Hundreds of calories burnt, buckets of sweat, six individuals, a couple of sports and one major aim; that of helping out – I present you ‘Omáda goes to Greece’ 2018! As the refugee crisis intensifies in the Mediterranean basin we find ourselves helplessly witnessing the tragedy of lives...
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It all started with a “Guys, what if…?” Adrian Cassar, a PoléPolé team member and an architecture student at the University of Malta, approached agara with the idea to partner up with Relationships Inspiring Social Enterprise (RISE International) to work on a project. Daniela Gusman, Founder and Executive...
Continue ReadingStep 1: Donation… but what happens next?
How many times have we come across people who choose to donate clothes, food, books, medicine and even money for members of voluntary organisations to take with them to the visiting country and donate them accordingly? What if we tell...
Continue ReadingThe Malta and Brussels European Week for Waste Reduction experience.
So, back in September 2017, i received a call from Wasteserv Malta. They asked if agara would like to participate in the European Week for Waste Reduction. We set a meeting with Estelle from Wasteserv and when she found out that PoléPolé collects second-hand laptops, repair them and...
Continue ReadingA message from the Board
Becoming a Board member of a non-profit organisation comes with a lot of responsibility but when you find the right organisation, it can be a lot of fun. So, what are the duties of the Board in agara? What do we do? For starters, we have a meeting...
Continue ReadingKebout
Sizzling fire, kebabs, live music and good company all conspire to make a great night! The event was held at one of the Bahrija caves and had a big turnout. The food was freshly prepared by the Social team the day before and consisted of chicken and pork...
Continue ReadingMalta Song for Europe Night
As most Maltese, agara Social Team was also eager to see who Malta’s representative in the Eurovision Song Contest would be. To witness this event, Social Team organised a gathering at a local winebar. Whilst everyone had time to nibble some food and drink wine, comments and guesses...
Continue ReadingChristmas Party
In mid-December, our annual Christmas Party was held for all members of the Social team. Finger food and free-flowing mulled wine were provided for the team to get in the Christmas spirit. The event consisted also of fun games, music and prizes were also won. Apart from music,...
Continue ReadingPlants for agara – 2017
Following the great success of the Christmas trees fundraising event back in 2014, it was decided to do a similar event in 2017. Over 2000 Christmas trees were sold through this fundraising event. We attended different Christmas markets held between the last weekend of November and the first...
Continue ReadingChill ‘n’ grill in aid of agara
Summer equates nights out, open-air eating and BBQ’s, and what better way to make fundraising than a BBQ?! The aim behind this event was four-fold: the day-to-day running of our premises, to get more equipment in order to to spread our message, to support useful courses for our...
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