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Live Without Bullying

Live Without Bullying
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KMOP

KMOP, established in 1977, is one of the oldest civil society organisations in Greece offering social support services and implementing a diverse array of programs aimed at empowering and enhancing the well-being of individuals and communities. In recent years, KMOP has expanded its reach globally, currently having a presence in 5 countries and operating permanent offices in Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Brussels, Skopje, and Tirana.

KMOP is dedicated to addressing social challenges through evidence-based solutions that promote individual and collective prosperity. Our focus is on designing and executing innovative social services that enhance individual self-worth, reduce inequality, and foster inclusive and sustainable social development.

Over the past 20 years, we have successfully carried out more than 400 social innovation initiatives with the support of both institutional and private donors. Our efforts have directly benefited over 85,000 individuals. For more information, you can visit: www.kmop.org  



Objective Action

The aim of the project is to combat school and cyberbullying and create a safe and inclusive school environment, through a holistic approach that includes psychological support and counseling, as well as education and awareness-raising.

 

Target Audience

Children and adolescents aged 13-18, parents and educators.

 

Duration

The program is being implemented since 2016 and has no scheduled completion period.


Description

Live Without Bullying is an innovative program to prevent and combat school and cyberbullying, which is an initiative of KMOP and consists of an online platform www.livewithoutbullying.com and the application for Android mobiles, through which the public can receive free and anonymous counseling, by exchanging messages with professional psychologists specially trained on dealing with bullying. The platform also includes training seminars for parents and educators regarding prevention and combating of violence and bullying, as well as the innovative online educational game for students, which aims to teach the phenomenon to students, so they can deal with it themselves.


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Impact on Society

  • 3000 registered minors and adult users on the platform.
  • 2500 teachers and parents have attended the program’s trainings (online and live).
  • 50 schools and 6000 students have attended the program’s trainings (online and live).


Initiative Location

The program is implemented both in schools and other educational areas, as well as online.


Working with Organization

A memorandum of cooperation has been signed with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, with the Ministry of Sports, as well as with KEDE, in order to disseminate the program in areas such as schools and athletics academies, where more children are active.


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Workers Participation

In addition to the program administrators and supervising psychologists, the platform is supported by a team of volunteer psychologists, specially trained in dealing with bullying, who respond to the new messages on the platform, at all hours of the day.


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Benefits for Οrganization

The organization has developed a network of educational units, educators, parents and professionals working with children, through which it coordinates and implements training and awareness raising activities on issues such as inclusion, acceptance, combating violence and bullying, and fellowship. Based on Live Without Bullying, KMOP participates in the consortium of the European project T-Games- Games for Tolerance, in the framework of which a database of original and existing educational games will be developed, for children aged 4-10, in order to prevent and combat school bullying.




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