Athens News Agency-Macedonian Press Agency: Women Refugees create fashion at the Accommodation structure in Vagiochori


“They decorate and sew their dresses with colourful lace, pearls and gold ribbons, they make matching coronavirus masks and “marry” the West with the East in fashion, creating wedding dresses with elements of different cultures!”

Small miracles happen in the Female Friendly Space of the “Child & Family Support Hub” of SolidarityNow in Vagiochori!

The journalist Natasa Karathanou from the Athens News Agency-Macedonian Press Agency, visited the “Child & Family Support Hub” of the organization in Vagiochori and wrote about the women-beneficiaries and their talent!

*SolidarityNow’s “Child & Family Support Hubs” (CFSH) program is supported by UNICEF Greece and IOM Greece with funding by the European Union.

Radio K: SolidarityNow and the toxic storm


Antigone Lyberaki, General Manager of SolidarityNow, gave an interview to the radio of Kathimerini newspaper and the journalist Michalis Tsintsinis, where she describes the work implemented by the organization from 2013 until today and responds to the vicious defamation attack that targeted SolidarityNow last week.

Listen to the podcast, at the following link: https://www.kathimerini.gr/visual/podcasts/561277321/h-solidarity-now-kai-i-toxiki-thyella/.

DEVEX.COM: In Greece, NGOs turn to games and play to treat refugee children’s trauma


The journalist Emma Smith wrote an article on how the NGOs in Greece deal with the refugee children’s traumas. The journalist interviewed Christiana Kyrkou, the “Child and Family Support Hubs” program Coordinator, who spoke on behalf of SolidarityNow for the work held by the organization in support of the children, in the 14 sites where the organization is present through the program.

Read the full article “In Greece, NGOs turn to games and play to treat refugee children’s trauma“.