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City of Athens Olympic volunteers take to the streets Thursday.
(From Athens News Agency)
Olympic volunteers recruited by the City of Athens take to the streets on Thursday to help visitors to the capital find their way around
The roughly 3,000 volunteers who rallied to Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyianni under a campaign dubbed "Show them the Athens you love" have excellent knowledge of at least one foreign language, while 80 percent also speak another language
Sixty five percent of the total are female, while most are aged between 18 and 35, but there are exceptions, including a 77-year-old man who speaks seven languages. Other volunteers know sign language for the deaf; and more than 80 percent have reached tertiary education
Beyond Greeks, other nationalities are to work as volunteers, including Nigerians, Ethiopians, Chinese and Poles
The volunteers will staff ...
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