With deep respect for the values it represents and its tradition of true solidarity and concern for fellow humans in need, Athens College designed the action “Ecumenical Home School” to address the needs of refugee children cared for by The Home Project and those assisted by the Ecumenical Refugee Program of the Church of Greece. The action provides remedial instruction to seven children as they prepare for the College’s entrance exams.

Our School is offering these children, who have the will to learn and who have lived in difficult and precarious conditions, the opportunity to gain admission and to attend the College where they will be nurtured with knowledge, values and paideia in order to pursue a better future. It is providing them with the prerequisites for learning in order to advance and evolve.   In this process, the prime movers are our educators who, through their teaching, transmit these ideals while striving to diminish the shortcomings in order to make it possible for the refugees to attend our School for the first time.

The “Ecumenical Home School” is supervised by the College’s Department of Social Welfare and Diversity, in collaboration with The HOME Project and the Ecumenical Refugee Program of the Church of Greece.  Its aim is to contribute to the building of an inclusive society, with respect for diversity and harmonious coexistence.