Center for Solidarity and Social Cohesion of the Metropolis of Arkalochoriou Kastelliou and Viannou

Program of Support for Vulnerable Persons

The Metropolis of Arkalochori, Kastelli and Viannou, in its efforts to support the local population, established in 2015 a non-profit organization called the Center for Solidarity and Social Cohesion.
Recipient
Center for Solidarity and Social Cohesion of the Metropolis of Arkalochoriou Kastelliou and Viannou
https://www.centersolidarity.eu/
Grant title
Program of Support for Vulnerable Persons
Year
2024
Location of Grant
Heraklion
Program Area
Social Welfare

The organization is operated on a voluntary basis by priests of the Metropolis with a mission to provide material, psychosocial and spiritual support to persons in need. It has a social grocery providing food to the poor and a community clinic offering free medical tests and medicine. It also donates clothes, shoes and bed linens to those in need.

Program of Support for Vulnerable Persons

 

The grant regards a program to support vulnerable persons, primarily elderly low-income pensioners, including recent earthquake victims, through a range of essential services. These include: a) Food Distribution: The provision of monthly food packages; b) Social Grocery Store: This facility offers daily necessities including cleaning products, personal hygiene items, bed linens, blankets, and quilts, ensuring beneficiaries have access to basic living supplies; c) Social Pharmacy and Clinic: Following earthquake damage, the social pharmacy and clinic have operated intermittently. A new facility is under construction, and collaboration with the Periphery of Crete aims to offer weekly medical services with various specialties and free examinations. An average of 800 individuals will be supported each month for the duration of this grant.

The organization is operated on a voluntary basis by priests of the Metropolis with a mission to provide material, psychosocial and spiritual support to persons in need. It has a social grocery providing food to the poor and a community clinic offering free medical tests and medicine. It also donates clothes, shoes and bed linens to those in need.

Program of Support for Vulnerable Persons

 

The grant regards a program to support vulnerable persons, primarily elderly low-income pensioners, including recent earthquake victims, through a range of essential services. These include: a) Food Distribution: The provision of monthly food packages; b) Social Grocery Store: This facility offers daily necessities including cleaning products, personal hygiene items, bed linens, blankets, and quilts, ensuring beneficiaries have access to basic living supplies; c) Social Pharmacy and Clinic: Following earthquake damage, the social pharmacy and clinic have operated intermittently. A new facility is under construction, and collaboration with the Periphery of Crete aims to offer weekly medical services with various specialties and free examinations. An average of 800 individuals will be supported each month for the duration of this grant.

Recipient
Center for Solidarity and Social Cohesion of the Metropolis of Arkalochoriou Kastelliou and Viannou
https://www.centersolidarity.eu/
Grant title
Program of Support for Vulnerable Persons
Year
2024
Location of Grant
Heraklion
Program Area
Social Welfare

The organization is operated on a voluntary basis by priests of the Metropolis with a mission to provide material, psychosocial and spiritual support to persons in need. It has a social grocery providing food to the poor and a community clinic offering free medical tests and medicine. It also donates clothes, shoes and bed linens to those in need.

Program of Support for Vulnerable Persons

 

The grant regards a program to support vulnerable persons, primarily elderly low-income pensioners, including recent earthquake victims, through a range of essential services. These include: a) Food Distribution: The provision of monthly food packages; b) Social Grocery Store: This facility offers daily necessities including cleaning products, personal hygiene items, bed linens, blankets, and quilts, ensuring beneficiaries have access to basic living supplies; c) Social Pharmacy and Clinic: Following earthquake damage, the social pharmacy and clinic have operated intermittently. A new facility is under construction, and collaboration with the Periphery of Crete aims to offer weekly medical services with various specialties and free examinations. An average of 800 individuals will be supported each month for the duration of this grant.

The organization is operated on a voluntary basis by priests of the Metropolis with a mission to provide material, psychosocial and spiritual support to persons in need. It has a social grocery providing food to the poor and a community clinic offering free medical tests and medicine. It also donates clothes, shoes and bed linens to those in need.

Program of Support for Vulnerable Persons

 

The grant regards a program to support vulnerable persons, primarily elderly low-income pensioners, including recent earthquake victims, through a range of essential services. These include: a) Food Distribution: The provision of monthly food packages; b) Social Grocery Store: This facility offers daily necessities including cleaning products, personal hygiene items, bed linens, blankets, and quilts, ensuring beneficiaries have access to basic living supplies; c) Social Pharmacy and Clinic: Following earthquake damage, the social pharmacy and clinic have operated intermittently. A new facility is under construction, and collaboration with the Periphery of Crete aims to offer weekly medical services with various specialties and free examinations. An average of 800 individuals will be supported each month for the duration of this grant.

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