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The program MAMA – Supporting new and mothers-to-be<\/strong>\u00a0is implemented afresh by SolidarityNow with the support of Eurolife FFH<\/a> aiming to support new parents through the provision of a holistic package of supportive services and activities. Prenatal and postnatal counselling sessions, workshops, and events (in person and remotely) for perspective and new mothers and fathers as well as their toddlers, are organized to help them through their first steps as new parents, while also allow them to establish a supportive network on which they can count on during this period.<\/p>\n The program is run by an experienced midwife, a nutrition expert, and a child support officer. Through MAMA, a healing and safe environment is provided to support and guide parents throughout their first steps starting from pregnant life to postnatal care, parenthood and beyond. The program will be implemented throughout 2023.<\/p>\n \u201cDesmos for Youth\u201d was created as a testament to the capabilities of young people living in Greece today and the amazing potential they can achieve when given the opportunity to work! The project\u2019s goal is two-fold: to address youth unemployment while staffing charitable organizations with young, talented employees!<\/p>\n About \u201cDesmos for Youth\u201d project and SolidarityNow<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In the framework of the “Desmos for Youth” program, SolidarityNow will get funds to cover the job position of an unemployed young person . Thus, the organization contributes to the triple goal set by the program:<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n SolidarityNow is a partner in a 3 year long Erasmus+ programme, ENACTED (European Network of Active Civil Society for Education and Diversity) with partners from Italy, Cyprus, Spain and Greece (Thessaloniki and Athens), with the aim of analysing and promoting inclusive education policies and practices of children (newly arrived migrant students, school-age refugees and asylum seekers and migrants in this case) in all partner countries; this will be done by engaging stakeholders in formal and non-formal in discussions about inclusive education, and the creation of an online platform inviting the stakeholders to discover, discuss and apply the identified best practices where possible.<\/p>\n The ENACTED project aims at establishing a new and currently absent, yet much needed, international online networking platform connecting European Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Primary and Secondary Schools that work with Newly Arrived Migrant Students (NAMS) focusing on providing Quality and Inclusive Education for all learners.<\/strong><\/p>\n As such, ENACTED steps in to facilitate the collection, analysis, evaluation, and exchange of CSOs(NGO) practices by offering a database and useful tool in the form of a networking platform that CSOs and schools can use to advance their work and upscale their activities. In the first and \u00a0present stage, the partners from ENACTED have conducted desk research- resulting in country-specific papers and (soon) a regional research paper on education practices in the 4 countries; \u03a4he country-wide survey also has the aim to help the ENACTED team design and implement an effective programme catering to the needs of education stakeholders:<\/p>\n Read more<\/a> about the programme.<\/p>\n From June 2019 to June 2021 the \u201cNot Alone in Europe\u201d (Innovative Youth Work and Intersectional Practices for Young Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers) project pursues the double aim of educating and training youth workers who are meeting young LGBTQ+ migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n Target groups:<\/strong><\/p>\n Partner organisations:<\/strong><\/p>\n SolidarityNow, in collaboration with the Major Development Agency Thessaloniki S.A. began implementing in February 2020 the program “School SYN Geitonia” with the aim of providing an intensive program for the improvement of learning skills, which includes supportive and remedial Greek and English language courses, as well as school support after the school hours. The group includes children aged 6 to 18 in order to promote a smooth integration of this age group into the formal education system and the reduction of early school leaving rates. The local neighbourhoods of Thessaloniki are being transformed into open inclusive and intercultural places. The program was completed in August 2022.<\/p>\n SolidarityNow, in collaboration with STAR UK, started implementing in December 2018 the STARTnow program in order to help refugees and asylum seekers in their first steps in Thessaloniki, through their interaction with student volunteers. \u00a0The aim of the program was on the one hand to support and train to volunteer students to provide substantial assistance to refugees and asylum seekers and on the other hand to support the beneficiaries to become familiar with the use of the Greek and English language while mobilizing them to follow their dreams and go beyond the part of passive service reception.\u00a0The program was completed in June 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n * STAR UK<\/strong><\/a> is a national charity of 34,000 students welcoming refugees to the UK.