{"id":26099228,"date":"2024-05-31T14:17:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T11:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/unhcrs-story-scoring-a-goal-in-inclusion-nasers-journey-to-adulthood-through-football\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T11:30:20","slug":"unhcrs-story-scoring-a-goal-in-inclusion-nasers-journey-to-adulthood-through-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/unhcrs-story-scoring-a-goal-in-inclusion-nasers-journey-to-adulthood-through-football\/","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR&#8217;s Story: Scoring a \u201cgoal\u201d in inclusion &#8211; Naser\u2019s journey to adulthood through football"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29357\" src=\"http:\/\/metadrasi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/METAdrasi_Naser_1.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>After arriving in Athens as a young adult, Naser had nowhere to stay. He decided to look for help and eventually came in contact with METAdrasi where he joined the 18+ programme, a support programme for young adult refugees implemented by the Organisation with the support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Today, Naser is making steps towards integration; he learns Greek and follows his dream. \u201c<em>Fleeing my country [Syria] was\u00a0a difficult decision, but I wanted to find a peaceful place, where I could live safely and play football<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Read Naser\u2019s story, published by UNHCR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/gr\/en\/60121-scoring-a-goal-in-inclusion-nasers-journey-to-adulthood-through-football.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The 18+ programme is addressed to young refugee adults. The programme aspires to create a safe, intimate and warm environment for young adults, emphasizing their integration into the labour market, the development of their social network, the taking of initiatives and the strengthening of their sense of autonomy.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After arriving in Athens as a young adult, Naser had nowhere to stay&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25988974,"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":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,124],"tags":[431],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-26099228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-room-en","category-announcements","tag-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099228","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=26099228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26111831,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26099228\/revisions\/26111831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25988974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26099228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26099228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26099228"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metadrasi.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=26099228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}