The Greek government on Tuesday replaced the board of child welfare NGO Kivotos tou Kosmou (Arch of the World), with its sole guideline being the interests of the highly vulnerable children living in the care of the charity. The decision was made at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos …
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Archbishop Ieronymos: Inquiry launched into charges regarding children’s charity
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos on Sunday ordered an inquiry into the allegations of abuse linked to the child charity “Kivotos tou Kosmou” – run by a member of the Greek Orthodox clergy, Father Antonios Papanikolaou. Archbishop Ieronymos said he had ordered an inquiry into the charges and …
Read More »Children’s charity under investigation for minors’ abuse
One of the well-known and most respectable children’s charities in Greece is under investigation for the sexual and physical abuse of at least a minor in one of its facilities. The children’s charity is an non-governmental organization that has helped thousands of Greek and migrant children since it was established …
Read More »Greece strikes new record with 460 new coronavirus cases; 5 more deaths
Greece struck a new record on Friday with 460 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, again with much fewer tests, some 30% less than originally planned. Attica and Athens registered again the majority of new cases with 207. The total cases have reached 19,346 and death toll increased …
Read More »Spain has the EU’s third highest rate of child poverty, after Romania and Greece
After the economic crisis and years of austerity, child poverty is on the rise in wealthy countries, according to Unicef. In Spain, the proportion of children living below the poverty line increased by nine percentage points between 2008 and 2014, to reach almost 40%. In Greece, one in four children …
Read More »12-year-old refugee girl in hospital after self-harm with sharp object
A 12-year-old refugee girl was transferred to a hospital in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece on Tuesday noon. She girl had suffered injuries she caused to herself with a sharp object while in the reception center where she has been living with her family. The refugee girl from Iran was living in …
Read More »Help BOROUME with surplus-food: KTG appeals to foreign embassies in Greece
As more and more Greeks find it hard to get a nutritious meal on their table, private initiatives manage the impossible. They provide families and persons with that what they cannot afford anymore: with food. One of the first initiatives established for this purpose is the non-profit organization BOROUME (“We …
Read More »Family Give Four Children to State Institution Because It Can’t Feed Them
The number of families living in conditions of extreme poverty is increasing in austerity-ridden Greece even thought there ar eno statistics about it. From time to time we hear of cases that families hand their children to state institution because they simply cannot feed them. The latest incident occurred in …
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