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n REWIP- Refugee Empowerment and Work Integration Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n REWIP is an EU-funded project aiming at supporting young migrants, refugees and asylum seekers (aged 18 \u2013 30) that arrive in a new country of residence in the EU and wish to make their first steps towards achieving work integration and as an extension, social integration.<\/p>\n REWIP aims at achieving this goal by initiating and facilitating volunteering and mentoring opportunities for young migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who wish to work voluntarily in a local business for a limited amount of time, learn a new profession or further develop an already familiar one, as well as liaise meaningfully with a professional mentor who can guide them in their professional endeavours. REWIP draws and further advances existing methodologies of work integration, scouting for best practices and attending to its target groups\u2019 needs and preferences.<\/p>\n The logic behind REWIP is that if newly arrived young people are supported to receive all the information, resources and networks they need to begin their professional journey in a new unknown country, they will eventually be able to stand on their own two feet and prosper. As such, REWIP has planned to offer young migrants, refugees and asylum seekers\u00a0 training resources focusing on social empowerment, on intercultural knowledge and on pre-employment preparation. These training resources are meant to support young migrants, refugees and asylum seekers feel empowered, get to know the culture of their host country, and familiarise themselves with its labour market system.<\/p>\n The project will be implemented by the University of Pireus<\/a> in collaboration with Stimmuli<\/a>, SolidarityNow<\/a>, Ethelon<\/a>, NewBees<\/a>, and CESIE<\/a>.<\/p>\n The project \u201cBridging Rainbow\u201daims\u00a0to raise awareness about this vulnerable\u00a0social group by increasing What the project\u00a0includes<\/strong><\/p>\n \u03a4he project is implemented by SolidarityNow and supported by the Municipality of Barcelona and the foundation ACSAR:<\/p>\n Refugees WelComB! Is a European project funded by Erasmus+. The Strategic Partnership led by Kontakte f\u00fcr Europa e.V. (Germany), brings together seven (7) organizations from Germany, Greece (SolidarityNow), Hungary (Artemisszio Alapitvany), Italy (Associazione InformaGiovani), Spain (Madrid for Refugees), Bulgaria (Ocean Whale), and Turkey (TC Buca Kaymakamligi).<\/p>\n The project aims to enhance the social and professional integration of refugees and to improve the interdisciplinary co-operation in this field. In the framework of the Strategic Partnership two surveys will be conducted in the seven (7) partner countries targeting refugees and relevant stakeholders.\u00a0 The findings of the surveys and the integration plans applied in partner countries will be analyzed and shared as best practices.<\/p>\n SolidarityNow has been implementing since July 2018 an accountability pilot project entitled \u201cThe Resilient Roots Initiative\u201d. The project, which is coordinated by CIVICUS in collaboration with Keystone Accountability & Accountable Now, aims to improve the interaction channels between the SolidarityNow management and its Primary Constituents. Sixty young SolidarityNow beneficiaries (incl. former unaccompanied minors, women, LGBTI) from Athens and Thessaloniki will participate in a range of activities aiming to increase the frequency and depth of their interaction with the SolidarityNow management:<\/p>\n The above activities will enable the collection of more\/better feedback by the SolidarityNow primary constituents, to influence more informed decision making, and will improve the relaying of information about how SolidarityNow is responding to feedback back to its primary constituents.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Expected outcomes<\/strong><\/p>\n The project, which is funded by the Social Sector Accelerator (on behalf of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation), will be completed in August 2019.<\/p>\n Skills and Integration of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Applicants in European Labour Markets\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n SIRIUS is an EU founded project which was launched in January 2018 and will run for three years. It is consisted of 11 partners from 7 countries and it builds on a multi-dimensional conceptual framework in which host country or political-institutional, societal and individual-related conditions function either as enablers or as barriers to migrants\u2019, refugees\u2019 and asylum seekers\u2019 integration via the labor market.<\/p>\n SIRIUS has a mixed methods approach and innovative dissemination plan involving online priority action networks, film essays, festival, job fair and an applied game along with scientific and policy dialogue workshops and conferences.<\/p>\n To do so, it has three main objectives:<\/em><\/p>\n As one of the 3 NGOs involved in the project,\u00a0SolidarityNow\u00a0saw this project not only as being great opportunity but also\u00a0as an important effort because labor market integration is part of what we do through our programs and advocacy efforts. We saw it as an opportunity to better inform our work and services and on the other help us develop more evidence-based research and policy recommendations at the national level.