Welcome to the AGE of CONNECTION!

In pandemic times we’ve seen how important human interaction is to the happiness of all. As AGE turns 20 years old, we asked our community what CONNECTION means to them. Click on each person to see more… and participate in our Annual Conference to join the movement!

Welcome to the AGE of CONNECTION!

“For me connection is the strength of cooperation. The ability of a team to have a common goal and working towards it”

Manos, Greece

“For me, a connection is coexistence with people, especially with those who surround us. Most importantly - with the family - something is done for them that tastes good, that is fun, that is laborious,...

Halina, Poland

AGENDA

“I want to inspire young girls with my story. I try to keep the feminist conversation going, that's my connection to society. The book I am holding is called 'Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls'....

Twie, The Netherlands

“For me every individual is unique and connection is the continual learning from each-other.”

Georgia, Greece

”I am a classical music fan. Music has something very big in it, which also enlarges me. When I listen to it, I have so much joy in life. My choir is an enrichment. When...

Gisela, Germany

“Playing cards is one way to create a connection, which is what I’ve done for nine years now since my retirement. It’s an activity where you get to talk to people. It really creates a...

Lysiane, France

CONNECTED YET?

“Performing in theatre plays is my passion - various roles, on stage. Performing gives me great satisfaction, which - later in the meeting in conversations with the audience - is even greater than in the...

Stanisław, Poland

“I write many articles for elderly magazines and give lectures for the elderly. My connection with society is communication.”

Joop, The Netherlands

”In the Sozialwerk I can have an exchange with other people despite the anonymity of the big city. To be at the service of people and to have a focus on the neighbor, that is...

Marita, Germany

“My father was my inspiration, my hero. He taught me to always speak up and communicate. I took up his legacy and made it my life mission to always connect with people. I want to...

Christine, The Netherlands

“Connection for me is to try through different activities (theatre, hiking, being a member of 50plus Hellas) to make the participants happy. To give something to them and takes something else.”

Georgios, Greece

“Each connection is different. We pass on traditions to our family through relationships, by being together. We also pass on love. Connections form groups of people, they give us the feeling that we are not...

Basia, Poland

“The Sozialwerk is my place. When I come in, the therapy dog is right there with me. Here I am among people and do not feel lonely. I have a task and can be there...

Ingrid, Germany

”When I am by the sea, my thoughts are with my deceased husband. When I am there, I say to him: If you knew how beautiful is what we used to have. The sea is...

Ursula, Germany

”Connection means community. That’s what brings us into this association and it’s what makes us help the people. It gives us a conviction to live, it helps us top sleep well at night, it does...

Odile, France

”Music has always been for me an important access to society, to emotions, to feelings between people. I am in the choir. Here I have the feeling of belonging and being recognized. The music and...

Herbert, Germany

”A connection means sharing and being together. I am the president of the Générations movement in Lauteil where we have 350 members. For us here the connection means being able to meet everybody, make food,...

Alain, France

LIKE US?

“I found connection through activities for which I never had the time before I was retired. Most notably professional retraining during my retirement. I started to work in an entirely different domain, namely sophrology. It...

Jeannine, France

“Connection for me is life itself and more particularly the joy of living”

Katerina, Greece

“For me, a connection is a kinship of souls, thoughts, kinship in social and professional activities. For many years I have been making syrups, preserves that my whole family uses. It is also fun because...

Jadwiga, Poland

“I use fashion to connect with others. People ask me where I bought this or that and we are already connected. I ‘jump’ into their eyes, so to speak.”

Felicitas, Germany

CONTACT

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