by METAdrasi | Mar 12, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
METAdrasi’s friends from the United States of America, from the city of Sarasota in Florida, set off to support refugees and migrants in Chios. After creating the “Sarasota Friends of Chios Refugees” action group, they organized a fundraising dinner with Greek...
by METAdrasi | Mar 12, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
The actual integration of refugee and migrant children begins in the classrooms. Outside the classrooms too. Definitely outside the hotspots. “The number of children that remain trapped for long periods of time in the island’s hotspots is high. Many of them have never...
by METAdrasi | Mar 9, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
“I am glad that finally I have notebooks and pencils and that I am learning to write…” 8-year-old Samir from Syria METAdrasi initiated the operation of two Non-formal Education Centers in Lesvos, for children from Kara Tepe and Moria, as well as another one in...
by METAdrasi | Mar 9, 2018 | Announcements, Press Room en
The bell rings daily for more than 700 refugee and migrant children that participate in METAdrasi’s educational activities in Athens, Lesvos and Chios, while their reunification/relocation in another European country or their integration into Greek schools is pending....
by METAdrasi | Mar 6, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
During 2017, METAdrasi’s team realized 1,074 missions for the escorting of 1,790 unaccompanied children and 21 vulnerable cases (SGBV), from precarious conditions to safe transit accommodation facilities all over Greece. To date, within 7 years of the activity’s...
by METAdrasi | Feb 21, 2018 | Announcements, Uncategorized
Upon completion of an interpretation session, a METAdrasi’s interpreter has to forget what he heard, tear up his notes, protect the confidentiality. But he cannot forget what he experienced and felt… “Despite the difficulties and the sentimental tension in our...
