for animal information and awareness raising in all schools in the country.Promoting and spreading the values of animal welfare and noble rivalry among animal friends.

 

Target Audience

Kindergartens, elementary schools, secondary schools, high schools and all adults as we take part in public events such as workshops, seminars, events and much more. We train people from 3 years old to any age!

 

Duration

Continuous from January 2015 until today


Description

 Οι Ζω.Ε.Σ.(Ζωοφιλικἐς Ενημερώσεις Σχολείων, Ιδρυμάτων και Οργανισμών) was founded in January 2015 by the Educator, Writer and Dog’s Trainer Papapostolou Katerina, who has been collecting her material since 2000. Soul of this vision is the four-legged dog Dione, who was slaughtered, shot, beaten and thrown to die unaided in September 2011. She was reborn through her ashes, fought with her demons, "founded" the Ζω.Ε.Σ. and has "spoken" until today about the undying love of the animals to more than 250,000 people, and in 2017 it published its book "The Gift", the First Dog Autobiography with the Power of Magical Realism" (Pb. Welldone) as one guide to healthy and balanced animal welfare where it represents every stray soul. Οι Ζω.Ε.Σ. with the interactive, intercultural, cross-thematic and multi-disciplinary educational program "Animal ... kissing lessons of loveless love", approved by the Ministry of Education on the basis of (43 / 19-10-1017), we aim at a more humane tomorrow for everybody, where two-legged and four-legged they enjoy a world of equality, equality and justice. With our "Healing Embrace" program, they visit with the dogs of the group, all of them former abused strays, disabled people and children with learning disabilities, as well as offending at therapeutic and special education schools. While our educational program "The Gift: Look through the eyes of a stray dog" concerns training in responsible custody of ex-stray dogs and misunderstood animals of the fairy tales! Our educational programs are transmitting selflessly where ever we are being invited. With scientific collaborators educators, dog behaviors, psychologists, psychotherapists, speech therapists, writers, artists, musicians, actors, theatrologists, we are constantly being trained on the new data and we are always willing to respond to any new challenges. With the use of audiovisual material, theatrical play, song, dance, visual arts, dramaturgies, collaborations with children theatrical scenes and music-kinetic activities groups we are building a new zoophilous Greek establishment, shattering everything that is old, dangerous and anachronistic. Our vision is to hear our voice as a breath of total change in animals’ life until the last stray bowl is silenced!

(For more info, videos & pictures of our actions, you can visit our web site at www.zwes.gr) 


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Impact on Society

We are convinced that our voice has already been heard as a breath of total change in animals’ life. All the people who have been informed by us, young and old, we are confident that they have been persuaded that this generation must finally end an all-out crime against the animals and defend their rights. In about three and a half years of our action, we have been able to visit volunteerly over 500 schools and talk to over 200,000 students both in schools and in our public actions! We have also participated in many workshops, festivals, school celebrations where we took the children's zoophilic education through the power of theatrical play and many other interactive and music-kinetic activities where we brought the children to face an experiential contact with the animals. We have trained over 250,000 young and old people to become conscientious citizens, to love and respect the animals. We have listened to their needs and have tried in every way to convey feelings of balanced and true animal welfare. At the same time, we’ve helped as much as we could do with the work of many volunteers in the country that are actively working. Our contact with all citizens and its positive results has shown us that our work has an effective and absolute positive impact on society.



Initiative Location

Across whole Greece and Cyprus


Working with Organization

With the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs for the annual approvals of our educational programs. With the Urban Non-Profit Society "Touch of Life" where we draw together the "Therapeutic Embrace" program. Specially trained dogs of our organization visit children and adults who suffer from cancer, orphanages and nursing homes. With the Urban Non-Profit Society «Dogs’ Voice» by providing information campaigns to all Primary Schools of Municipalities throughout Greece. With the "Yellow Scooter" publications, which a few months before, they produced a great educational tool, "Fairytailcards" and their creators Mano Kroko and Liana Denezaki. Through these narration cards, children, besides understanding that they have obligations towards animals, who can teach us the concepts of friendship, responsibility, care, consistency, smooth coexistence and respect, are still developing their oral speech, their vocabulary, argue and explain, make decisions and plan their proper behavior.


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Workers Participation

We are all volunteers!


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Benefits for Οrganization

To achieve the goal, all our partners and our volunteers make the most of the logistical and managerial infrastructure that exists. But also their experience and their knowledge. We all share the latest scientific progress in the field of animals and all environmental developments, while everyone shares his knowledge in the area where he is initially specialized in us and then in the whole community and together we are composing a team that can cope with any particular condition within a school and every place where there are children or adults who would really like to make their characters truly animal-friendly! The media wanted to broadcast our work from the outset, with many young volunteers wanting to join our team, which currently has 28 teams across Greece and one in Cyprus and 100 active volunteers and many others who wanted to support us to the extent that everyone could. Significant distinction for our two awards at Volunteer Action Volunteer Festival.




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