What Save Your Hood really is?
6 years ago, a spark of inspiration created a movement now known as "Save Your Hood”. Born out of a shared desire for cleaner, more beautiful and healthier neighborhoods, this movement has evolved into a force for change that reverberates on the streets of Greece and Cyprus.
At its core, Save Your Hood is on a mission to rekindle the connection between people, their neighborhoods and nature.
We protect and look after our public spaces, keeping our neighborhoods clean, green and alive.
We bring people and local groups together, so their ideas and worries about the place they live turn into shared action.
Volunteering is the lifeblood of Save Your Hood.
Through the self-organized, collective efforts of local volunteers, a vast network has flourished in all neighborhoods. These volunteers are not just participants – they are active, independent agents of change, intervening wherever and whenever their communities are needed, taking responsibility for caring for and protecting their neighborhoods.
Save Your Hood as a movement.
It is people who decided not to wait for someone else, and took action together for the place we share.
Together, we're saving neighborhoods, our environment, our planet, the very essence of our world – one cleanup, one rescue and one wetland at a time.
Our impact since day one
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- Litres of trash
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- Cleanups
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- Volunteers
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- Wild animals helped
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- Students educated
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- Employees educated
Updated automatically from our live dashboard and didaz.org/impact
The Story
The Save Your Hood movement was born as a thought during the first lockdown (spring 2020) by Vassilis Sfakianopoulos, while it started and gained great strength in the second (autumn 2020) with the first initiative taking place on November 15, 2020.
The name says it all: taking care of your own neighborhood, right where you live.
The idea for Save Your Hood was born during the first lockdown in Greece, when people had more free time and were more likely to be outdoors. Vasilis Sfakianopoulos, the founder of the organization, was walking in the hills of Athens when he saw someone throw a plastic bottle on the ground.
This incident prompted him to start a Facebook group called Save Your Hood, which he used to organize cleanups and raise awareness about the issue of waste.
The group quickly grew in popularity, and soon there were teams of volunteers organizing cleanups all over Greece. The organization also started to work with local authorities to implement waste management initiatives.
Our Legal Entity
Save Your Hood is a non-profit run by volunteers to support and protect the wider volunteer movement. Established in response to the demanding legal needs of the Save Your Hood Movement and name protection, it serves as the legal entity and protective umbrella for SYH, ensuring its volunteer spirit and brand integrity.
Since 2020, Save Your Hood's sole focus has been to support and facilitate the Save Your Hood Movement. This commitment is enshrined in our statute, reflecting its dedication to the cause.
Transparency and Integrity:
- Save Your Hood operates with full transparency, ensuring that all activities and financial matters are conducted ethically and responsibly.
- We uphold the volunteer character of SYH, ensuring that all contributions and efforts are driven by passion and a genuine desire to make a difference.
- We stay true to the volunteer spirit of Save Your Hood and keep supporting local groups wherever they spring up.
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