Prosvasis is here. Let’s go! PROSVASIS program aims to empower unaccompanied teens, young refugees and migrants between 16-24 years old, to orientate them towards an energetic and active attitude towards life and their future; to help their smooth transition to adulthood, autonomy and independence and become the basis for their social integration. PROSVASIS provides a […]
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Our rights become a song
Lyric composition contest by the Network for Children’s Rights “What if we sing about them?” Could this finally be the solution for everyone to understand the rights of children and respect them in practice? The Network for Children’s Rights organizes a lyric composition contest for all children. Our goal is to make songs about the […]
Press Release | Refugees in Greece: risk of homelessness and destitution for thousands during winter
As winter closes in, thousands of refugees in Greece still face homelessness and destitution. While winter always poses a challenge, this year is likely to become one of the most challenging yet due to the ongoing pandemic, a deliberate decrease in the length of support for refugees, and the lack of a comprehensive integration strategy […]
The Network’s Campaign for International Children’s Book Day
(Activity for Children) “FROM MY BOOKSHELF AND FROM MY HEART” #TellYourTale – April Campaign for Children’s Books On the occasion of International Children’s Book Day on April 2nd, Network for Children’s Rights is celebrating children’s literature, as it does every April. This year the Network has gathered together a group of literary figures, writers and […]
Network at Traiber Square: November 2020 Schedule
All artistic activities continue taking place in “The Network in Traiber” and children enjoy it! They paint about their interests, they build figurative “heroes”, they play and sing about children around the world, they “travel” to the most exciting places on Earth and they develop their mathematical-constructive thought… And in November they are about to […]
Open Call to professionals for distance learning seminars
Date: 16/11/2020 – 26/2/2021 Apply until: 05/11/2020 50 hours of webinars and workshops Certificate of participation Language: English The Network for Children’s Rights and 6 other organizations from across Europe are expanding the successful “Young Journalists” programme, an initiative of the Network through which teenage and young migrants, refugees and Greeks create their own printed […]
Protect dignity and human rights!
Call for solidarity gathering in support of PIKPA on Wednesday, 14 October 2020 The Greek government is about to close a historic shelter for vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees, with no care for the future of its residents. The Secretary General of Social Solidarity and Poverty Alleviation of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs […]
Joint Statement: The Pact on Migration and Asylum: to provide a fresh start and avoid past mistakes, risky elements need to be addressed and positive aspects need to be expanded
The Pact on Migration and Asylum: to provide a fresh start and avoid past mistakes, risky elements need to be addressed and positive aspects need to be expanded The commitment to a more human approach to protection and the emphasis on the fact that migration is needed and positive for Europe with which the European […]
Greece: Investigate Pushbacks, Violence at Borders
Groups Press Parliament to Open Inquiry Members of Greece’s parliament should urgently establish an inquiry into all allegations of unlawful returns of migrants to Turkey by law enforcement officers and others, 29 human rights and humanitarian aid organizations said in an open letter released today. These returns are carried out mainly through pushbacks and collective expulsions and […]
Save dignity, save PIKPA and Kara Tepe
Μore than 160 Greek and international organizations, academics and other actors from all over Europe urge the Greek authorities to revoke decision to close dignified alternatives in accommodating refugees οn Lesvos Athens, 30 September 2020 – We, the undersigned, call on the Minister of Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis, and the local authorities of Lesvos […]