The HOME Project is an internationally funded non-profit organization set up to address the needs of refugee children who arrive in Greece alone. We rescue children from the streets, camps, police stations, and detention centers and welcome them in the safety of our HOMES in Athens. Our ultimate aim is to empower these children to persevere and grow into active citizens.
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At The HOME Project we:
- Recreate HOMES, offering stability and a place to return to after children become young adults
- Offer a HOLISTIC NETWORK OF CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES. We design an INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN providing for every child’s needs, including physical and mental health, educational, social, pedagogical, and legal support
- Create JOBS for both the Greek and the refugee community
- ADD VALUE to the local economy by renting and transforming vacant buildings into renovated Homes of active community members
Since 2016 we have grown to operate 13 shelters with a capacity of 220 children, have supported more than 1200 unaccompanied children, and have created 300 jobs.
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The global refugee crisis is a humanitarian disaster. The HOME Project transforms despair to hope, loss to gain, death to life.