October 2023

In October 2023 our Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) invited girls and boys born between 2007 and 2010 who were interested in participating in one of the Youth Advisory Groups (in Greek, ESO) that operate in Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Ioannina and Alexandroupolis, to apply by filling in the relevant form. Each ESO would meet once a month in each of the above cities. Applications were open from 2 to 20 October 2023.

Learn more about the Youth Engagement Scheme here and find the ESOs' action report for the school year 2022-2023 (here)

Finally, watch the videos created by the ESO teams in 2023 on the topic "Anxiety and stress in adolescence" in our YouTube channel.

September 2023

CAMHI's Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) invited secondary school teachers to informative sessions about how to participate in Local Networks of Teachers - Partners of CAMHI. These Networks are established again this new school year in the cities of Athens, Thessaloniki, Alexandroupoli, Ioannina and Heraklion -Crete.

September 2023

Four short films about stress, altogether totalling seven minutes, is the product of a group collaboration and was created by teenagers through a filmmaking workshop coordinated and guided by the filmmaker Anastasis Mavrogiannis. The videos are part of the Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) of CAMHI. The idea of producing short films about anxiety and stress in adolescence - which was the main theme of the Scheme throughout the school year 2022-23 - was presented in the cities where the programme was implemented this year (Alexandroupolis, Thessaloniki, Ioannina and Athens).

Learn more about the news here

To watch the videos and subscribe to CAMHI's YouTube channel, click here

August 2023

With a special publication, CAMHI published a report on the activities of YES during the school year 2022 - 2023. The aim of this publication was twofold: On the one hand, to serve as a souvenir for those children and adults who took part in the program this year and, on the other hand, to give the footprint of the program to those who want to learn more, either to connect with CAMHI in the future or to get ideas for actions they want to do in other youth spaces.

Find out more here

July 2023

Official closing of the school year for CAMHI with the publication of a report detailing how the YES Youth Engagement Scheme (YES) activities were planned and implemented in schools during 2022-2023. The report presents all the actions implemented in schools by members of YES Youth Advisory Groups, in collaboration with their partner -teachers, in order to promote dialogue and student participation.

Read the full story here [in Greek]

February 2023

On Sunday 5.3.2023 CAMHI organized a "Day of Dialogue on Anxiety and Stress in Adolescence", at the Youth Centre of the Municipality of Heraklion (Korai Street). Find more information HERE [in Greek].

January 2023

In January, the Youth Advisory Groups met in the 4 cities (Athens, Thessaloniki, Alexandroupolis and Ioannina) and started to discuss YES' main theme of the year: "Anxiety - stress in adolescence", which the children themselves had chosen to jointly address.

In each city, small sub-groups were created to prepare and present various works by the children (prose texts, poems, paintings, theatre performances, etc.). In between the in-person group meetings, the children kept in contact with each other, exchanging news and views and taking part in competitions that consolidated the identity of the group and its purpose. During the February meetings, actions were prepared in schools in collaboration with mental health professionals, who answered children's questions, exchanged views with them, and listened to their own views. At the same time, additional new actions were prepared, for which there was great interest and enthusiasm.

December 2022

Following an open call, the Youth Engagement Scheme -YES- received more than 160 applications from adolescents aged 13 to 17 years old for the Youth Advisory Groups established in Athens, Thessaloniki, Alexandroupolis and Ioannina. Concerning Heraklion, Crete, an Open Dialogue Day was scheduled for Sunday 05.03.23 with students offering insights and views on the topic of anxiety and stress in adolescence.

During December, the teenage members of the groups were selected based on representativeness and inclusiveness criteria. Their first meetings were held successively in the 4 cities. A total of 82 children took part in the meetings, which were aimed at getting to know each other, agreeing on the group's functioning principles and modus operandi, highlighting the most important issues that, according to the teenagers themselves, concern their peers, and exchanging ideas on the activities of each group. Additionally, the first contact was made with the mental health professionals of the programme. The meetings included games, discussions and creative projects.