PRESS RELEASES & ARTICLES

PRESS RELEASE: SolidarityNow at the Athens Democracy Forum: “Migrant Children’s Transition to Adulthood”

Breakfast briefing titled: “Migrant Children’s Transition to Adulthood” SolidarityNow organized today, within the framework of the annual Athens Democracy Forum, a discussion on the topic of unaccompanied children becoming 18 years old in Greece and the challenges they face deprived of any previous supporting framework. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of SolidarityNow, Mr. […]

Completion of the “STARTnow” program for young refugees and students

From December 2018 to June 2022, SolidarityNow in partnership with STAR UK provided an innovative interactive and communication experience to its beneficiaries -refugees and asylum seekers- and to students-volunteers. The aim of the program was on the one hand to challenge students’ daily life regarding stereotypes and prejudices through personal experience, and on the other […]

Press Release: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at SolidarityNow’s Athens Solidarity Center

The German Foreign Minister, Analena Baerbock, visited SolidarityNow’s Athens Solidarity Center on Thursday 28th July, on the first day of her arrival in Greece, where a discussion was held with representatives of civil society organizations. The Chairman of SolidarityNow’s Board of Directors, Mr. Stelios Zavvos, welcomed the Minister to the Athens Solidarity Center and coordinated […]

PRESS RELEASE: SolidarityNow sounds the alarm about the impact of rising property values on the most vulnerable

Beneficiaries of the “Guaranteed Minimum Income” are excluded from its payment due to an increase in the objective value of their property The Social Service of SolidarityNow’s Athens Solidarity Center observes an increase in people visiting the Center in an effort to understand why they are no longer entitled to financial support through the “Minimum […]

Exclusion of beneficiaries by the welfare program “Guaranteed Minimum Income” due to the increase in property values

by the Social Service of the Athens Solidarity Center by SolidarityNow The income support provided through the welfare program “Guaranteed Minimum Income” (GMI) is the only means of financial aid for hundreds of thousands of Greek citizens as well as foreigners living in Greece in conditions of extreme poverty. The beneficiaries of the program are […]

In a celebration organized by Solidarity Now, students from Ukraine were donated school items by Public.

In a celebration organized by Solidarity Now, students from Ukraine were donated school items by Public! Today, SolidarityNow, Public, and Desmos welcomed 80 children, students at the Ukrainian Community’s Sunday School and the “Homework & Creative Activities Center” of SolidarityNow in the organization’s Athens Solidarity Center. The aim of organizing this event was to distribute […]