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Accommodation for Single Mothers with Young Children

The enormous need for protection and integration support to refugees and asylum seekers’ vulnerable cases, led METAdrasi to begin a new activity, intended for single parent families.

Led by the belief that European funds should be used properly for the restoration and reopening of hundrends of abandoned building owned by the state, METAdrasi initially created a cozy space in the center of Athens, renting an unused apartment of the Centre for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind (Ministry of Labor), for which we undertook all repair, maintenance and equipment costs. Its capacity is up to 8 people, while the objective is to extend the action, by creating more spaces for the hospitality of other vulnerable groups.

As METAdrasi is not involved in funded programs for housing refugees and asylum seekers, the implementation of this activity started on METAdrasi’s own resources, and since April 2017 it has the valuable support of the Association for Aid Relief Japan (AAR 3) to cover part of its expenses. The beneficiaries are hosted upon referral by the National Centre For Social Solidarity (EKKA).

Five mothers with their fourteen children have already found shelter in this apartment.

As international organisations and other civil society organisations began to operate in the same area to meet the specific needs, METAdrasi made the decision to suspend this activity since April 2018.