TEDxPatras is the first local, self-organized standard TEDx event organized in Western Greece. It aims to highlight and promote the idea of TED to the regions’ audience, by transmitting, through the speakers, inspiration and motivation for exploring alternative and innovative ideologies. More about TEDxPatras: www.tedxpatras.com Facebook: tedxpatras Twitter: tedx_patras Instagram: tedxpatras Foteini Konstantopoulou is a policeman and author of children’s books. She lives and works in Athens. In her spare time, she helps the heroes of her stories in their sweet and salty ‘missions’. She loved fairy tales as a child; as a teenager, she always travels using her dreams as a compass. She started to capture the images and feelings, which she derived from her trips, in her first short story “Moments”. Her second book, “A Sugar Recipe”, is the first Greek book to be published under the auspices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The author has received honorable recognition for this, as well as for her valuable contribution to the global “Back2School” campaign, which supports refugee children’s access to education. Indeed, in February 2016, she became the first woman in Greece to receive the title of “High UNHCR Supporter Profile”.
What is more, she has organized important actions for refugees with the support of social actors in Greece. Amongst them, the most important ev This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx