04/03/2022
If you have the ability to help our one of our amazing partners in her journey to her new job, it would be greatly appreciated! She is doing some amazing work!! Thank you Samantha for your passion.
Central Athens is an area of diverse needs in a densely populated part of Athens, Greece. Because of its proximity to the Acropolis, it is a thriving tourist spot, while also being home to about 70,000 native Greeks and immigrants. In recent years, as the Greek economy has suffered and unemployment has risen, we have seen a corresponding rise in homelessness and people living in poverty. This in turn has led to struggles with addiction and narcotics use as people seek ways to escape their circumstances, further alienating these marginalized people from society.
In addition to that, Greece has been heavily impacted by the influx of refugees from nearby war-torn countries. Central Athens, because it is the capital, sees many of those refugees once they are released from the processing centers on the islands. Some are given spots in camps, like the Malakasa camp on the outskirts of Athens, while others find themselves falling through the cracks, relying on churches, NGOs and refugee friends for survival.
Through One Collective, an organization at work in Central Athens, Samantha Wells is fundraising to move to Greece to work with refugee youth who are struggling to find purpose and meaning in their new home - or at least, temporary home.
If you would like to learn more about Central Athens, the work happening there, and how you can help, contact Samantha .wells.k
