What kind of gathering is this? Classmates from Dadia school, dance clubs, Vlachs, professionals, peers, the generation of the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s?

What kind of gathering is this? Classmates from Dadia school, dance clubs, Vlachs, professionals, peers, the generation of the '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s? It is a reunion related to the recent history of Dadia, its environmental history. Through the actions of the environmental organization WWF Greece and subsequently the Society for the Protection of Biodiversity of Thrace, 121 European volunteers have been hosted in Dadia since 2003 as part of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) formerly known as the European Voluntary Service (EVS). So we are talking about a gathering of volunteers.

Young people from Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, and Hungary have been hosted in Dadia for periods ranging from six months to a year, contributing significantly to our activities, such as recording the impact of wind farms on birds and bats, monitoring cinereous vulture movements, recording environmental parameters, ringing vultures, organizing events, and many other activities.

From August 28 to 31, we are organizing the 6^th reunion of former and current volunteers in Dadia, together with former colleagues who have worked in the environmental organization. Most of the reunions have taken place in Dadia, and in each one we organize trips to destinations in Thrace to introduce new places or new initiatives that they did not have the opportunity to experience during their stay in the area.

We love reunions, we relive the past with nostalgia but also with a positive outlook for the future. We are honored that after so many years, many former volunteers from different generations visit us, making us feel that their participation in the program meant something to them, left a mark, a friendship, an important change in their lives.

Against to urbanism, another story has been written in a village in Evros that was destined to become famous not only among visitors but also among young scientists, researchers, students, a social group with a love of nature and a willingness to volunteer.

We, who decided to live and work in a village, feel very proud that we have supported and will continue to support this mobility of young people who spread the protection of nature and connect their lives with this place, making it known in their homelands.