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Scissors, combs, spray, hairdressing dolls and let’s get started! From the beginning of October we started a new series of free hairdressing courses for refugee women. Every Thursday our students from Iran and Ukraine meet at the Skills Training Center to learn the most sought-after haircuts, under the guidance of…

Congratulations to the 27 students from Iran and Afghanistan, who graduated from our DTC program! The goal of the program is for students to gain a deep knowledge of Jesus and the Bible. Most students are refugees and carry trauma for…

The videos presented at the September Film Festival, with the participation of 100 people, had it all: creativity, expressiveness and rich content! Iranians and Afghans dressed in theatre costumes re-enacted the scene of the Last Supper. Most of the videos with stories from the Bible had dialogues in…

The Skills Training Centre (STC) was launched in 2019 and supports refugee women, mainly from Iran, Afghanistan and Ukraine. These women find themselves in a vulnerable situation as they live in a foreign country with a different culture and language, and they have no work or income. At the STC we give them the opportunity to learn a skill, such as sewing, making clothes, soap, shampoo or balms, which may generate an income…

“Thank you for everything. No one believes in me like you do,” a student from our sewing class at our Skills Training Centre recently told us with eyes full of tears. A few days ago it was her birthday and we brought her a cake to blow out candles…

Our P&DTC (Professional & Discipleship Training Center) lessons have begun, and we are more than excited! So many students have shown interest that the seats are full and we’ll be welcoming students to our next round of courses. This course is focused on professional development, and we’ve received very positive feedback so far from the students who are eager to learn and develop in this area.

Behind the scenes – that’s where so much happens that allows our branch of our Organization, AXIA 113, to affirm the worth of refugees in Greece.
Just recently these acts of service took place: a couple stopped their day to wash windows in a new classroom for the Discipleship Training Center, another couple used their construction skills to build a tool cart for the Skills Training Center, another group replaced the roofs of the cabins where Summer Experiences take place for refugee men, women, and families…

body and shampoo soap. Some of the soap is given to other refugee ministries in Athens, a beautiful image of the refugee population serving each other. Other soap is sold to provide income for the ladies’ families. 

Requests for hot meals and groceries for refugees in Athens continue to grow. Last month through our program, AXIA Compassion, we delivered a record number of 5,500 hot meals and 400 grocery bags. We are grateful to have the facilities and supplies to meet this need; yet our prayer is that the need reduces, meaning that self-support has become more possible within the refugee population.

Knowing the language of the place where you live is a great advantage in order to be part of the local community. It also opens up new job opportunities. for you to join the country where you live and at the same time it opens up new professional opportunities for you.