PRESS RELEASES & ARTICLES

Job Fair Opportunity+ in Thessaloniki

Opportunity+ Career Day is coming to Thessaloniki! On Thursday, March 12, 10:00 – 16:00, at the HELIOS+ Center of SolidarityNow in the city center of Thessaloniki, we invite you to a Career Day open to everyone. Find the related announcement below available in: Arabic | French | Ukrainian | Persian During Opportunity+, the following activities […]

ARTICLE | Tax Guide & Home Rental Guide in Multiple Languages

Life in a new country is not always easy, and Greek bureaucracy can often feel like a puzzle. That’s why we created a Tax Guide (available in 8 languages) and a Home Rental Guide (available in 7 languages). Our goal is to support people who live in Greece and are not Greek nationals, helping them […]

JOINT PRESS RELEASE | Call by 17 Organizations: Do Not Abolish the Residence Permit for Unaccompanied Children Who Came of Age in Greece

The Greek Parliament Not to Abolish the Residence Permit for Unaccompanied Children Who Came of Age in Greece and Have Successfully Completed Three Years of Greek Schooling Through a joint letter, a total of 17 Civil Society Organizations—many of which are members of the Child Rights Advocacy Network—call on the Greek Parliament not to adopt […]

ARTICLE | Working in the In-Between

Every day, employment counselors at the Athens Solidarity Center welcome lots of people who are looking for work. Their role is multifaceted: assessing backgrounds, identifying skills, exploring needs, creating CVs, providing information about the labor market, supporting job applications and interviews, explaining labor rights and, of course, offering guidance on the bureaucratic procedures required before […]

ARTICLE | Seasonal employment as a transitional stage of integration

A few months ago, we reported on former unaccompanied minors (read the respective article) who, faced with the lack of alternative housing options after leaving the shelter, chose to work during the recent tourist season. At that time, the role of the employment counselor was characterized by urgency, immediate problem-solving, and constant availability, as the […]

ARTICLE | Volunteering at the Thessaloniki Solidarity Center: Lessons on Migration and Human Rights

by Rebecca Fox, volunteer at the Thessaloniki Solidarity Center Hands-On Experience with Vulnerable Communities As a postgraduate student in human rights and migration at the University of Macedonia, gaining hands-on experience with migrants, refugees, foreign nationals, and other vulnerable populations through volunteering at SolidarityNow and its Solidarity Center in Thessaloniki has allowed me to get […]

ARTICLE | What the Official Gazette leaves out

The Real Requests Vulnerable Women Bring to the Accounting Service When navigating bureaucratic procedures, applications, requirements, and deadlines, all of us have at some point felt lost. Maybe a benefit we didn’t qualify for because we missed one criterion, or a deadline we didn’t meet because we weren’t informed in time. But what is it […]