Inspirational Women – Eleni Kazelas, Founder and Director of Let’s Make Cyprus Green

By MiC Carine 21/08/2019 No Comments

With so few women holding key positions in business, power and politics not only in Cyprus but also worldwide, it is important for us to both learn from and celebrate the women who have made huge strides forwards in our local community.

Our Inspirational Women series puts the spotlight on these women among us: who they are and what they do; how they have dealt with challenges and what inspires them to move forward.

Today it is our pleasure to introduce Eleni Kazelas, Founder and Director of Let’s Make Cyprus Green – a fantastic local initiative making huge strides in spreading awareness to the public about the negative human impacts on the planet, particularly the harm done by excessive waste and the use of plastic. Let’s Make Cyprus Green (LMCG) is encouraging residents, as well as visitors of the island, to “go green” – a phrase that essentially means choosing to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle. This is done by through:

  • Action – they organize frequent cleanup events;
  • Education – in schools, offices, online, through various other awareness raising methods and;
  • Prevention – by providing affordable, environmentally friendly products via their online shop [link]. The products go hand-in-hand with their mission of combating waste and also help to support the organization.

 

Eleni, what inspired you to found Let’s Make Cyprus Green and what were the main challenges you faced?

Throughout my life, I’ve always been involved in social and environmental issues. What really gave me the push to move forward with Let’s Make Cyprus Green is seeing my favorite Limassol beach (Paramali Beach) become polluted with waste. This is the beach my husband and I got married on, which also happens to be a turtle breeding beach. It seemed that every time we visited the area became worse. I’ve never been the type to sit back and wait for change, so the decision was made to take it upon ourselves and clean it. After a few hours of cleaning the beach we managed to collect 12 big bags of trash. We were extremely disappointed with our findings, but at the same time it made us feel really good to have cleaned our favorite beach.

After that cleanup we decided to host another cleanup at a different location (Lady’s Mile Beach) where we invited the local community to join us. We wanted to get other people involved to not only raise awareness about the severity of marine debris, but to also be able to pick up much more than just 12 bags of trash. When that day came we were presently surprised to see that 70 people from all over Cyprus came to help, and together we collected over 100 bags of trash. It was a very satisfying feeling of accomplishment.

Since starting the initiative, the biggest challenges have always a mix between trying to change a person’s mentality, and of course, the language barrier. Knowing the native language of the country you’re operating in is always beneficial – if this is something you don’t know, you tend to run into a lot of closed doors, many of which are extremely difficult to open.

 

Can you tell us more about your role at Let’s Make Cyprus Green and what initiatives you have led that you are most proud of?

I make the main decisions and manage the overall operations and resources of the organization.

It’s hard to pick one just initiative that I’m proudest of, but I can say that my two favorite accomplishments are 1. having collected 15,000 kg of waste from our many cleanup initiatives in less than two years. 2. Providing the island with various eco-friendly alternatives to everyday plastic products. It’s one thing to tell people to reduce your waste and the use of plastic, and it’s another to actually say it and provide them with alternatives.

 

Being a Director means there are no mentors to learn from. Who do you go to for advice?

I’ve been independent from a very young age, so I’ve gone through most of my life learning from my own mistakes and the mistakes of others. However, as the Let’s Make Cyprus Green team grows, I enjoy getting the input from my team before making certain decisions. I love to see what we come up with when we start to brainstorm together.

 

What have you learned about yourself since starting LMCG?

That if I push myself and commit to something I believe in, changes will be made, and these changes will have long-term, positive effects on the local community.  But I’d have to say that working under Let’s Make Cyprus Green actually makes you learn more about other people rather than yourself.

 

If you could give one piece of advice to women aspiring to start their own initiative, what would it be?

You will face difficulties being a female founder – but don’t let it discourage you. Never be afraid of failure, or let someone come between you and your passion and what you believe in.

 

Can you talk about one woman who has impacted your life or inspired you on your journey?

My mother, she has always been a smart, strong, and independent woman. She is someone who worked tirelessly her entire life and always put other people’s needs before hers.

 

What are your future plans for LMCG?

To continue to push forward so big changes can be made. We want to see a shift in society – – people adopting new habits that will lead to environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible choices in their everyday lives.

My aim is to grow the NGO, Let’s Make Cyprus Green, and EkoNest, the company that supplies the organization with the products, so we can most importantly continue our actions, make a bigger impact, and to be able to employ and bring green jobs to Cyprus.

For more information on Let’s Make Cyprus Green, you can visit the website here.

Eleni Kazelas has been living in Cyprus since the age of 16.  She was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA to a Greek Cypriot father from Famagusta and a mother from northern Greece.  Eleni has a background in compliance and sustainability leadership, and although she has built a successful career working in the foreign exchange industry here in Cyprus, her true passion lies outside the corporate world and into the natural world as an environmental conservationist.  Her strong beliefs in protecting the environment have led to the creation of the NGO, “LET’S MAKE CYPRUS GREEN”.  The organization’s mission is to raise public awareness about the negative human impacts to the planet, with a focus on excessive waste and the use of plastic – – and the company, EKONEST, specializes in the development and distribution of eco-friendly products that help support the NGO activities.

How Waldorf Education benefits children

By MiC Carine 09/08/2019 No Comments

Sending your child to a Waldorf school is beneficial, as Waldorf schools promote cooperation between the children, free – thinking and learning by experience. Waldorf schools are unique and if you ever visit a Waldorf classroom you will be surprised at what a Waldorf classroom looks like.

Imagine that some of the daily activities can be cooking, knitting and sewing.

Meet your child’s needs

It is a fact that every child is unique and different, with needs that are particular to their style of learning. Waldorf education meets the children where they are developmentally, and addresses their emerging capacities for various skills and lessons.  Not every child learns by picking up a book and studying a lesson.  Not every child processes verbal directions – or written directions. Very few children learn by filling out worksheets.

Children learn by doing, feeling and thinking. In Waldorf schools, teachers educate children by presenting lessons, which address different modes of learning. Each of the lessons contains movement and the arts, resulting in a stimulation of  the child’s intellect.

The unique feature of Waldorf is found in its philosophy, which tailors the curriculum to the stage of a child’s development at various ages.  Children have different capacities for learning at different ages, and so we teach the child lessons they will understand, at the time that they will understand it.  We teach to the child – not to the test.

