ACTION PLAN

By Spyridou Soultana

  • 1. The number of people that can be succesfully integrated

    1. The number of people that can be succesfully integrated
    Kozani is a small town in the weastern Macedonia, with 255.000 inhabitants, so not many refugees come. The number of people that can be succesfully integrated in Kozani is around 100 refugees.

  • 2. Accommodation

    2. Accommodation
    First of all, the municipality and the residents of Kozani can offer any vacant, abandoned accommodations to the refugees. What's more, they could provide refugees safes and peacefuls accommodations, in this way they have one place to stay and sleep. Finally, the Greek sociaty ought to undertake to pay a nominal rent for the refugees' flats.

  • 3. The kind of entrepreneuship that can be developed

    3. The kind of entrepreneuship that can be developed
    Firstly, the municipality and the residents of Kozani should invite them to help in farming, the mainstay of the Kozani's economy with the plant ''krokos''. Secondly, they can create employment opportunities for refugees. For instance, women can be employed in house cleaning, as waitresses at the local restaurants or at the local women's cooperative, and men can be employed in farming or as creftsmen at local business.

  • 4. The ways your school can help

    4. The ways your school can help
    First of all, as students of the school we can donate clothes, blankets, toys for the refugees. In addition, the school ought to provide refugee children Greek lessons and as a result the refugees will be able to communicate with other people. Moreover, it could invite refugee children to join us in games and sports and encourage other children to accest them as friends, so they won't feel isolated. Finally, we can organise a fund-raising event to help refugees cover some of their needs.

  • 5. The potential benefits for local community

    5. The potential benefits for local community
    Firstly, the local businesses will reinforce their manpower by employing refugees. Secondly, the municipality and the residents of Kozani can provide the refugees with suggestions or opportunities, in this way they could feel useful to your community. In addition, refugees will boost the local economy by spending money in local businesses. Finally, schools with few students will increase their student population.