PRAKSIS Information

PRAKSIS is an independent Non Governmental Organization whose main goal is the design, application and implementation of humanitarian programs and medical interventions. Our goals: Our main goal is the elimination of social and economic exclusion of vulnerable social groups and the defense of their personal and social rights. Our beneficiaries: Greek poor, homeless, uninsured, economic immigrants, asylum seekers/ refugees, unaccompanied minors, trafficking victims, sex workers, children begging in the streets, injection drug users, Roma, HIV seropositive people / PLWA, Hepatitis B and C patients, MSM (Men having Sex with Men), prisoners, people released from prisons, Greek families that face the repercussions of the financial crisis … any person that faces social or / and financial exclusion and is deprived of basic goods. The three axes constituting our job: • Prevention • Direct intervention / support • Lobbying and Advocacy National and European level of action: Moreover PRAKSIS participates in many secondary bodies in Greece and also in many networks on national and European level. In addition to the aforementioned, PRAKSIS, through the implementation of European programs, participates in corporate collaborations and networks with other EU members concerning research, advocacy, exchange of good practices, propagation of information and results, lobbying, divulgation of information and sensitization on different issues, the development of horizontal and vertical information and lobbying and the recording of suggestions, which are oriented to the defense of vulnerable populations, on policy changes from public bodies.