Greek and English courses for adults at the Red Cross Multifunctional Center

Description

Τhe Multifunctional Centre is a social centre that works with a holistic approach to deliver a 360 degree range of services and support to refugees and asylum seekers to help them cope with their current situation through counselling and guidance on their way through procedures and available services.

For recognised refugees and other migrants, the MFC provide services and guidance to support them on their journey to more effectively integrate into Greek society – including obtaining the necessary registration and documentation in order to be eligible for employment and access social services, education and medical care in the Greek society.

The approach of the services provided from the MFC aims to build the migrants’ resilience and empower them to reassess their individual needs and make their own choices; in order to regain their own autonomy in everyday living.

At the MFC there is a program of Greek and English language courses for adults that is facilitated by specially trained professors, with a long experience in teaching languages for adults in a multicultural context.

Each course cycle has a duration of two months and there are different levels on each group (beginners, intermediate, advanced). The lessons are held twice a week and will last two hours each time. The educational material is given free of charge to all students. Each student, as long as he/she attends the courses and makes up to 3 absences per study cycle at most, will be able to receive a certificate of successful attendance from the Multipurpose Refugee Center of the Hellenic Red Cross.