Can you introduce yourself and tell us why you participated in the Empower YOUth project? I signed up for Empower YOUth to learn! I am a curious person in general and have a constant need to evolve. I go to the night school in Chalkida and learn something new every day. Because I read so […]
Can you introduce yourself and tell us why you participated in the Empower YOUth project? I am a sociologist, and currently I am a postgraduate student at the University of the Aegean, in social research, critical criminology and inclusion of vulnerable social groups. When I found out that Empower YOUth aimed youth from diverse social […]
Can you introduce yourself and tell us why you participated in the Empower YOUth project? I am 24 years old; I study occupational therapy and I am in my 3rd year of studies. I signed up because I am concerned about some issues that the youth are experiencing. I want to find solutions; I want […]
Can you introduce yourself and tell us why you participated in the Empower YOUth project? I am a history teacher. I teach history and philosophy and my major concerns the history of human rights. I am also a graduate of the Department of Philosophy and Science of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. I […]
And more specifically to the young participants in the Empower YOUth project, whose first phase has already been completed and now the second is being planned at a fever pitch. Six (6) of the participants in Athens and Thessaloniki spoke to us about their experience so far, answering four (4) questions! What made them sign […]
by the Athens Solidarity Center of SolidarityNow The 21-year-old M. from Iran lives in Greece almost a year, alone, away from his family. When he visited the Athens Solidarity Center (ASC) he needed support to meet even his most basic needs. The challenges for young M. were multiple. The first rejection of his request for […]
by the Athens Solidarity Center of SolidarityNow “I am old enough to have perhaps already reconciled with some truths and facts of life. But the reality for me is different. My inner battle became unbearable, and I decided that I could no longer be a stranger to my people. A friend of mine suggested that […]
by the Athens Solidarity Center of SolidarityNow Dimitris has every reason to be proud of himself. Not only today, April 8th, that along with the rest Roma people, he celebrates their international day, but because with his everyday actions for a long time, Dimitris overcomes stereotypes, either the ones derived from his origin or the […]
