The majority of people that arrived 2018 in Greece came from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. Thousands of them are children. In an educational program in Athens Marianna-Sofia Matziri (26) and Alexandra Kamaretsou (25) teach them. What it means to deal with traumas, depression and panic attacks of the kids on a daily basis they have shared with agorayouth.

Alexandra Kamaretsou (25, left) and Marianna-Sofia Matziri (26) work in Athens with refugee and immigrant children.

Agorayouth: Alexandra, tell us a little bit more about the educational program you work in.
Alexandra Kamaretsou: The organisation Elix supported by UNICEF and funded by the European Commission started the project on quality learning and Non-Formal Education in October 2017. With the project we want to provide day-to-day coverage of the educational needs of refugee and immigrant children aged 3 to 17 and contribute to the smooth integration into the formal education system in Attica and Greece. Weiterlesen →