The three SOS Children's Villages in Greece are facing
some major problems. Increasingly, parents want to hand over their
children to the SOS Children's Villages because they can no longer feed
them. In the past twelve months, over 1,000 desperate inquiries have
been submitted.
The organization has responded with an increased
engagement through SOS Family Strengthening Programs, which support
families in need. At the same time, the Greek government has sharply
increased taxes, something that has also hit the aid organizations very
strongly.
George Protopapas, Director of SOS Children's Villages in Greece,
speaks about the financial crisis and the poverty in his country, about
the massive tax increases and the impact on families and thus on the
work of SOS Children's Villages in Greece.
