7th Friendship Walk, Athens 2022

19/09/2022

7^th FRIENDSHIP WALK, ATHENS 2022

BEST BUDDIES GREECE

#BestBuddiesGreece #BBFW2022

WE WALK ALL TOGETHER AGAIN CELEBRATING FRIENDSHIP AND INCLUSION

OF PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

The “FRIENDSHIP WALK” returns, after two years, and it will be held for the 7^th year by Filarakia Elladas – Best Buddies Greece , under the auspices of City of Athens, on Saturday October 1^st, 2022, at 10:00a.m. at Syntagma Square.

All over the world the Friendship Walk, is referred as the biggest friendship walk, of love and acceptance of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

It’s a great big event, with a lot of dance, music and passion.

There are hundreds of citizens, volunteers and IDD persons (intellectual and development disabilities) who join together with their buddies.

Best Buddies Greece has been developing in Greece since the summer of 2011. The organization Filarakia Elladas –Best Buddies Greece promotes friendship as a natural way for inclusion between ONE volunteer and ONE IDD person. Our mission is to promote social change through acceptance and inclusion of IDD persons.

In order to reach our mission we take steps, really and literally, developing during the last years the FRIENSHIP WALKS. The target is to inform and increase awareness of citizens about inclusion and acceptance of the differences among people. We fight for the avoidance of social stigmatization (ridicule, avoidance, rejection and exclusion of IDD persons).

We invite all who want to participate without any obligations to this year’s open event to increase awareness of society about the differences among us.

We will start the “FRIENSHIP WALK” from Syntagma Square and the final point will be Monastiraki Square (through the pedestrian street of Ermou).

“With each step together, we are changing lives!”

PROGRAM:

09:30 Check in at Syntagma Square

10:00 Start of the event – Syntagma Square (information spot, face painting, balloons, free share food and more)

10:20 Welcome speech from Best Buddies Ambassadors’ team

10:30 Capoeira – Jacobina Arte– capoeira team

11:00 Casa De Arte Kabeiria– dance team

11:30 Quilombο – drums team

11:45 Start of the FRIENDSHIP WALK

12:20 Arrive at Monastiraki Square (dance all together)

13:00 The end of event at Monastiraki