“(…) In recent months, with the support of SolidarityNow’s Employment Service, five people have successfully completed the application process for admission to Greek universities as foreign applicants. An 18-year-old Ukrainian refugee is now embarking on a new chapter in his life, studying Accounting and Finance at the University of West Attica in Aigaleo. A 31-year-old […]
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HuffingtonPost | Πανελλήνιες Εξετάσεις: Μια ευκαιρία να συνδεθούμε ακόμα περισσότερο με τα παιδιά μας
Ένα άρθρο από τις ειδικούς του SolidarityNow στο Πρόγραμμα Θετικής Γονεϊκότητας – Triple P, με θέμα τον γονεϊκό ρόλο σε μια απαιτητική συνθήκη για τους εφήβους, αυτή την Πανελληνίων εξετάσεων. Διαβάστε το άρθρο: Πανελλήνιες Εξετάσεις: Μια ευκαιρία να συνδεθούμε ακόμα περισσότερο με τα παιδιά μας
ΑΡΘΡΟ | Ένα έγκλημα που τελείται στη σιωπή
Η Μαριλύν Πολένα, Γενική Διευθύντρια και η Φαίη Κουτζούκου, Αναπληρώτρια Γενική Διευθύντρια του SolidarityNow γράφουν στην εφημερίδα “Το Βήμα”, για την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα κατά της Εμπορίας Ανθρώπων στις 30 Ιουλίου 2025. Σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία του Εθνικού Μηχανισμού Αναφοράς για το 2024, στην Ελλάδα καταγράφηκαν 465 υποθέσεις εμπορίας ανθρώπων, με σχεδόν 6 στα 10 θύματα […]
CULTURENOW.GR | Article on the Human Rights Day – December 10
On the occasion of Human Rights Day, Valia Savvidou, SolidarityNow’s Communications Officer, writes the article “What are all these people becoming?”. “(…) Are we apathetic? Seconds we show a safe compassion and then forget, or is life smarter, in its speed and violence, that we are forced into this behavior? All, probably. Life happens, is […]
NEWSBEAST | Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers find work in Greek tourism
“The tourism sector is one of the main sectors of the economy where refugees, asylum seekers and migrants find work. This is one of the main conclusions of the research carried out by SolidarityNow, entitled: “The employment experiences of asylum seekers and refugees in the tourism sector”. As Marilyn Polena, SolidarityNow’s General Manager, tells APE-MPE, […]
TYPOSTHES | Thessaloniki: Stereotypes prevent Roma from speaking Romani
The journalist Lemonia Vasvani from the Thessaloniki newspaper TYPOS writes about the Jaf Anglal programme and the educational workshop held by the organisations of the programme – SolidarityNow and AMKE REVMA – in Thessaloniki on the occasion of the 5th of November, World Day of Romani Language. “Explaining the idea for this action, Georgia Kalpazidou, […]
TYPOSTHES | The Iraqi girl who is building her own “myth” with a new restaurant in Thessaloniki
The journalist Lemonia Vasvani from the Thessaloniki newspaper TYPOS writes about her meeting with Shaimaa, the beneficiary of SolidarityNow at the Blue Refugee Center in Thessaloniki, who opened her restaurant in the city center! “Shaimaa managed to make her dream come true by opening her own restaurant in the centre of Thessaloniki with the support […]
A refugee woman from Iraq “feeds” her dream with Arabic cuisine!
The journalist Natasha Karathanou from the Athens-Macedonian News Agency writes about Shaimaa, a beneficiary of the SolidarityNow Blue Refugee Center who is opening her restaurant in the centre of Thessaloniki! “In her first steps Shaimaa was mentored by the Employment Service of the Blue Refugee Centre (BRC) in Thessaloniki. There, through the BRC Livelihoods program […]