{"id":840,"date":"2016-10-04T12:40:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T12:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.solidaritynow.org\/?p=840"},"modified":"2016-11-22T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:05:49","slug":"solidaritynows-awareness-raising-campaign-banish-fear-give-shelter-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/solidaritynows-awareness-raising-campaign-banish-fear-give-shelter-air\/","title":{"rendered":"[:el]H \u03b5\u03ba\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c5\u03b1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03af\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 SolidarityNow \u03bc\u03b5 \u03bc\u03ae\u03bd\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1 \u00ab\u0394\u03b9\u03ce\u03be\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03a6\u03cc\u03b2\u03bf. \u0394\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03b3\u03b7\u00bb \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1![:en]SolidarityNow\u2019s awareness-raising campaign \u00abBanish Fear. Give Shelter\u00bb is on air![:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through the message \u201cBanish Fear. Give Shelter\u201d <strong>SolidarityNow<\/strong> begins a nation-wide campaign for the Hosting Scheme project \u201cHome for Hope,\u201d that aims to <strong>raise awareness<\/strong>, <strong>inform<\/strong>, and <strong>support<\/strong> citizens to \u201c<strong>open their homes<\/strong>\u201d and to host refugees who need shelter for a short period of time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Home for Hope Program<\/strong><br \/>\nHome for Hope, implemented by <strong>SolidarityNow<\/strong> since April 2016 with the support of the UNCHR and funding from the EU, aims to support and give shelter to asylum seekers and individuals who meet the criteria to be relocated to another European country.<br \/>\n<strong>SolidarityNow<\/strong> has created 800 temporary hosting places for refugees \u2013600 in Athens\/Attica and 200 in Thessaloniki and its surrounding area. This will ensure decent housing for these vulnerable groups of Greece\u2019s population, for a limited time period. <strong>Until today, and through the Home for Hope project, more than 450 refugees have been hosted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<em>Banish Fear. Give Shelter. Give Hope.<\/em>\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>SolidarityNow<\/strong>\u2019s information campaign, targeting to dynamically pass on the message and encourage citizens to take action to host, will be rolled out to the general public from October through December through various actions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>special website for the program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeforhope.gr\/\">www.homeforhope.gr<\/a>, that contains all the relevant information about the program, including communication details and online forms for citizens to immediately express their interest to host<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UgqjIrST2eU\">TV spot<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dyqsWQMm9bM\">radio spots<\/a> entitled \u201cBanish fear!\u201d (which will be disseminated for free by mass media as social messages)<\/li>\n<li>entries in the press and electronic media<\/li>\n<li>digital campaign through the organization\u2019s social media<\/li>\n<li>a building installation that will \u201cdress\u201d the Municipality of Athens\u2019 Cultural Center on Acadimias str.<\/li>\n<li>promotion of the campaign at Metro and HSAP stations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SolidarityNow<\/strong>\u2019s informational campaign was made possible through the communications company SohoSquare, whereas the movie \u00abBanish Fear\u00bb from the company Foss Productions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The TV message and its stars<\/strong><br \/>\nThe TV message of the campaign entitled \u201cBanish Fear\u201d shows the reality that is <strong>lived by refugees<\/strong> \u2013 the anxiety about the unknown and the different, as well as coexistence. Fears that are shared by those who are hosted as well as those who are hosting. Fears that only together can be overcome.<br \/>\n<strong>In the SolidarityNow television campaign, the refugee that is featured is not an actor. His name is Alaa, one of the refugee beneficiaries of the Home for Hope program.<\/strong> A family of Greeks is hosting him and his family until they depart for Ireland. By taking part in the television spot, Alaa in his own way wants to pass on his own message to the people watching and listening to him: \u201cBanish Fear. Give Hope and Shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>#We Are Family<\/strong><br \/>\nMoreover, in the coming months, real-life hosting stories of refugees and citizens who have opened their homes for hosting will be published on <strong>SolidarityNow<\/strong>\u2019s social media, through a <strong>photo and video project<\/strong>entitled #WeAreFamily, in collaboration with the award-winning <strong>photojournalist Giorgos Moutafis<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThe goal is to help our fellow citizens see refugees through the eyes of a relative or friend that opens their home to welcome and host them, and shares:<strong> their space, their friendship, their table, their culture. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s be a part of the solution<\/strong><br \/>\nThrough this campaign, <strong>SolidarityNow<\/strong> calls on those who live in Athens and Thessaloniki to show their solidarity on more time, by offering to host people who need it most.<br \/>\n<em>\u201c<\/em><em>It\u2019s important, in a time where the migrant and refugee issue cheapens and is forgotten \u2013 as not urgent \u2013 and in a time where the phenomena of racism and xenophobia test our reflexes, to leave fear behind and to show solidarity in actions rather than words. Let\u2019s give the people who don\u2019t even have access to the basics, at least a dignified and safe accommodation,<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em> notes Sophia Ioannou, Head of Communications at <strong>SolidarityNow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay tuned to TV and radio, look around you for images and faces of \u201cHome for Hope\u201d and follow our upcoming internet campaign and become part of the solution!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A click at <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homeforhope.gr\/\"><strong><em>www.homeforhope.gr<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> or a call at +30 210 32 33 816 is enough to start.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the message \u201cBanish Fear. Give Shelter\u201d SolidarityNow begins a nation-wide campaign for the Hosting Scheme project \u201cHome for Hope,\u201d that aims to raise awareness, inform, and support citizens to \u201copen their homes\u201d and to host refugees who need shelter for a short period of time. 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