It has been four years since the devastating fires of July 23, 2018 in the seaside Athens resort of Mati left horrifying images that the mind cannot erase. The fear and devastation of that day continue to haunt us…

Imagine Heritage initiated, organized, and executed a Culture Educational Green Project entitled “MATI 23718” with partners and donors of the GreenFundGreece and Municipality of Kifissia. The project was an educational contribution of our organization to schools of the Community, using the artworks and installation of Multidisciplinary Artist & Imagine’s Heritage co-founder Olga Soulachaki as an interactive space for understanding and reflecting on the different levels of disaster that happened in the Mati community.

Moreover, Imagine Heritage & GreenFundGreece organized a dialogue about the necessary policies for the better civic protection of natural heritage today. The municipality of Kifissia( northern Athens region) initiated a common planning for running a Green Youth Educational Programme.

A series of wildfires in Greece, during the 2018 European heat wave, began in the coastal areas of Attica, at Mati in July 2018. 104+ people were confirmed dead from the Mati fires. The fires were the second-deadliest wildfire event in the 21st century.