The biggest festival about making is here!

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The second edition of the Athens Mini Maker Faire  takes place on May 5th and 6th at the Peristeri Exhibition hall and you can book your ticket through Viva.gr

In this festival visitors of all ages have the opportunity to participate in workshops and learn how to make stuff themselves. They can also watch new projects and attend lectures from technological achievements and innovations. Visitors can find constructions such as Do-It-Yourself, handmade robots, 3d printing, DIY Drones, Arduino, handmade bicycles, electric cars, e-growing plants, recyclable constructions and many other categories of new achievements.

                 

Want to learn how to build a robot? Program an Arduino? Turn wood to make a bowl? Weld? Blacksmith? Build underwater remotely operated vehicles (ROV)? Automate your garage door? Spin yarn from wool and knit? Recycle glass into beautiful tables and glass pieces? Or maybe just take-a-part something and learn how it works? Learn to solder? Fly a drone? Make a drone?

The list is endless at the Athens Mini Maker Faire!

People at Stone Soup: A few words about Anastasis

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We would like to welcome Anastasis.

Anastasis trades in the field of creative architecture and he is specialized in interior design. He has been running his own office in Komotini for 7 years but in the end of 2016 he decided that it was time to move.

Considering either to move to another city in Greece or to flee abroad, he finally chose Athens because he believes that there is a vast dynamic in the city. On top of that, he has the core belief that each and every one of us should consider supporting their place before trying to escape it.

                        

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Based currently in Athens, under the Stone Soup roof, he continues to run his partnerships with Komotini and he wishes to expand his clientele. His professional interest has expanded to visuals and scenography, a field that he has had experience as an amateur but wishes to engage now in a professional manner. He is also collaborating with Jai Mexis in the creation of a Fab Lab in the center of Athens. This Fab Lab will be shortly announced to the Greece tech scene and will provide a space with all kind of tools where members and friends will be able to come in, experiment and construct whatever they want.

You can find more about Anastasis and his work on his website.

Diving into social issues and public awareness: We spoke to Nicole to find out more about her impressive work and background

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Nicole is a Social Scientist and she is currently working for the Library Without Borders NGO. LWB deals with the most vulnerable populations by giving them access to education, information and culture. LWB is based in France whereas Nicole is working in Athens as a program manager for several actions aimed for refugees in Greece.

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She got her degree in Boston in the field of Environmental Sciences and International Relations. She also holds a master in Human Rights from the University of Sydney in Australia. During her studies in the US she worked in a law office in the environmental department.  She assisted in cases concerning environmental issues and learned a lot about how someone could handle such cases. She was also present to legal affairs in court and helped with the bureaucracy. While she was a master student in Sri Lanka she worked in the organization CPA (Central Policy Alternatives) and did a research about social issues and specifically how people with HIV’s virus live in the society and the racism they face. She traveled all over the country and she wrote down her findings that were published later by CPA.

She has also volunteered for many causes. She participated in the organization Invisible Children. The main goal of this organization is to make people aware for the civil war of Uganda and stop the Lords Resistance Army of Joseph Kony. She worked there with child soldiers and she tried to raise awareness and communicate with them. Furthermore, she worked in an orphanage at Gana and she increased public awareness for sickness of malaria and taught English to little children.

It’s a pleasure to cowork with Nicole and we would like to give her a warm welcome to the Stone Soup family.

Learn more about LWB at Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram

People at Stone Soup: read about Richard Edwards from PAAVO media

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Hello to all!

We are happy to introduce one new member of the Stone Soup community. Richard Edwards, who is the CEO and Lead Producer of PAAVO media.

Richard has 10years+ experience in digital management and production. He started working for BBC in 2003 as a digital online producer, creating interactive educational games based on tv shows like Doctor Who, examining subjects like maths or 2D and 3D shapes. In total, Richard and his team, created 70 games about various tv shows, but apart from this he was involved in several other projects like devising music-making and interactive-drama projects.

After 8 years in BBC he decided to move in the Myanmar-Thailand borders in order to help several organizations, charities and social enterprises with their digital communication and strategy. One of the organizations he supported was the “Youth Connect Foundation”, whose mission is to provide training, apprenticeships and career services to Thailand students, so they can transition to safe, productive and independent lives.

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One year later, he returned back to London to work for a Non-governmental Organisation called “Care International UK”  and worked there as a Digital Manager, commissioning new websites, managing social media campaigns, improving online advocacy and fund-raising.

After 4 years he left the NGO and started his own online company called PAAVO. PAAVO offers digital consulting and project management,and specialises in the digital scene in Myanmar and the UK. Recent projects include road safety mobile games for Heineken and the Myanmar Ministry of Transport, website development for the International Rescue Committee, and social media consultancy for organisations and brands looking to grow in Myanmar.

You can find more of Richard’s work on his website.