Emmanouela, teacher, Integration Learning Center, Athens She has just finished her course at the “HELIOS” Integration Learning Center* in Athens, and during her break she is happy to talk about her work and experience in this program, which in her opinion is indeed “a second sun”** for its beneficiaries. Emmanuela is a language professor who […]
INTERNATIONAL TEACHER’S DAY_5 OCTOBER #education=integration “Education will help them have a better life” Chrysa Zizopoulou, teacher, Integration Learning Center, Thessaloniki In one of the classrooms of SolidarityNow’s Integration Learning Center (ILC) in Thessaloniki, 33-year-old Chryssa Zizopoulou, language professor, teaches Greek to recognized adult refugees. Due to the pandemic the number of students in the class is […]
“Older yes, stronger though. As long as we live, we must move forward. I have always fought in my life and I will continue to do so, as long as I’m alive”. On the International Day for Older Persons, we celebrate the 81-year-old Mr. Ali from Syria. He had to reach 78 to add one […]
M. comes from Syria and lived with his family in Northern Greece, in an apartment rented by SolidarityNow, as part of the *ESTIA program. The social workers, who were responsible for M. and his family, tell us that he is a role model! They use his case as an example to the program’s beneficiaries, who […]
Sanaa from Syria lives in Greece along with her two sons and her mother for the last couple of years. At the beginning, her husband was also with them, but he left for Germany to begin a new life there for himself and his family. However, they still live apart. The 40-year-old Sanaa, her mother, […]
The 42-year-old from Togo has faced many challenges in her life since she was a child. Today in Greece she must face another one; the one that derives from the new ministerial decision regarding the housing of the recognized refugees in the country. Palanga and her son are among the recognized refugees who had to […]
Trying to find a house was a quite difficult process due to racism and high rents According to a ministerial decision, people who have been recognized as refugees in our country and lived in accommodation structures – apartments, hostels, open structures – had to leave their homes by the end of May. Those who are […]
When we were told “Stay Home”, our thoughts and solidarity were with those who did not have a home; with the people who for us are not numbers, or “cases” to be deported, but they are women and men, girls and boys with names, origin and dreams for a life meant for people. When we […]
