The Stavros Niarchos Foundation announced plans to donate at least 10 million euros to alleviate the plight of children and families hardest hit by the economic crisis. The money to be donated includes funding for day-care centres for children and babies throughout the country, amounting to 4.5 million euro, to be given in cooperation with the interior ministry. This will allow the enrolment of an additional 3,000 children in daycare and help working and unemployed mothers unable to find affordable daycare for their children.
The foundation will also donate 5.3 million euro to the non-profit organisation "Prolipsis" in order to support a food aid and dietary training programme in schools during the coming school year. The programme was first launched in 34 state primary and secondary schools from April until June 2012 in the poorest regions of Attica and Thessaloniki and provided one free snack to 6,272 school children each day.
This year, with the assistance of the Niarchos Foundation, the programme aims to cover the dietary needs of at least 18,000 children in state schools.
Finally, 200,000 euro will be given to the non-profit organisation "Apostoli Anthropos" for the vaccination of Greek and immigrant children living in poverty or lacking health insurance. (AMNA)
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