Dobré roky 50plus/Good years 50plus/ - Slovakia. Our organization has been established in 2007.We are non
governmental, nonprofit organization and our members operate on the basis of
volunteering. Many of our members are still economically active but we have
also many members in retiremet age
Our priority is mainly to organize free
time activities and partially vocational training for adults, with an emphasis
on strengthening (reinforcement) of independence and self-confidence of
"seniors" in everyday life. We focus on developing life skills, in
the sphere of physical as well as mental condition in the form of workshops,
training courses, short courses, competitions, but also excursions or trips.
Within the framework program LLLP our
organization has already in the past established friendly relations and
cooperating with partners from the EU
Meeting in Athens
Our little Slovak group has participated in the
project meeting of the Grundtvig Partnership project named Active Body + Active
Mind = Healthy Senior organized by 50+Hellas in Athens, Greece on the
21., 22., and 23th. of October 2013.
And our friends from Czech Republic, Finland,
Portugal and Turkey were also there.
The host group, chaired
by Mrs. Giorgia Michalopoulou prepared very
challenging but extremely interesting program.
The main
topics of the meeting were Reflexology + Memory +
Nutrition.
Reflexology was associated with a showing foot
massage and highlighting the importance of individual
zones. Excellent presentation of Reflexology as supplementary and holistic
therapy in country of Hippocrates and Aesclepios as tender healer was important
not only for physical body, but also emotional. This therapy should be as a
medicine. In Greece make it voluntaries, they supported children and adults.
In Memory have its center of gravity in memory
skills training meeting participants who have
acquired some of the terms in the languages of its foreign
partners, for example. greetings, thanks, numbers, names of
individual days of the week and the like. It
was extremely difficult, because these languages met for
the first time.
The art of memory was developed by ancient Greeks, e.g.
mnemotechnics. Memory is the most significant aspect of both
- intellectual and spiritual activity.
Active body cooperated with brain and support memory. But it takes longer
to learn and recall information in later age. We also focused on ways in
which you can keep and practice memory skills into
old age.
In the section
on nutrition, we learned a
lot about Human digestive system - ingestion and
mechanical and chemical digestion, on suitable and
unsuitable food for the elderly, etc...
All together we
visited K.A.PI. (Senior House in Municipality
of Elioupolis. Tam held Greek evening with folklore
dance, singing and traditional Greek food cooked by the ladies of project´s
team and meeting with Vice Mayor of this municipality.
The last day was
devoted to visiting Epidaurus in the
Peloponnese, where we saw
presentation of an ancient chorus by the Study group of ancient orchestra
of The National and Kapodestrian University of Athens.
In addition,
we also visited the healing place of god Asclepius and Thermal Spa in
Loutraki and we had the opportunity to use the thermal pools.
From project and even entire stay, we not
only took away a lot of knowledge, but also
many beautiful experiences and new friendships.
Now,
our Slovak organization is a
difficult challenged - to organize in April
2014 just as interesting, useful
and even enjoyable meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Marcela
Enchanted by Vasco da Gama 
Toes in the warm water of the Atlantic
Portuguese Tapestry 
The Prosas choir entertaining the guests
