“The Smile of the Child” presented the project “Immediate and holistic support to refugee families from Ukraine” lasting from 01.06.2022 to 31.05.2023. The Organization implements actions aimed at the nationwide offer of services for children and families of refugees from Ukraine.

The presentation of the project “Immediate and holistic support to refugee families from Ukraine” took place at the Panhellenic Coordination Operational Center for Immediate Social and Medical Intervention “ANDREAS YANNOPOULOS”, during which the integrated package undertaken by the Organization, was discussed.

During the presentation, a detailed analysis of the project and all the services offered was made by the Chairman of the Board of the Organization Costas Yannopoulos, while the event attended, among others, the Deputy Minister of Immigration and Asylum Sofia Voultepsi, representatives of the Embassies of Ukraine and Norway, as well as of the Ministry of Development and Investment, which operates as the Managing Authority of the project in Greece. The event was also attended by Anastasios Babas, Head of the Monitoring & Evaluation Unit of Hospitality Centers, Othon Kaisaris EV XM EEA – National Contact Point and Dimitris Stathis from the Unaccompanied Children Hostels, IOM.

On behalf of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, the Undersecretary, after personally thanking the Chairman of the Board of the Organization, pointing out the everlasting and excellent cooperation of the Ministry with “The Smile”, also stating: “We simultaneously fight on the fronts of both housing and job seeking. Our hospitality structures are quite busy and only one of the three concerns the refugee populations in the Attica region. The mechanisms of “The Smile” were activated from the first moment of the crisis in Ukraine, contributing to its resolution. We stand by your side, so that you may continue your admirable work“.