Develop critical thinking

If you send your child to  a Waldorf school, you do it because you value the benefit of your child being an imaginative, free-thinking person; open to new experiences and differing points of view.

You send your child to a Waldorf School because you value an education which teaches your child how to think – not what to think and not to think like everyone else.

You send your child to a Waldorf school because you value freedom in education – not conformity to testing standards.

For example, a child may experience pressure to join his classmates in teasing another student. This is the time for the child to decide to follow or not follow the behaviour. Sometimes children are rushed into taking a decision rather than given space to think in their own time before deciding.  In Waldorf schools we allow them to make decisions in their own time instead and be responsible for their choices, then we are equally helping them develop the feeling of responsibility and equality. Critical thinking empowers the children in a way that  enables them to face challenges in their future life.

Limit technology

Have you ever imagined a school without computers? Waldorf schools do not use any computers or devices in primary school. The reason is that the Waldorf philosophy encourages contact with real people, in a real environment, in order to build a base of real experience. Therefore, computers are used only when it becomes developmentally appropriate.

It is a common belief in Waldorf schools that children learn better from experiencing the real world than watching a computer screen. Watching the cats, smelling the flowers, feeling the rain, listening to a duck’s call and patiently watching a hen eat her food. Those things are far more interesting and more complex to a child than a computer world.

Sitting in front of a screen becomes a bad habit that also restricts the child from moving and acting in the real world. Waldorf students will not suffer from lack of exposure to computers when they grow up however, instead, they develop essential capacities of imagination, thought and will power.

But do not think that Waldorf teachers believe computers and devices are always inappropriate. As a matter of fact, in a Waldorf high school, you can find students building their computers. In keeping with the philosophy, this is the way to develop knowledge of computers and technology. These students also quickly master computer technology and go on to enjoy a successful career in the computers industry.

“Overall, Waldorf education let the children learn in their own time, when they are ready developmentally. In addition, children obtain strong critical thinking skills and they learn through real life and experiences, which is essential.”

Come and see us!

If you are curious and would like to learn more about Waldorf Education, please send a direct message to our official Facebook page ,Waldorf School of Limassol. If you wish to schedule a meeting, please call us on 96 116120. We look forward to sharing our philosophy in more detail with you!

 

Μάθε πώς η Waldorf εκπαίδευση ωφελεί τα παιδιά

By MiC Carine No Comments

Τα Waldorf σχολεία προωθούν τη συνεργασία μεταξύ των παιδιών, την ελεύθερη σκέψη και την εκμάθηση μέσα από την εμπειρία. Αυτά, είναι μερικά από τα οφέλη που αποκομίζουν τα παιδιά από ένα Waldorf σχολείο. Τα σχολεία Waldorf είναι μοναδικά. Εάν ποτέ επισκεφτείτε μια αίθουσα διδασκαλίας Waldorf, θα εκπλαγείτε με το πώς είναι διαμορφωμένη μια τάξη.

Ξέρατε ότι, ορισμένες από τις καθημερινές δραστηριότητες των παιδιών μπορεί να είναι η μαγειρική, το πλέξιμο και η ραπτική;

Βρες τις ανάγκες των παιδιών

Είναι γεγονός ότι κάθε παιδί είναι μοναδικό και διαφορετικό. Οι ανάγκες οι οποίες έχει είναι συγκεκριμένες και το ίδιο ισχύει για τον τρόπο με τον οποίο μαθαίνει.

Η Waldorf εκπαίδευση εντοπίζει το αναπτυξιακό στάδιο που βρίσκεται το κάθε παιδί.  Βάση αυτό, διδάσκει ανάλογα με τις ικανότητές και δεξιότητες του μαθητή για κάθε μάθημα.

Δεν είναι δυνατόν κάθε παιδί να μαθαίνει πιάνοντας ένα βιβλίο και διαβάζοντας  το μάθημα. Δεν έχει κάθε παιδί την ίδια ικανότητα  στη λεκτική  μάθηση ή σε γραπτές οδηγίες. Πολύ λίγα παιδιά μαθαίνουν συμπληρώνοντας φύλλα εργασίας.

Τα παιδιά μαθαίνουν με να κάνουν πράξεις, να νιώθουν και να σκέφτονται. Στα σχολεία Waldorf, οι εκπαιδευτικοί μαθαίνουν τα παιδιά κάνοντας μαθήματα τα οποία απευθύνονται σε διαφορετικούς τύπους μάθησης. Κάθε ένα από τα μαθήματα περιέχει κίνηση, τέχνες και διεγείρει το νου.

Το μοναδικό χαρακτηριστικό του Waldorf βρίσκεται στη φιλοσοφία του η οποία προσαρμόζει το πρόγραμμα σπουδών στο στάδιο ανάπτυξης παιδιών σε διάφορες ηλικίες. Είναι γεγονός ότι τα παιδιά έχουν διαφορετικές ικανότητες για μάθηση σε διαφορετικές ηλικίες. Έτσι, διδάσκονται μαθήματα τα οποία τα παιδιά είναι σε θέση να καταλάβουν τη στιγμή που θα τα καταλάβουν  και που θα είναι έτοιμα να τα καταλάβουν. Το μάθημα γίνεται για το παιδί – όχι για το διαγώνισμα.

Ανάπτυξη κριτικής σκέψης

Όταν στέλνετε το παιδί σας σε ένα σχολείο Waldorf είναι επειδή εκτιμάτε μια εκπαίδευση που σέβεται την ανάπτυξη του παιδιού.

Όταν στέλνετε το παιδί σας σε ένα σχολείο Waldorf είναι επειδή θέλετε το παιδί σας να είναι ένα ευφάνταστο, ελεύθερο άτομο που σκέφτεται ανοιχτά σε νέες εμπειρίες και διαφορετικές απόψεις.

‘Όταν στέλνετε το παιδί σας σε ένα Waldorf σχολείο είναι επειδή εκτιμάτε μια εκπαίδευση που διδάσκει στο παιδί σας πώς να σκέφτεται – όχι τι να σκέφτεστε και τι  να μην σκέφτεστε όπως όλους τους άλλους.  ‘Όταν στέλνετε το παιδί σας σε ένα Waldorf σχολείο είναι επειδή εκτιμάτε την ελευθερία στην εκπαίδευση – τη μη συμμόρφωση με τα πρότυπα.

