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Due to the financial crisis there are a large number of Greek and foreign residents that do not have social security and are unable to have access to basic services, shelter and medication. In addition, due to its geostrategic location, Greece currently is having immediate connection with the affected Syrian refugees.

Thus, as insiders, the Oxford University Greek Society has decided to support the Greek non-governmental Praksis (English translation: action) that plays a pivotal role in supporting impartiality basic services to 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.

Basic services provided by PRAKSIS through specific programs
• Direct and free of charge Primary Health Care and Pharmaceutical Provision
• Basic hygiene services (showers, hygiene kits, clothing etc)
• Psychological support
• Social support
• Work counseling and promotion to labor
• Legal counseling
• Financial support in specific programs
• Side supportive services
• Housing