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In 2002, the European Court in Strasbourg awarded H.R.H. Princess Irene of Greece, President of World in Harmony, an indemnification for properties expropriated from the Greek Royal Family. These funds were donated to World in Harmony for the purpose of providing financial aid to humanitarian causes in Greece, with special emphasis on nurturing talented young Greek musicians by providing scholarships to permit them to study (un cours de perfectionnement), with the best available professors and, then, to launch their careers.

SUPPORT TO NGOs: Creation of a website containing a comprehensive list of Greek NGOs in order to provide information for those who need help and for those who wish to offer their services.

A “Gina Bachauer” Scholar playing the piano

In 2004 in collaboration with the “Friends of Music” association and its President, a scholarship was created that is awarded every two years to perfect the musical studies of young Greek musicians and to support them in their first concerts. In 2009 and 2010 World in Harmony will issue its sixth and seventh scholarship respectively.

YOUNG RESEARCHERS (Social): In 2006 in collaboration with the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Athens, a four year scholarship was awarded to carry out a Post Doctoral thesis to develop a tool to detect linguistic problems at an early age in the Greek language.

ROMA COMMUNITY: We collaborated with the “Roma” organisation in 2009 supporting an investigation into the health, hygiene and educational needs of a gypsy community (230 Roma families) based in Psari, Athens. We intend to continue working with them in order to help them to improve their standard of living.

In 2009 funds were sent to provide psychological therapy to 100 children affected by the impact of the forest fires in the Peloponese region of Greece in August 2007. The purpose of the “Tree project” of the Merimna organisation is to give the children an opportunity to express their feelings about their traumatic experiences through writing tree stories. Drawing is a psychological technique used to help children recover from trauma.

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Children taking part in the Project “Merimna”

c - Mundo en Armonía, 2010