Για παράδειγμα, ένα παιδί μπορεί να νιώσει πίεση από τους συμμαθητές του για να πειράξει έναν άλλο συμμαθητή του. Αυτή είναι η ώρα για το παιδί να αποφασίσει να ακολουθήσει ή να μην ακολουθήσει τη συμπεριφορά. Μερικές φορές βάζουμε τα παιδιά να λάβουν μια γρήγορη απόφαση χωρίς να τους αφήσουμε χρόνο να σκεφτούν από μόνοι τους και να αποφασίσουν.

Στα Waldorf σχολεία αφήνουμε τα παιδιά να λάβουν αποφάσεις στο δικό τους χρόνο.  Έτσι είναι υπεύθυνα για τις αποφάσεις τους και έχουν το αίσθημα ευθύνης και ισότητας όταν μεγαλώσουν. Η κριτική σκέψη ενδυναμώνει τα παιδιά ούτως ώστε να μπορούν να αντιμετωπίσουν τις προκλήσεις στη ενήλική τους ζωή.

Περιορισμένη τεχνολογία

Έχετε σκεφτεί ποτέ ένα σχολείο χωρίς υπολογιστές; Το σχολείο Waldorf δεν χρησιμοποιεί υπολογιστές ή συσκευές στο δημοτικό σχολείο. Ο λόγος είναι ότι τα σχολεία Waldorf ενθαρρύνουν την επαφή με τους πραγματικούς ανθρώπους, το πραγματικό περιβάλλον  ούτως ώστε να δημιουργηθεί μια βάση πραγματικής εμπειρίας.  Έτσι, οι υπολογιστές χρησιμοποιούνται  στα Waldorf σχολεία όταν τα παιδιά βρίσκονται στο κατάλληλο αναπτυξιακό στάδιο.

Είναι κοινή πεποίθηση στα Waldorf σχολεία ότι τα παιδιά μαθαίνουν καλύτερα από την πραγματική εμπειρία παρά να περνούν την ώρα τους μπροστά από μια οθόνη υπολογιστή.

Τα παιδιά στο Waldorf μαθαίνουν παρακολουθώντας τις γάτες, μυρίζοντας τα λουλούδια, νιώθοντας τη βροχή, ακούγοντας μιας πάπια και παρακολουθώντας με υπομονή μία κότα που τρώει το φαγητό της. Αυτά τα πράγματα είναι ενδιαφέροντα και πιο περίπλοκα για ένα παιδί παρά ένας υπολογιστής.

Όταν ένα παιδί  κάθεται μπροστά σε έναν υπολογιστή αυτό μπορεί να γίνει μια κακή συνήθεια, εφόσον το παιδί δεν κινείται και δεν ενεργεί στον πραγματικό κόσμο. Επιπλέον, οι μαθητές Waldorf  δεν υποφέρουν από την έλλειψη υπολογιστή όταν μεγαλώσουν. Παρόλα αυτά, αναπτύσσουν σημαντικές δεξιότητες φαντασίας, σκέψης και θέλησης.

Εντούτοις μη νομίζετε ότι οι δάσκαλοι  Waldorf πιστεύουν ότι οι υπολογιστές και οι συσκευές είναι πάντα ακατάλληλες. Σε ένα Waldorf γυμνάσιο και λύκειο, θα δείτε μαθητές οι οποίοι φτιάχνουν τους δικούς τους υπολογιστές. Αυτός ο τρόπος συνάδει με τη φιλοσοφία Waldorf και είναι ο τρόπος που τα παιδιά αποκτούν γνώση για τους υπολογιστές και τη τεχνολογία.  Οι μαθητές αυτοί, κατακτούν γρήγορα την τεχνολογία των υπολογιστών και πολλές φορές έχουν μια επιτυχημένη καριέρα στη βιομηχανία των υπολογιστών.

“Γενικότερα η εκπαίδευση Waldorf αφήνει τα παιδιά να μάθουν στον δικό τους χρόνο, ανάλογα με το αναπτυξιακό στάδιο του κάθε παιδιού. Επίσης, αποκτούν γερές βάσεις κριτικής σκέψης και το καλύτερο μαθαίνουν μέσα από την εμπειρία στην πραγματική ζωή.”

Ελάτε να μας γνωρίσετε!

Αν έχετε απορίες και θέλετε να μάθετε περισσότερα σχετικά με τη Waldorf εκπαίδευση στείλτε ένα μήνυμα στην επίσημη σελίδα στο Facebook, Waldorf School of Limassol. Εάν θέλετε μια συνάντηση, καλέστε στο 96 116120. Ανυπομονούμε να μοιραστούμε την Waldorf φιλοσοφία μαζί σας!

What’s this 5G everyone is (not) talking about?

By MiC Carine 04/07/2019 No Comments

Why care?

To those of you who believe that climate change is real, and who have read my recent posts about the need to get off our couches and take to the streets, to stand up and speak up.

To those of you who support that ‘we only live once’ doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care what happens after we’re gone, and who, as a consequence, treat Mother Earth with respect.

To those of you who are taking simple steps to reduce your daily use of plastic in your household, and who actively care about our environment and contribute to making Cyprus clean.

To those of you who are mindful about what you eat and drink, about how you live your life, and who try to avoid any lifestyle choices that may cause you or your loved ones cancer.

To those of you who have children and want to see them grow into healthy, strong, mentally fit, able-bodied adults, with successful, happy lives and wholesome children of their own.

To all of us:

We thought global warming was an urgent problem. We thought having just 11 years left to save our planet from irreparable damage caused by the effects of climate change was a short time. It now appears that 11 years is a very long time after all. That’s if we even make it to 2030 as healthy people, because…’move over, Climate Change…there is a new threat in town!’

A far greater and highly urgent emergency is unfolding right in our midst and we don’t even know about it.  Because we cannot see it the way we can see plastic pollution all around us. Because we cannot feel it the way we can feel the air pollution all around us. This pollution is different, and we do not have 11 years to save our bodies from the irreparable damage caused by it. 5G is already here.

The International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space reports that:

‘in 2015, 215 scientists from 41 countries communicated their alarm to the United Nations (UN) and World Health Organization (WHO). They stated that “numerous recent scientific publications have shown that EMF [electromagnetic fields] affects living organisms at levels well below most international and national guidelines”. More than 10,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies demonstrate harm to human health from RF radiation. Effects include:

Effects in children include autism,[28] attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)[29][30] and asthma.[31]’

Forgive my ‘the-end-of-the-world-is-near’ kind of tone, but those of you who know me personally will confirm that I am as far from being a scaremonger as can be. I am, however, genuinely concerned about the effects that the radio frequency (RF) emission from the 5G network will have on our health.

