#OurStories: The Mobile School travels

30 April 2024

#OurStories: The Mobile School travels

Discover through this short video one of the 128 projects implemented under the Active Citizens Fund Greece programme. The project “The Mobile School Travels” aims to eliminate school dropout and illiteracy among Roma populations, while at the same time empowering them psychologically and bringing out their talents. The Mobile...

#OurStories: Supporting golden age’s human rights

24 April 2024

#OurStories: Supporting golden age’s human rights

Discover through this short video one of the 128 projects implemented under the Active Citizens Fund Greece programme. The project “Supporting golden age’s human rights” focuses on defending the rights and quality of life of elderly people facing serious psychosocial problems, such as dementia and depression. In regions of...

#OurStories: Citizenship in Practice

19 April 2024

#OurStories: Citizenship in Practice

Discover through this short video one of the 128 projects implemented under the Active Citizens Fund Greece programme. The project “Citizenship in Practice” responds to the need to evaluate the process of acquiring citizenship for the first time in Greece, in order to promote equal access and enjoyment of...

#OurStories: TRACE – TRansforming Access to health CarE

15 April 2024

#OurStories: TRACE – TRansforming Access to health CarE

Discover through this short video one of the 128 projects implemented under the Active Citizens Fund Greece programme. The project “TRACE – Transforming Access to Health Services” aimed to address the inadequate provision of health services to disabled persons by offering appropriate educational tools to students and health professionals....

#OurStories: Sex workers’ rights are labour rights

18 December 2023

#OurStories: Sex workers’ rights are labour rights

Nina is a sex worker, but she cannot work legally in Greece because of the many restrictions set out in the current law relating to sex work. She doesn’t have national insurance; she isn’t entitled to medical care, and she won’t get a pension when she stops working. The...

#OurStories: 3,650 fewer days of life…

18 December 2023

Unless something drastic happens, Argyro* will probably live ten years less than she would be expected to statistically. 3,650 fewer days for a girl with the brightest eyes I’ve ever seen. When we met Argyro for the first time, on a warm April day, I felt in two minutes...

#OurStories: Health Without Barriers: Access to health services for prisoners

18 December 2023

#OurStories: Health Without Barriers: Access to health services for prisoners

Health Without Barriers has led the campaign for prisoners to be given unrestricted access to health services. In 1957 the United Nations Organization established the ‘Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners’ which were updated in 2015 and renamed the Nelson Mandela Rules (NMR). These include the fundamental...