<\/p>\n Finally, we recognized the gender- sensitive approach the project is taking, which aligns with how we seek to support women and the additional burdens they face and our goal to reach an in-depth understanding of gender differences. Within the Consortium, we are focusing on the practical implementations of the research findings by hosting a Job Fair in Thessaloniki in spring 2019, and the testing of a Serious Game that employment agencies, migrant organisations and other stakeholders seeking to facilitate the labor market inclusion of recent migrants, asylum seekers and refugees will be able to use.<\/p>\n For more information, please visit the project\u2019s website:\u00a0https:\/\/www.sirius-project.eu\/<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMigrant & Youth Social Inclusion Through Entrepreneurship\u201d_#MySite<\/strong><\/p>\n SolidarityNow, is partnering with five organizations from five EU countries to promote youth and migrant entrepreneurship and to highlight its significance as a means to social inclusion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The project entitled \u201cMigrant and Youth Social Inclusion through Entrepreneurship<\/em>\u201d aims to promote entrepreneurship as a means towards social inclusion and integration. Beneficiaries of the project will include youth residing in the countries of focus, irrespective of their background, who wish to start their own business as entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n The project is funded by EC\u2019s Erasmus+<\/a> programme and will be implemented in five EU countries over a period of 18 months by the following partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n The project includes the following activities:<\/em><\/p>\n And aims to:<\/em><\/p>\n SolidarityNow continued until the middle of 2019, to successfully operate the Diadromes Intercultural Center. In order to safeguard the human right to safety and decent living conditions, Faros in collaboration with four other organizations – SolidarityNow, Merimna,<\/a> CivisPlus <\/a>and Babel \u2013 are launching a program entitled \u201cFollowing their Footsteps\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n The program aims to strengthen the\u00a0systematic identification and registration of unaccompanied and separated minors<\/strong>\u00a0living under difficult conditions in the streets of Athens and the provision of holistic care and hospitality through an alternative to detention or life on the streets. More specifically, the program aims to provide these children\u00a0social integration opportunities, enhance the effectiveness of the existing support network in Athens<\/strong>\u00a0and contribute decisively to reducing the\u00a0phenomenon of absconding from accommodation structures<\/strong>\u00a0through advocacy for the development of a specific national policy.<\/p>\n The project is\u00a0funded by EPIM (European Programme for Integration and Migration<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n SolidarityNow<\/strong> developed an IT project implemented in Polykastro that provided internet access and connectivity to the stranded population remaining at the EKO gas station following the closure of Greece\u2019s northern border. This program enabled individuals to access information about asylum procedures, as well as provide them the ability to contact their families and friends.<\/p>\n The project has been completed and was funded by Care International<\/a> and Rescue Telecom<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n SolidarityNow<\/strong> and CARE International (within the START Network), implemented a program that responded to the vital food needs of vulnerable populations, including refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, unemployed Greeks, and any other groups with urgent nutritional needs.<\/p>\n Care4Solidarity<\/strong> helped to fill the gap between groups who were in need of food assistance, but were excluded from the relevant public assistance programs. The project empowered these groups by provided cash vouchers directly to them, thereby giving these individuals the flexibility to decide for themselves which food items they wish to purchase to best meet their needs.<\/p>\n
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\nInitially, \u201cNot Alone in Europe\u201d will offer a train-the-trainer course for youth workers meeting young LGBTQ+ migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in order to make them more confident with intersectional approaches in their work and how to include LGBTQ+ perspectives in their work. The aim of the train-the-trainer course is to enable the participants to implement the \u201cNot alone in Europe\u201d workshops in their own cities.
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\nIt also intends to contribute to\u00a0strengthening the collaboration\u00a0between all stakeholders supporting\u00a0the LGBTI refugee community\u00a0and act as an accelerator of social\u00a0change. Furthermore, it seeks to\u00a0support LGBTI refugees & asylum\u00a0seekers and facilitate the pathway\u00a0towards social inclusion and integration\u00a0in Greece.<\/p>\n\n
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\nEducation Matters, an initiative developed in close collaboration with Almasar and the Development Forum at the Athens Training Center \u201cDiadromes\u201c, included free support training courses, networking technician training in collaboration with CISCO and other activities for children and adults.<\/p>\n
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