The city of Brussels, the XII Municipality of Rome, Mill Valley in California, Geneva, Jura and Vaud – three cantons in Switzerland – have halted the network’s rollout until further and solid proof of its safety is established from a non-industry source. The Prime Minister of Poland has signed the global appeal to stop 5G. Those news alone should get us worried.

But let’s start at the beginning.

What even is 5G?

5G is the next generation of wireless technology, only that it is not simply an upgrade from the current 4G used by our phones. A stronger transmission technology is needed to power Augmented Reality (AR) Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and the Internet of Things (IoT) to make our cities smarter beyond just our phones, TVs and fridges.

This technology emits waves in higher frequency bands than ever used before in a commercial context and in our daily lives. The increased signal capacity is gained from shorter wavelengths, which means their range is lower and therefore they are more easily blocked by physical objects, building walls and I guess, even our bodies.

To boost these signals, so that the devices that are searching for the network in order to download and upload data can reach them, more antennas will need to be added to our cities, countryside, rooftops and even to space. According to the International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space we will have emissions from ‘millions of new 5G base stations on Earth and 20,000 new satellites in space’. As for devices they say that ‘200 billion transmitting objects, according to estimates, will be part of the Internet of Things by 2020, and one trillion objects a few years later.’

I am no expert, but that’s a lot of electromagnetic radiation.

So why have 5G?

Whenever I speak to my friends about the danger that 5G poses to humans, animals and the environment I hear ‘but why isn’t this in the news?’ and ‘but then why is it being allowed?’. At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist I usually reply ‘that’s because it’s all about the money.’ And it’s BIG money.

According to long-time United Nations staff member Claire Edwards, whose summary of the worldwide developments in the 5G situation I found extremely informative and objective, ‘the 5G rollout of a 12 trillion dollar technology’  is being ‘promoted by one of the most profitable industries on the planet. She writes that the challenge of informing the broad public is twofold:

‘The name “5G” is deceptive, implying a simple upgrade from the current 4G or fourth generation wireless. [And many WiFi routers now display “5G” as a mode option, but it means “5GHz” in that context, not actual “5G” — an industry ploy to normalize the term’s acceptance through intentional obfuscation. -Ed.] ‘

Personal note from me: We have recently upgraded our home internet and indeed, we received such a WiFI router with ‘5G’. I researched the matter and found out that it did mean 5GHz, but it freaked me out at first!

Claire Edwards continues: ‘This ruse cleverly disguises the reality that 5G means densification, with each individual, visible antenna being replaced by thousands of tiny antennas menacing people, animals and nature from every nook and cranny on Earth and from 20,000 or more satellites with lethal, laser-like beams hitting their unwitting targets millions of times a day like silent bullets.

The second difficulty is the tight control of the media. Hardly a whisper of negativity about 5G penetrates the public sphere, while its claimed benefits are constantly touted in puff pieces in newspapers and in numerous promotional videos.

Yet in the space of only a year since we first heard about the impending catastrophe that is 5G, the message has spread virally through the alternative and social media.’

5G in Cyprus

Here in Cyprus there are several groups of concerned citizens that have come together and have made it their mission to inform the local community of the threat 5G poses to us. I am very grateful to them, because they have opened my eyes to this topic. Still, I don’t want to link to time-specific events of awareness talks and other presentations here.

What I do want to achieve with this post though is to inspire you to be curious about 5G and please have a critical mind when you google it. Just because the mainstream media outlets have not reported on the dangers of this wireless, relentless, unescapable radiation that 5G represents, does not mean it isn’t real. Money talks. Governments will think long and hard before risking their place at the table of future technology.

A good place to start are these sites:

The International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space 

The European 5G Appeal

Locally here in Cyprus there are a couple of serious petitions to sign online, this being the main one hosted on Avaaz.

The petition below needs printing out, but it has more gravitas since an ID number is needed with each signature.

 

Seek out the truth…and thank you for reading until the end!

 

Stand up, speak up!

By MiC Carine 14/05/2019 No Comments

I have never participated in a protest in my life. Well, at least not before last Sunday.

While assertive and determined when it comes to defending my point of view in a conversation, I was never quite passionate enough about a specific topic to literally take to the streets in order to convince others.

The burning urgency of Climate Change has changed that, and I am proud to have participated in Cyprus’ first Mothers Rise Up march on May 12th in Nicosia. The future of our children – and that of all the children in the world – is in grave danger because we are not listening to Mother Earth.

The more I research the matter, the more angry and concerned I become.

This morning’s shocking news that an American explorer has found plastic waste on the seafloor while breaking the record for the deepest ever dive dominated our breaskfast table conversation. Then later today, a Cyprus Mail article confirmed that our little island will miss its environmental targets for 2020 and 2030.

That takes us past the 11 years we have left to prevent irreversible damage from Climate Change.

Scary, right? We need to stand up and speak up, spread the word and raise awareness. You can contribute by joining Mothers Rise Up Cyprus today. Still not convinced? Read my piece on why Kat and I felt compelled to support this environmental conservation organisation.

There’re nothing wrong with letting our voice be heard, and even if organised protest seems a bit ‘extreme’ at first – we shouldn’t let it intimidate us.

We can be grateful that we live in a democracy, that we have voting rights, that free speech is honoured and that we can freely play a role in shaping our children’s future.

Let’s do this. Today.

 

 

MiC’s #WednesdayWin – Medela Swing Pump and Breast Milk Storage Bags

By MiC Carine 13/05/2019 No Comments

Welcome to part 2 of our #WednesdayWin!

We’re particularly excited to announce the second installment of our #WednesdayWin series courtesy of Marathon Trading: Medela’s much loved Swing Pump and a pack of 50 breast milk storage bags to go with it! That’s a total retail value of over €200!!

Why is it much loved? Because it features a clever two-phase pumping rhythm, designed to mimic that of a baby sucking at the breast and improve efficiency of the whole process. Really quite unique!

But you don’t have to take our word for it…thanks to our MiC Testing Team, you can read for yourself what our three tester mums thought of our Product of the Week.

