Since April 2, when some of our beneficiaries were tested positive for COVID-19, the situation at Ritsona camp, where I work, has changed radically. Police cars and police teams were patrolling the camp’s entrance. The beneficiaries, now excluded from any service, were in greater need than ever. We continued our presence at the camp, responding […]
Many things have changed during this crisis. All the important activities in the field of labor market and education were “frozen” or suspended. An immediate priority in the Employability Service at the SolidarityNow’s Athens Solidarity Center, was the adjustment to the new reality as to continue being on the side of our beneficiaries; and most […]
Working as a psychologist at the Athens Solidarity Center, every day I challenge myself through people’s different and usually, harsh stories. Stories of people facing the effects of poverty, the anxiety of unemployment, the uncertainty of migration, the effects of fear caused by the experience of war or persecution. I often tell people that if […]
An Afghan man who managed to collect his documents and take asylum in Greece; a woman, victim of gender-based violence who found the strength to support other women of her community; a long-term unemployed who found a job; an unaccompanied minor who was taken to the hospital and received medical treatment. But who are the […]
Αthanasia Papiggi, Student Group Coordinator STARTnow A few months ago, none of us would believe someone saying that we would be forced to stay home for a long time. We would say that all this is a bad joke. But COVID-19 changed our lives and the bad joke became reality. After the first shock, we […]
by Dimitris Bakas*, lawyer, SolidarityNow, Thiva open Accommodation Center It’s been a year since I’ve joined SolidarityNow. I am a lawyer and member of the team working at Thiva open Accommodation Center. Within this one year, I had the chance to meet great colleagues and beneficiaries, with whom we spent many hours together. I developed […]
“Facing hardships in life can be good for you” We met with Dominika at SolidarityNow’s Thessaloniki Solidarity Center, shortly after her meeting with Vicky, her psychologist. Dominika, 37, comes from Poland and has lived in Greece for the past 14 years. She has two young children that were born here. She is currently unemployed and […]
“You have to learn the language of the country you are living in and realize that you need to start a life here so you can move forward!” Our first contact with Ms. Azia Mizroyan was at SolidarityNow’s Blue Refugee Center in Thessaloniki, where she works as a cultural mediator for the kurmanji language. Ms […]
