INTRODUCTION OF ELIX
Mission
ELIX  - Conservation Volunteers Greece is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization promoting, since 1987, voluntary

service and education. The main goal of ELIX is the personal development of individuals as citizens of the world, through

active participation. Environmental protection, cultural heritage conservation, culture promotion and social service are the

main thematic fields of ELIX's voluntary projects.
Aims
ELIX aims in bringing together people from different cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds, willing to live, learn and work

together as a team, through their participation in voluntary projects of environmental, cultural, social interest. ELIX projects

promote intercultural exchanges and offer young people the opportunity to participate actively in the everyday life of a

hosting community.
Activities
ELIX organizes two weeks workcamps mainly in the summer; participants offer voluntary work to the hosting community,

learn traditional restoration craft and techniques organize and participate in cultural and fun activities, share ideas and

speak about their cultures. ELIX workcamps give to communities and small villages of Greece the opportunity to meet and

host young people from all over the world and, with their contribution, to implement important projects for the local

community.
ELIX organizes training seminars for youth workers and camp leaders and a lot of activities addressed to volunteers,

throughout the year, such as weekend and one-day excursions, environmental, cultural and fun activities, regular

volunteers' meetings.

ELIX realizes at present three hosting projects within the frame of the European Voluntary Service of the Erasmus+ and

each year sends a large number of EVS volunteers abroad.
sources of income
ELIX income comes mainly from volunteers' participation fees, national and local bodies, such as the Greek General

Secretariat for Youth, private institutions or foundations, donations, the Erasmus+ programme and other European projects.
Since 1987, when ELIX was founded,
379 workcamps were organized all over Greece
5.491 volunteers from all over the world participated in workcamps in Greece
129 communities in Greece benefited from volunteer work
3.012 Greek volunteers participated in voluntary projects abroad
653 camp leaders from ELIX coordinated the projects