Spolier alert: they absolutely loved ❤️ it!!!

Enter the draw to win a Medela Swing Pump and a pack of 50 breast milk storage bags as of today, but be quick, this competition is only open until Monday, May 20!

How can I win this amazing prize?

To enter the competition, simply email: carine@mumsincyprus.com with

“Medela Swing Pump and Breast Milk Storage Bags” in the subject line.

Please also provide us with:

  1. Your full name
  2. The town you reside in (in Cyprus)
  3. Your mobile telephone number

THE COMPETITION WILL CLOSE ON MONDAY, MAY 20 2019 AT 17:00!

The winner will be drawn and announced on or after Wednesday May 22th.

The Medela Swing Pump and Breast Milk Storage Bags will then be sent via courier to the lucky winner!

Just in case you don’t want to wait until the 22th and prefer to go and buy this fantastic breast milk pump and those high quality milk storage bags for your pumping sessions right away, you can get them at Mamatoto, Mothercare, WaysExpress.com and in all pharmacies across Cyprus.

Good luck 🙂

 

Why we are joining ‘Mothers Rise Up’

By MiC Carine 03/05/2019 No Comments

There is no greater power than a mother’s love ❤️

What began with Greta Thunberg’s solitary and recurring Skolstrejk för klimatet (‘School strike for the climate’) protest outside the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm has grown into the global ‘Fridays for Future’ movement of our young people, all in the space of just a few months.

This inspirational, by now firmly established, weekly movement has not only mobilized children and teenagers all over the world, but has also sensitized a group of mothers in London eager to strengthen the initiative.

‘Mothers Rise Up’ was launched in support of these protests last month, and now this initiative has also arrived in Cyprus thanks to the wonderful Natasa Georgiou. Natasa, together with Ismini Paphiti, recently appeared alongside Nicolas Berry of ‘Youth for Climate’ on Thekla Petridou’s Sigma TV morning show to share the mission of Mothers Rise Up. You can view the clip here (in Greek).

The wish is  to remain an independent, informal group of mothers, growing and spreading throughout the world, with sole motivation the love for our children. The effort is directed at raising awareness, to mobilize and act for the benefit of all of us for the good of our planet.

We have no time to waste, especially not here in Cyprus

This island is our home, our children were born here. We love it and want nothing but good for the people and the land. But our politicians are failing the climate goals they committed to in 2015 by signing the Paris Climate Agreement. Despite the fact that we are a small community and therefore, by definition, should need less time to communicate and implement new laws and directives, our goverment is stalling as if the facts were not alarming enough. Science is speaking and we’re not listening.

As citizens of this wonderful country we have a voice. We must use it. As ‘Mums in Cyprus’, Kat and I felt compelled to speak up, in the hope to motivate and inspire other mums, and to rally behind this cause…not least in order to show our children that the Power of the People can be a beautiful thing. After all, it is their world now.

Climate change and global warming are real, especially here in Cyprus

According to the ‘Climate Change in Impact’ report published by The Cyprus Institute , our mediterranean region ‘is expected to become a global climate change ‘hot spot’ based on results of global climate models.’. 

In exact terms, this means that in the period 2020 – 2050 (that’s just 30 years! 30 years of our children’s future!):

  • ‘we will experience an increase in extremely hot summer days with maximum temperatures exceeding 38˚C for an additional two weeks per year’.
  • ‘by the end of the century the number of hot days per year in Nicosia will increase by two months, resembling conditions currently experienced in cities like Cairo or Bahrain.’
  • ‘given the ongoing decrease in rainfall observed for the last three decades, climate change in Cyprus will result in additional reductions of rainfall of 10-15% by 2050

Direct consequences include:

  •  more air-conditioning = more electricity consumption and more emissions
  • less rain = more agricultural failures, less local produce and (even) more forest fires
  • greater need for water for drinking and irrigation = more desalination plants

The Climate Action Network Europe has published an off-target ranking chart for the EU countries. As you can see, Cyprus is really way off target. Why? Because our politicians are not giving climate change the importance, priority and urgency it deserves.

This is why we will march on May 12th in Nicosia, together with Mothers Rise Up, together with Youth for Climate, and together with our children

During the April 21 ‘Love the Earth Festival’ organised by the great NGO Let’s Make Cyprus Green (which took place at Limassol’s Molos), Kat, Natasa and I were there, representing both Mums in Cyprus and Mothers Rise Up.

We invited members of the public to write and draw their messages for our Cyprus goverment onto the big banner that we will be taking to the march. Children and their parents had lots to say and it was heartwarming to see how engaged so many people were!

On International Mothers’s Day on May 12th, marches and events under the umbrella of Mothers Rise Up and other organizations will be held in many cities abroad, and we will be joining our voice with them.

Come along! We’ve organised a bus, both for obvious environmental reasons and for pure fun – together is better!!

Find out all about the march here.

To sign up for seat(s) on the bus from Limassol, click here.

In preparation for the event you can join one of the two upcoming workshops for placard making in Nicosia and Limassol this Sunday, May 5th:

The march will be from the House of Parliament to the Presidential Palace and we will file a memorandum, which will focus on protecting the environment in improving the quality of life, both us and our children. There will be a simple ceremony of speeches, songs and a site specific happening.

The 3-page memorandum lists the 5 demands made by Youth for Climate as follows:

  1. Reduction of CO2 emissions and greenhouse gas
  2. Introduction of renewable energy sources
  3. Education on environmental sustainability
  4. Action on clearing away the plastic pollution
  5. Improvement of public transport for the isolated areas

Don’t be a Donald, be Gre(a)ta!! Join us!

Let’s Make Cyprus Green

By MiC Team 20/03/2019 No Comments

Let’s Make Cyprus Green aims to spread awareness

about environmental dangers to the planet, especially the harm done through excessive use of plastic. They hope to encourage residents, as well as visitors to the island, to adopt a more eco-friendly lifestyle by going green.

“Going Green” is a phrase that essentially means choosing to live an environmentally friendly lifestyle. When you “Go Green” you gain knowledge and adopt new habits that lead to environmentally friendly and ecologically responsible choices in ways of living. This will help to protect the environment and sustain its natural resources.

Let’s Make Cyprus Green aims to tackle plastic pollution through:

Making a country “green” is a long and arduous process.

