by Anastasia | Aug 2, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
It is break time and the courtyard of METAdrasi’s center of non-formal education for refugee and migrant children outside VIAL in Chios is filled with children running and playing. Youssef*, a man of forty-something, is standing by the side watching over them –...
by Anastasia | Jul 30, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
Eleven unaccompanied children, aged 6 to 12, who reside in METAdrasi’s shelter in Athens, paid us a visit in our offices, the day after their precipitated return, due to the fires, from the summer camp of Agios Andreas, where they were accommodated by the City of...
by Anastasia | Jul 27, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
On the occasion of the recent tragic events, METAdrasi’s team received messages of solidarity towards the Greek people from refugees and migrants. Someone mentioned: “We share your pain. We’ll do everything we can to help”. In these difficult...
by Anastasia | Jul 18, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
METAdrasi, within the framework of the activity “Certification of Torture Victims”, organized an educational seminar entitled “Medico-legal documentation of torture and ill-treatment cases in the Greek asylum context”. The seminar took place at METAdrasi’s...
by Anastasia | Jul 6, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
As published in Huffington Post Being, for several years now, a member of METAdrasi’s team in Athens, I had the chance to meet many of my Lesvos colleagues through telephone, e-mail, or in person, in meetings, work groups etc. A brief mission in Lesvos gave me the...