The International Day of Education (24.1.2024) turned into a wonderful celebration at the organization’s Athens Solidarity Center! Students of the “All Children in Education”* program welcomed special guests! The Deputy Minister of Migration and Asylum, Mrs. Sofia Voultepsi, along with Elena Paparizou and Giorgos Perris, goodwill ambassadors of UNICEF, visited the Center and shared smiles, music and positive messages!

The Chairman of SolidarityNow Mr. Stelios Zavvos and executives of the organization accompanied the visitors, who took part in educational activities together with children of all ages from different countries around the world! They discussed with them in Greek about life and school in Greece and at the end the older children closed the event with a Greek song!

Elena Paparizou, commenting on racism and discrimination, shared a personal story from her childhood in Sweden, inspiring the children not to be afraid being authentic and sharing with their new friends the customs and traditions of their country.

*The visit was jointly organized by UNICEF Greece and the organization.

*The “All Children in Education” project is a UNICEF initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, co-funded by the European Union, and implemented by a number of partners, including SolidarityNow.

Photographs by Myroslava Klius.