24.02.2020
On February 12, 1952, students in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) revolted to prevent the abolition of their language “Bengali”. Their protest was drowned in blood, and on the occasion of this sacrifice, UNESCO established February 21st as the International Mother Language Day.
METAdrasi, recognizing and effectively supporting the right of every person to communicate in their mother tongue, has created a team of 350 trained and certified interpreters in 46 languages and dialects.
Children aged 6–12 attending classes at METAdrasi’s Educational Centre in Athens explored our solar system, learned the names of the planets in Greek, and then created their own planets using the papier-mâché technique. Through this creative activity, language...
Eleni has been volunteering with METAdrasi since late 2024. She started by teaching Greek to children aged 6 to 12 and, more recently, has also begun taking part in the escorting of unaccompanied children, working alongside METAdrasi’s team to accompany them to...
During a recent accompaniment mission carried out by the METAdrasi team, a young boy spent almost the entire ten-hour journey trying to learn as many Greek words as possible. After just one month in a reception center near the border, he had already learned to count...
