By Giannis Aggelis Social worker, Athens Solidarity Center There are certain points in your career which will be engraved in you, the memory of which will be at your side as much as you might try to distance yourself. It is a moment like this which I will try to convey to you as […]
Harrison Kramer knows about magic tricks. He has a magic wand and make things disappear. He puts a love spell on people and make them happy. You see – he is a magician! He is the owner of “After School Magic”, a performing arts company located in Manhattan, NY. “After School Magic” provides a wide […]
*Deborah Cater, British travel and food blogger On the evening of June 19th, the Seychelles restaurant in Kerameikos had altered its catalogue adding Barshank’s dishes – humus, spicy lamb, tabbouleh, grilled chicken with spices and groats and mutabal. The same happened when Abdul cooked at the 7 Food Sins restaurant in Plaka, where the cook […]
“We left behind the war and the fear, to find safety and life” Shalama, refugee from Syria, 36 years-old, father of four Shalama, his 25-year-old wife, their 6-year-old son and their twin girls, arrived in Greece in 2016. During their journey, they were also “carrying” their son; the couple’s youngest son was finally born during […]
You do not exactly call them a typical family. Among them lives the 8-year-old Superman, two twin boys of 1,5 years old, a beautiful girl in her six, a so-serious 13-year-old teenager, a reserved 10-year-old girl, and of course their parents, for a not to be taken lightly family sum of 8! Head of the […]
Andreas Vasiliou, Hotel owner in Rovies, Evia, hosting refugees in the context of the SolidarityNow program “Home for Hope” Rovies is my village, a small holiday resort in eastern Evia and I, the owner of a small hotel that has been converted into a home for refugee families from Syria. I have talked many times […]
For the protection of the most vulnerable refugee and migrant groups, special support centers –already known as “Blue Dots”- for children, women and families are being operated in more than 10 points across Greece to provide vital services, counselling and play in a single location. The BlueDot program is implemented by SolidarityNow, supported by UNICEF and funded […]
SolidarityNow, with the cooperation of the award-winning photojournalist George Moutafis, highlights and make known the people and their personal stories which derive from the current refugee crisis. “Listen to My Story” is the photo project that focuses on the everyday protagonists of this unprecedented European refugee / immigration phenomenon. “The basic needs of the people is a priority. Unfortunately, inequalities […]