To make a big impact, Let’s Make Cyprus Green needs an army of passionate, like-minded people in order to help it along. By becoming a member for a small annual fee, you will help LMCG’s progress in reaching this goal.

Your membership fee supports the great work that LMCG carries out and as a ‘thank you’ for becoming a member, you will receive a t-shirt, a membership certificate and 10% off all products in their Eco Shop!

You can also choose to participate more actively in their organisation if you’d like to help out more by translating their material from English in to other languages to further spread their message; helping to organise their clean-up events; writing educational articles for their website and more!

You can become a LMCG member online through their website here.

w: www.letsmakecyprusgreen.com/

e: letsmakecyprusgreen@gmail.com

t: +357 25 260344

social media: @letsmakecyprusgreen

 

 

Finding the Wonder this Christmas

By MiC Team 17/12/2018 No Comments

Creative and calm play that will fill your little ones’ hearts with wonder

(and at a 20% discount for MiC Members until the end of the year!)

 

We wrote a post last week with a Christmas Gift Guide for buying presents for our children that add value, hold meaning and will last the whole year round. In this post we also talked about how important we think it is to buy natural and eco-friendly products, as well as urging you to shop local and support the wonderful range of small businesses in Cyprus, including those that are born in the home and run from the kitchen table.

Well, local home-based family-run business Wonderdough ticks all these boxes and here at MiC HQ, we have so enjoyed watching their growth over the last couple of years. Wonderdough is a firm favourite amongst our mini-MiCHQ-ers and it’s one of their most played-with items that they never grow tired of and continue to come back to time and time again!

What is Wonderdough?

Wonderdough is a non-toxic and all natural, handmade playdough, infused with calming and healing natural essential oils. It is made with a sprinkle of love and kindness and was born after realising the abundant benefits playdough provides to curious little fingers and beautiful imaginations.

All Natural

Having two children themselves, wife and husband Team Wonderdough are passionate about bringing an all-natural quality product to the local market and removing the worries of toxins from their children’s play things. Their playdough is made with natural dyes, natural essential oils and extra virgin olive oil.

Being our biggest organ, our skin is the most vulnerable to the absorption of toxins but when playing with Wonderdough, you can rest assured that this natural playdough is safe, non-toxic and will only enhance wellbeing, reduce stress and anxiety all the while encouraging creative and healthy play!

Eco-Friendly

The Wonderdough team have recently developed their very own line of Wonderdough toys, designed and produced in their 3D print farm and made from PLA bioplastic (which is biodegradable and made from fruits and vegetables). We particularly like the Wonderdough-designed stamper for squishing the playdough flat before cutting! The Wonderdough cutters are even food-safe, meaning after a quick wash in soap and warm water, you can also use them to make real-life cookies rather than just the play kind!

Buying local couldn’t be simpler!

Wonderdough have their own e-shop on their website here where you can order online and pick up either from Wonderdough HQ in Limassol or your nearest ACS in Cyprus. You can buy the single tubs of Wonderdough in a number of colours and sizes and they always stock a variety of different-sized playsets in their most popular themes.

 

 

 

 

 

They are constantly updating their product range throughout the year with fantastic themed cutter sets and seasonal products, such as their Christmas packs below which start from as little as €4.50!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonderdough are giving our MiC members an EXCLUSIVE 20% discount on all Wonderdough products until the end of 2018!

Make sure to quote code << MIC18 >> on all orders via their e-shop; telephone or email!

You’ll also be able to buy Wonderdough online on our MiC Marketplace in the very near future – enabling you to shop local from a number of small businesses at the same time – with exclusive discounts for MiC Members throughout the year!

Customised for You

For larger orders, you can order customised theme-packs for a birthday party, Christening, Wedding, Corporate or special event. The Wonderdough Team are more than happy to custom-design your very own set of personalised labels, stickers, cutters and tools to match your theme and your invitation, creating the perfect personalised gift for guests to take away from your special event or party.

Wonderdough also provide party entertainment for that special event, matching the theme that goes with those beautiful & personalised take-home gifts!

Good for you

Playing with Wonderdough is a fun, creative and nurturing activity and being made with all-natural ingredients, it is also completely healthy and even beneficial to your child’s skin.

Squishing, squashing, rolling, cutting, sculpting and moulding provide hours of imaginative, creative fun and learning for children of all ages. Playing with Wonderdough is an awesome way for children to pass their time and it has a whole lot of benefits – from helping fine-tune those motor skills in little hands; promoting your child’s independence and improving their self-esteem through the process of creating something beautiful all on their own. It nurtures imagination and creativity and also acts as a fun teaching aid – colours; numbers, letters – there are no limits to what you can do with this ‘wondoughful’ stuff. Our mini-MiCHQ-ers love the natural scent of Wonderdough as opposed to the chemical smell of mass-produced play dough and they adore the texture even more – it is that much softer and tactile and doesn’t stick to the surface it is played on.

Benefits of Wonderdough for the entire family

Playing with Wonderdough is incredibly calming and helps relieve stress in children (and adults)! We love playing Wonderdough with our little ones. The entire family can find it a very soothing bonding activity (kneading, rolling, moulding and squishing dough is known to help calm the most hyperactive kids). And it isn’t just for the littlest ones – Kat’s 11 year old still loves playing with Wonderdough and regularly plays it with her younger brother… Just recently when Kat’s whole family was kept indoors due to combined bad-weather and illness – the kids were kept amused for most of the day by creating a menu and making the playdough food, drinks and cakes to order in their Wonderdough Patisserie! It was a great combined activity for the two children to play despite their differences in age and a wonderful way for them to share their creative ideas and skills!

Wonderdough provides a great escape, in a real, natural, healthy, calming and therapeutic way. So, to go back to the beginning… what better way to bring the ‘wonder’ of play and childhood to your children this Christmas, than by giving them an all-natural, eco-friendly, locally-bought, mama-made play dough, along with some of your time to play together this holiday?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonderdough is giving all MiC Members an EXCLUSIVE discount this holiday until the end of 2018! Quote << MIC18 >> when ordering to receive 20% off this Christmas! Make sure to get your orders in by Friday 21st for guaranteed delivery before Christmas Eve and by the 27th if you want any deliveries before New Year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Order and buy Wonderdough online here (not forgetting your 20% MIC18 discount code!)

Like them on Facebook 👍 and watch out for their fantastic videos with lots of play-inspiration for your Wonderdough sets!

