{"id":26098992,"date":"2024-02-28T17:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/metadrasi-meets-the-un-high-commissioner-for-refugees-in-ritsona\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:51:07","slug":"metadrasi-meets-the-un-high-commissioner-for-refugees-in-ritsona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/metadrasi-meets-the-un-high-commissioner-for-refugees-in-ritsona\/","title":{"rendered":"METAdrasi meets the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Ritsona"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28254\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AZ_20240219_30539-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&#8220;In addressing the critical need for workforce across all sectors, there lies a profound opportunity to support every refugee residing in camps to regain their independence with dignity,&#8221; stated Lora Pappa, President of METAdrasi, during the visit of UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, at the Ritsona Facility last week.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mrs. Pappa guided the High Commissioner through METAdrasi&#8217;s facilities, showcasing the programs aimed at Greek language acquisition, and job counseling, and thanked him for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unhcr.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">UNHCR<\/a>&#8216;s invaluable support. She underscored the Ministry&#8217;s noteworthy initiative to facilitate asylum seekers&#8217; integration into the labor market within a two-month timeframe, emphasizing the urgency in addressing barriers such as access to banking services and social security number (AMA).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Commencing in November 2023, METAdrasi, initially relying on its own resources and swiftly aided by UNHCR, began intensive Greek language courses and job counseling at Ritsona Facility. Within a mere three months, nearly 20% of participants who received support from METAdrasi, successfully transitioned to employment and resettlement outside the camp.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Photos: \u00a9UNHCR\/Achilleas Zavallis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"28255\" class=\"wp-image-28255\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AZ_20240219_30627-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"28256\" class=\"wp-image-28256\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AZ_20240219_30641-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Metadrasi -\" title=\"Metadrasi -\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of METAdrasi Lora Pappa welcomed UN High Commissioner&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25991662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[524,1423],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-26098992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-education","tag-stepping-stone-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26098992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26098992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26098992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26112616,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26098992\/revisions\/26112616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25991662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26098992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26098992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26098992"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=26098992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}