Every unaccompanied child arriving in a new country needs more than procedures: they need someone to stand by them, listen to them, protect them, and ensure that their rights become a reality.
In the first part of Family for Every Child’s “Seen, Counted and Protected” series, METAdrasi’s experience from the Guardianship Programme for Unaccompanied Minors is presented — a programme introduced by the Organization for the first time in Greece in 2014.
The blog highlights how crucial the presence of a Guardian is in the life of an unaccompanied child — especially when issues such as age, documentation, access to education, health care, and legal protection directly affect their future.
Because systems see data.
Guardians see children.
Read the blog here.
Since November 1, 2023, the activity of Guardianship for Unaccompanied Minors in Greece, is being implemented with METAdrasi as the coordinating partner and Praksis as a partner, within the framework of the “National Guardianship System” with funding from the “Programme Greece – Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027”, co-financed by the European Union.
