The Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, Kyriakos Gerontopoulos has decided to extend the summer hospitality programs for Greek children abroad to winter. His plan for a winter program will be implemented in the coming days by the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad. The hospitality program will be held from January 3 to 13, 2015, hosting 30 young Greek Diaspora members in Greece, after five years of inactivity. It will bring together Greeks from the countries of the Southern Hemisphere such as Australia and New Zealand, countries of Latin America and South Africa. The program aims to strengthen the participants’ national identity and their knowledge of modern Greece, as well as strengthening their ties with the homeland. The program includes visits to historical and archaeological sites and museums, a visit to the Presidential Mansion, the Parliament Building and Nafplio. There will also be lectures on Greek history and culture as well as lessons on Greek traditional dances and songs. Referring to the fact that the program will be continued after a five year hiatus, Gerontopoulos said: “We are making our initial promises a reality. The hospitality program for Greek Diaspora children will not only resume, but it will be organized on a new basis. After the two summer programs were very successful, now we will be hosting young Greeks from abroad, aged 15-17 years from areas where schools are closed, in order for them to get to know their parents and grandparents’ home.”
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