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The Adama Job Center is an online job-matching platform created by Catholic Relief Services in partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Greece. Since the summer of 2022, the Adama Center has been offering both in-person and remote employability and social services support to asylum seekers and refugees throughout Greece. To ensure comprehensive coverage, Adama partners with local organizations in major cities like Athens, Thessaloniki, Ioannina, and Heraklion, and provides remote support where physical presence is not feasible.
UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, leads international action to protect people forced to flee because of conflict and persecution.
We deliver life-saving assistance like shelter, food and water; help safeguard fundamental human rights; and develop solutions that ensure people have a safe place to call home where they can build a better future.
In Greece, UNHCR works with the Greek authorities, non-governmental and other organizations, volunteer networks and communities to ensure the protection and integration of refugees and asylum-seekers arriving in the country.
UNHCR also focuses on raising awareness of civil society and advocates for the development of sustainable solutions and the improvement of policies, which will allow refugees to thrive in their new home.
Catholic Relief Services
CRS was established in 1943 by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to help those in need overseas. The CRS mission statement calls on the agency to alleviate human suffering and promote full human development.
As part of the universal mission of the Catholic Church, we work with local, national and international Catholic institutions and structures, as well as other organizations, to assist people on the basis of need, not creed, race or nationality in over 100 countries.
CRS started operations in Greece in 2015 and has supported the integration of asylum seekers and refugees in Athens and Thessaloniki, with a particular emphasis on market-based and housing-related approaches. Working closely with its local partners, Caritas Hellas and Caritas Athens, CRS implements housing, financial assistance, livelihoods and integration programs.
The organization is a partner in ESTIA, HELIOS, the Cash assistance program and Mikros Kosmos. In December 2021, along with Caritas Hellas and in partnership with UNHCR, CRS started the implementation of the Adama Center project.
Caritas Hellas
Caritas Hellas is the charitable institution of the Catholic Church and has been operating in Greece since 1981. It is member of Caritas Europa and Caritas Internationalis.
The purpose of Caritas Hellas to create, implement and realize actions and programs of humanitarian and charitable content, to develop a spirit of solidarity and volunteerism in society, to address poverty and any kind of humanitarian and social crisis as well as advocate for our socially excluded fellow human beings.
Caritas Hellas implements programmes for the protection, material, social and psychological support of vulnerable individuals and families, as well as those affected by natural disasters (floods, fires, earthquakes). Caritas Hellas implements special actions in different regions of Greece, including coverage of basic needs, psychosocial support, accommodation for refugees, educational and cultural activities, vocational training and skills development training, vocational guidance, financial and legal counselling, support for the development of entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship, livelihood programmes and others related to the Social and Solidarity Economy. Â
Within this framework, the operation of the Adama integration centre was launched in December 2021.Â
METAdrasi – Action for Migration & Development
METAdrasi was founded in December 2009 with the mission of facilitating the reception and integration of refugees and migrants in Greece. Believing that migration leads to development, METAdrasi is determined to uphold and protect -through innovative interventions- the fundamental human rights of all those displaced and persecuted.
Guided by the principles of consistency, efficiency, transparency, and the flexibility to adjust to emerging needs, METAdrasi is active in the following key areas:
1. The provision of quality interpretation, enabling vital communication with refugees and migrants through the deployment of over 350 interpreters, trained and certified by METAdrasi in 43 languages and dialects – an activity that lies at the heart of any effective provision of humanitarian support,
2. The protection of unaccompanied and separated children, through a comprehensive safety net of activities including accommodation facilities, escorting from precarious conditions to safe spaces and the pioneering activities of guardianship, foster families and supported independent living,
3. The protection and support of other vulnerable groups through the provision of legal aid to asylum seekers, certification of victims of torture and deployment of humanitarian aid wherever needed,
4. The education and integration of refugees and migrants through educational programmes, Greek language lessons, multilingual support guides and remedial education for children that enables access to the right to education, as well as soft-skills training, traineeship opportunities and work placements.
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