Odyssea is a non-profit organization that supports young vulnerable people to have access to employment opportunities in society. It provides tailored vocational and life-skills training combined with employability services that bridge young people with the world of work and empower them to realize their full potential.
Odyssea’s vision
is to build a world where all young people thrive by realizing their full potential.
| ODYSSEA’S MISSION | ODYSSEA’S MISSION | ODYSSEA’S MISSION |
| is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities | is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities | is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities |
| in society by harnessing the power of knowledge | in society by harnessing the power of knowledge | is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities |
Odyssea’s mission
is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities in society by harnessing the power of knowledge for employment and personal development.
Odyssea’s beneficiaries
Odyssea welcome migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and unemployed and vulnerable Greek citizens alike.
is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities. is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities. is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities. is to ensure that young people have equal opportunities.
ODYSSEA’S HISTORY
Odyssea was officially founded in 2016 by Jai Mexis. In its first years of operation, Odyssea executed high-impact projects that were fully responsive to the immediate needs of the time. A typical example is Lovest, a social enterprise aimed at transforming non-recyclable materials, which were by-products of refugee trips to Greek shores, into unique products of value.
Astrolab starting Subchapter
One of Odyssea’s first projects was Astrolab, a digital fabrication lab that provided technology training and open access to high-tech tools to help promote positive social change. The educational aspect of Astrolab gradually evolved into a set of vocational training and entrepreneurship development programmes, responding to society’s growing need for a means of inclusion for vulnerable, excluded groups. The high quality of skills provided by the programmes soon attracted the business world and gave rise to the need to create a new department, the employability office.
The coming of the COVID-19 pandemic found the Odyssea team actively contributing to the national effort to protect the population from the virus. With the assistance of the TIMA Foundation, they manufactured 50,000 protective face shields and donated them to the Greek Ministry of Health, which distributed them to hospitals and clinics throughout the country.
References
- The coming of the COVID-19 pandemic found the Odyssea team actively contributing to the national effort to protect the population from the virus.
- With the assistance of the TIMA Foundation, they manufactured 50,000 protective face shields and donated them to the Greek Ministry of Health,
- which distributed them to hospitals and clinics throughout the country.
- The coming of the COVID-19 pandemic found the Odyssea team actively contributing to the national effort to protect the population from the virus.
- With the assistance of the TIMA Foundation, they manufactured 50,000 protective face shields and donated them to the
- Greek Ministry of Health, which distributed them to hospitals and clinics throughout the country.