& Follow them on Instagram 📸

You can also order Wonderdough via telephone: 94 048 111

or contact them via email: info@wonderdough.com

 

How to save BIG in 2019!

By MiC Team 11/12/2018 No Comments

Over 1,200 Buy One Get One Free & Discount offers are waiting for you and all at a year-long special discounted price for MiC members!

If you haven’t heard of The Entertainer by now – you’ve been missing out! An established lifestyle savings app, the Entertainer Cyprus offers you savings at some of the island’s hottest venues. With the newly released 2019 app, you’ll be getting bigger and better offers than ever before.

What is the Entertainer?

The Entertainer is an app that gives you access to over 1,200 Buy One Get One Free offers and discounts across the island. By downloading it on your favourite mobile device, you have it with you wherever you go (no need to lug a massive book around or to remember to cut out & keep hundreds of discount vouchers). It offers you savings on hundreds of venues across the island.

Still don’t get why this is so great?

How the ENTERTAINER works

  1. CHOOSE: Help yourself to whatever offer you want
  2. USE: Show your ENTERTAINER when you ask for the bill. Seeing as your phone is always in your pocket, you won’t forget to use it when you pay (*save* on) your bill.
  3. SAVE: Do more for less. Enjoy huge savings on all the things you love!

Why you’ll love it

  • Valid 7 days a week (excluding public holidays)
  • Track your savings
  • Give access to family & friends
  • Share offers using the ‘Ping’ feature

What’s inside?

Within the ENTERTAINER you get access to 6 different categories:

  • Food & Drink: An all-time favourite. Help yourself to some of the best dining options in your city. All offers within this category are 2-for-1. You can eat out more without having to worry so much about the cost!
  • Beauty & Fitness: Another massively popular category featuring spas, salons, gyms and more. The offers in this category vary between 2-for-1 and 50% off – go with a friend and you both get to use the spa for half the price!
  • Attractions & Leisure: Great times and fun-filled adventures. This category is perfect for holidays and families. All offers in this category are 2-for-1. Planning on going to Fasouri Waterpark this summer? With just one visit using this app, you’ll get back the money you paid for it!
  • Fashion & Retails: Save every time you hit the shops for a spot of retail therapy. This category offers savings every time you spend a certain amount. For example, spend €150 at Follie Follie and save €75, meaning you get a 50% discount!
  • Everyday Services: Whether you need a car wash, or your pet groomed, you’ll find it here. The offers in this category are from 30% off.
  • Travel: From quick getaways to long vacations, they’ve got it all thanks to free nights and huge discounts (either 60% off or Buy One Night Get One Free on hundreds of thousands of hotels globally).

The ENTERTAINER also comes free with Cheers, which gives you Buy One Get One Free drinks offers at your favourite bars, night spots and restaurants.

If that wasn’t enough…

You can even share your account with family members! They will each get their own login and password, so you can all use the App, meaning you’ll save money together. How cool is that?

The App also features Pings. What are Pings? It means that you can swap offers with your friends. It also means that if you run out of an offer, someone can send you a new one.

Why should you buy the Entertainer 2019 now?

Buy the Entertainer Cyprus 2019 NOW (for a limited time) on the Earlybird offer and get it for €19.95 (instead of the RRP €29.95 that will come in to effect in the New Year).

Use our exclusive MIC discount code << MIC19 >> and get an ADDITIONAL 10% discount!

That means an entire year’s worth of savings for less than €18! That is a pretty nice Christmas present!

The good news doesn’t stop there. As well as saving €10, early birds will also enjoy immediate access to the current 2018 offers across the island, meaning you can start enjoying incredible savings right away.

So what are you waiting for? Get the Entertainer Cyprus 2019 today (and don’t forget to use your MiC discount code << MIC19 >> 

From Farm to Table – the benefits of growing in a box!

By MiC Team 06/11/2018 No Comments

I was fortunate enough to visit HerbanLeaf Hydroponics Farm in Pareklissia the other day on a Cyprus International Women of Today outing. CIWOT is a local charitable association that undertakes community service and provides a fun forum for social and personal growth activities for women in Limassol.

I was aware that there is a growing number of Hydroponic and Aquaponic farms cropping up all over the island but my understanding was limited as to why they are so suited to growing organic and eco-friendly leafy greens and herbs in the harsh conditions of Cyprus. After an hour of listening to Maria and Myrianthi enthusiastically explain the process to us, I was enlightened… and after trying their greens for myself – I was hooked!

How it all started

The three-member family start-up business grew out of their love for growing vegetables and flowers without chemicals and fertilisers and upon meeting them, you can’t help being in awe of their dedication, passion and all-round loveliness. They tried crop rotation; companion planting; making their own compost from garden trimmings; creating their own all-natural pesticides and recycling all their household water but the long, hot, dry summers in Cyprus and lack of sufficient water meant that they had to cut back on planting vegetables for three or four months at the height of summer.

Their ‘eureka’ moment came in 2017 on reading an article published in the Guardian, “Is Boston the next urban farming paradise?” which described hydroponic farming using recycled refrigerated shipping containers. After many hours of research, planning and hard graft and just one year on… they now have their very own sustainable farming method producing year-round premium quality and healthier greens!

Some Fun Facts about growing in a box!

  • The 40ft shipping container can produce the equivalent of what could be grown on 7284 square meters of land!
  • They use water, nutrients and LED lighting (blue & red) to grow their greens – that’s it… no soil; no chemicals and a much more water-efficient and environmentally-friendly process than traditional farming. In fact, they use a whopping 98% less water than traditional farming with this closed loop system and the equivalent energy consumption of an average household!
  • The farm is equipped with environmental sensors that monitor water, climate, and lighting conditions in the farm in order to create the optimal growing conditions – meaning consistently high-quality greens and herbs all year round.
  • Being within a closed, climate-controlled container, there is no need for herbicides, pesticides or growth hormones, resulting in healthier, cleaner greens.

Stepping in to the container, you are met with something resembling a spaceship – with the bright pinky glow of the LED lights and the clean stainless-steel worktops. The seeds are germinated in little compostable pods and then transferred to one of the 4,500 growing sites in the 256 vertical towers hanging inside the container. These ‘towers’ resemble drainpipes, with a foam and felt cladding inside them that supports the greens while they grow on a diet of nutrient-dense water. The closed-loop system means that all the water that drips down the towers from above can be recycled and there is minimal waste.

