As part of its €100 million initiative,
over the next three years, which aims to help ease the adverse effects of the
current socioeconomic crisis in Greece, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
announced recently 3 new grants totaling €10 million, to help support those children and
their families that are mostly impacted by the crisis. Since the beginning of
2012, the Foundation has already committed grants totaling €41 million as part
of this initiative, and continues to evaluate additional programs on a daily
basis. Specifically, the Foundation, in collaboration with the Greek Ministry
of Interior, has approved a grant of €4.5 million to support nursery schools
and childcare centers across the country. The initiative aims to help mothers
who wish to enroll their children in daycare facilities and are unable to do so
for financial reasons, so that they are able to join the work force.The Co-President of the Stavros
Niarchos Foundation, Mr. Andreas Dracopoulos, stated : “Through these grants, the Foundation
continues its commitment to assist, to the extent of our abilities, all those that
the current socio-economic crisis has impacted in the most severe and direct
way. Our concern is especially for the children, who rely on us. Through food
aid, immunization programs, and support for the country’s nursery schools, we
hope not only to help the children, but also to provide some relief for their
parents, currently facing unprecedented hardship”. See more here.
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