The HOME Project was founded in response to the call made by President Obama to the private sector to help address the refugee crisis in 2016. The HOME Project currently operates 13 shelters in Athens, Greece.

Our shelters operate with the support of the IKEA Foundation, the Shapiro Foundation, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and the Home Affairs Fund, co-funded by the European Union. The Dutch Government is also funding the operation of three shelters, through the collaboration between The HOME Project and the Dutch NGO Movement on The Ground.

The IKEA Foundation further assisted with the establishment of the Child Protection Unit, and the Shapiro Foundation funded an educational program that has granted full-time scholarships at ACS Athens.

Main Supporters

IKEA Foundation, Main Donor

The IKEA Foundation (Stichting IKEA Foundation) works to create a better everyday life for the many people. As the philanthropic arm of INGKA Foundation, the owner of the IKEA Group of companies, they focus on improving the lives of vulnerable children by enabling their families to create sustainable livelihoods, and to fight and cope with climate change.
The Dutch Government

The Dutch Government supports financially the opening and operation of three shelters through the collaboration of The HOME Project and Movement on The Ground. The project is jointly supported by the Dutch and Greek governments as a part of a program to strengthen the reception and guardianship capacity for unaccompanied minors in Greece.
The Shapiro Foundation

Shapiro Foundation is proud to be a leader in serving the world's most vulnerable population: The 70.8 million refugees, internally displaced people and asylum-seekers. Through meaningful partnerships across five continents, our goals are to alleviate suffering in the most extreme situations and to actively develop creative resettlement opportunities in advanced economies.
Home Affairs Fund

The operation of the following Accommodation Centres for Unaccompanied Minors under "The HOME Project" is co-funded by the European Union through the HOME Affairs Fund 2021-2027 program for the period from August 1st, 2023, to July 31st, 2024, in order to provide shelter and child protection services to a total of 100 children across the following facilities: 'Pugad' for unaccompanied girls and underage mothers with their babies, 'Shapiro' for unaccompanied girls and underage mothers with their babies, 'Little Pugad' for unaccompanied children up to 13 years old, 'Socrates' for unaccompanied boys, 'Orion' for unaccompanied boys, and 'Yuwa' for unaccompanied boys.

Our Supporters

Main Supporters

IKEA Foundation, Main Donor

The Dutch Government

The Shapiro Foundation

Home Affairs Fund

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