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15 December 2023

"Here they help me in all my schoolwork. I love all my teachers!"

Minhaz arrived from Bangladesh in Greece in September 2017, together with his mother, in order to reunite with his father who was already living here. His parents' first concern was to integrate Minhaz into school. They immediately arranged for his enrollment in the 5th grade. A little boy, who did not know a sing...

27 November 2023

An assessment of Child Multidimensional Deprivation in Greece

The aim of this report is to provide an estimation of multidimensional child deprivation in Greece using the Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA) developed by UNICEF. It uses 7 dimensions of deprivations, corresponding to important domains for children: Dwelling, Sanitation, Leisure, Education, Informa...

The loss of children’s lives in the Mediterranean is an atrocity that will haunt these shores for years to come - UNICEF

ATHENS/GENEVA/ROME, 15 June 2023 – “UNICEF is deeply saddened and shaken by multiple reports of up to a hundred children being among those trapped in the hold of a ship which capsized and sank off the coast of Greece yesterday, in the Mediterranean’s largest sea tragedy in recent years. “We can assume that many...

Οur partners

No single organization or approach can hope to tackle all of these challenges alone, which is why partnership lies at the very heart of our work. The power of partnerships allows us to expand our reach, working with a wide range of like-minded partners to deliver our universal mandate for children, in line with ou...

Free medicines for every child

With main goal the provision of free medicines and health products to children in need, GIVMED’s programme came into effect on October 2021 and is implemented with UNICEF’s support. 7,500 boxes of medicines and health products have been donated to date through this programme that aims to meet the needs of 3,000 vulnerable children in the country…

"We don't like living in shacks..."

Located in Eastern Thessaloniki, in the area of Peraia, the Tsairia settlement houses about 30 Roma families, many of them large, with many children. "There are 30 families living in shacks, some of which are a little better than others, and they are made of wood and nylon bags," says Polyxeni, a 14 year-old high school student who lives in the…

23 February 2023

Talking to your child about climate change

Climate change is happening and nearly every child in the world will be affected. Talking about climate change with our own children can feel hard for many parents. It’s natural to want to protect kids from harm and worry. But if your child is a certain age, chances are they are already hearing about climate chang...

17 January 2023

"Here indeed are all the children in education"!

-Dreams? -I don't ask for much. I want my children to be healthy and useful to society, I want them to be kind people. It is impressive how the people who have come to Greece as refugees and we have the opportunity to meet them, when you ask them either for their future or their children’s they always answer somet...

20 December 2022

COVID prevention measures and health literacy make a difference for refugee children like Zahra

Zahra is playing with her two younger siblings, a boy and a girl, 11 and 6 years old, by the seaside, at the Mavrovouni Reception and Accommodation camp in Lesvos. Zahra is 13 years old, from Afghanistan, and she had to travel through Iran before arriving with her family to Greece, more than two years ago. “The situation in the camp is very hard…

12 December 2022

UNICEF joins forces with the General Secretariat for Vocational Education, Training, Lifelong Learning and Youth to empower the voices of young people

ATHENS 8 DECEMBER 2022 – In the context of the European Year of Youth 2022, the UNICEF Greece Country Office in collaboration with the General Secretariat of Vocational Education, Training, Lifelong Learning and Youth of the Ministry of Education and Religion are launching a new poll through the UNICEF-led platfor...

05 December 2022

The Ηellenic Basketball Federation renames the 1st Phase of the Greek Cup 2022 to "UNICEF Trophy"

ATHENS, 05 December 2022 - On Monday morning, December 5, the draw for the semi-finals of the 1st phase of the Greek Basketball Cup was completed with the President of the Hellenic Basketball Federation, Mr. Vangelis Liolios and UNICEF’s Representative in Greece, Luciano Calestini, announcing that for the first ti...

23 November 2022

UNICEF announced the launch of the Youth Advocates Programme in Greece

ATHENS, 21 November 2022 - 11-year-old Panagiotis Raptis, 17-year-old Efi Zafeiropoulou, 19-year-old Stavros Youvannis and 22-year-old Efi Zografou, are the first UNICEF Youth Advocates in Greece, as it was announced on the occasion of this year's World Children's Day, on November 20. UNICEF's Youth Advocates Prog...