I have to admit that I am a massive fan of greens already but I have never in my life tried any as fresh, crunchy and tasty as these. Even the kale leaves, which are usually tough here in Cyprus, were so tender and sweet that you would want to eat them raw. The range of greens, herbs and edible flowers is mightily impressive – some I have never even heard of before, let alone tasted. Currently growing, they have three types of kale; two types of spinach and chard; sorrel; leaf beet; pak choi; various lettuces; mizuna; wasabina; edible flowers and various herbs – each with their own type of crunch, sweetness; spiciness and distinct taste. If you’re not sure which one to try first, go for one of their mixed bags so you can see which leaves you prefer. You can order through their website and choose from a range of drop-off points and times in the Limassol area.

We highly recommend you try them out – if not for the flavour and health-benefits alone, then at least for the choice to eat from a local, sustainable, environmentally-friendly source. You won’t be sorry. If you’re feeling brave, you can try out their “electric daisy” edible flower… it is literally mind (and mouth-) blowing – apparently goes great in cocktails and crumbled on top of ice cream!

You can go to their website here.

You can also find them on Facebook, Insta and Twitter  🌿

Birth Days – behind the scenes of this extraordinary film

By MiC Team 01/10/2018 No Comments

We are extremely excited about the upcoming screening of Birth Days – a documentary about birth in times of excessive medical intervention – directed and produced here in Cyprus by a very special filmmaker, Danae Stylianou. If you missed the premiere of this film at the Lemesos International Documentary Festival over the summer, don’t worry, there will be two more opportunities to see it: the first, on Wednesday October 31, at 20:30 at the Rialto Theatre in Limassol; the second in Nicosia in November. We have it on good advice from those that saw its debut in August that we will not be disappointed!

In a country where Caesarean section births account for four times the recommended WHO rate, Birth Days chronicles one mother’s journey as she sets out to pursue a natural birth after Caesarean, to reclaim her own body and regain trust in the maternity care system.

How do we give birth to our children and what are the reasons for the increase in C- sections? What are women’s rights at labour and how can a woman regain confidence in her own female nature? With audiovisual material of natural births, interviews with health care professionals and a series of real events, Birth Days opens new horizons in the approach of labour as a unique natural experience. Has medicalisation of childbirth gone too far?

We talked to Danae Stylianou about her upcoming documentary Birth Days and this is what she had to say:

When I started making this documentary, I could not have imagined all the amazing women I would be meeting, or the overwhelming feelings I would be experiencing when becoming witness to the miracle of life with my camera! Just like birth, this film had to be made with a one-woman crew. Being the camera and sound operator, gave me unprecedented access to the fascinating event of labour and birth. Raw images and emotion stand out of the real scenes that were filmed.

What’s the fact that got me interested in making this documentary?

Today, a record number of babies in Cyprus -more than half- are born via C-section. Experts and parents alike are alarmed by the trend. Cyprus ranks first in Europe in C-sections with a striking 56.9%. The World Health Organisation considers the ideal rate for Caesarean sections to be between 10-15%. This fact alone got me interested in researching the matter.

Often enough, women’s rights at labour are violated. Right to privacy, respect to the body and the spontaneous initiation of labour, the option to request or refuse medical intervention and analgesia. These rights still have to be fought for.

In the course of production, this documentary went beyond examining the consequences of the medicalisation of birth. It became a study on the virtues of endurance, respect, trust and love.

‘My body was made for this’

Birth Days brings forward a philosophy about the management of pain and the capability of the human body to endure that pain. As a filmmaker, I wanted to go deeper, and explore how we, as humans, accept our pains and agonies, overcome our fears and find ways to endure them. To me, childbirth is a raw representation of how we emotionally and physically experience our pains in life.

During production days, I got to meet midwives from across Cyprus, and was fascinated by their patience, commitment and gentle practices. Amidst medical definitions, artificial painkillers, and fast-developing scientific disciplines, the presence of these mother figures seemed key to a positive experience of natural labour.

What is the importance of preparation, information and confidence building in the active management of labour by the woman?

How can we, women, be better prepared for labour through knowledge, psychological and physical preparation, otherwise known as the ‘psychoprophylactic’ method? How important is the help offered to the pregnant woman by another woman – the midwife? Almost all births in modern societies have been transferred to medical environments. What can we do to bridge the gap, and achieve a ‘natural hospital birth’?

In this documentary I try to find answers to all of these complex questions as I believe that women have a fundamental right to informed choices at birth. My goal is to contribute in changing C-section mentality by advocating through the audiovisual medium.

In the age of radical progress in image representation and the social media, the dominant cultural views representing birth as a terrifying experience have been reinforced. I believe it is time to change this by creating new, more powerful visual messages, that would speak directly to the heart.

I welcome you in this exciting journey…

Danae Stylianou

Director – Producer

 

UPCOMING SCREENING:

RIALTO THEATRE,

Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 20:30

Tickets: €8 / €5

ΙΝFO: 77 77 77 45, www.rialto.com.cy

 With English subtitles

https://www.birthdaysdocumentary.com/

 

About the Director

Danae Stylianou was born in Cyprus, in 1984. 
 
She holds a BA (Hons) Film Production from the University of Westminster, in London. Graduated 2004.
 
In 2011 she directed and produced her first documentary feature film, Sharing an island, about the inter-communal relations of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot youth. Sharing an island was screened widely in Cyprus and abroad, winning two awards for its contribution to peace in Cyprus and the world. In her 2nd documentary feature, A Haircut Story, seven stories emerge from the black hole of the banks, one year after Cyprus became the first Eurozone member state to be subjected to a bail-in on deposits.
Birth Days is her most recent documentary; a film about women’s rights to informed choices at childbirth.
She worked as assistant director and casting director in Greek & Cypriot cinema and television, on popular TV dramas, shows, films and TV commercials. She is the head of communications for the major official film festivals of the Republic of Cyprus and one of the organisers of Lemesos International Documentary Festival.

Filmography:

2018, BIRTH DAYS, feature documentary
2014, A HAIRCUT STORY, feature documentary
2011, SHARING AN ISLAND, feature documentary
2006, DOLLHOUSE, short film
2004, ANKARA STREET, short documentary
2004, SNOW WHITE AND THE 7 CHARMS, short film

 

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