Solidarity Hub - Social Mall
The Social Mall (also known as Solidarity Hub) supports the distribution of food and other items (cleaning and personal hygiene products, clothes, shoes, school supplies, toys, etc.) to K.Y.A.D.A.’s beneficiaries.
The Social Mall is housed at the “Old Guard’s” emblematic building across from Larissa Station. The original aim was to put into practice a solidarity movement among Athenians.
It is also the location of the Social Pharmacy, Social Grocery, the Athenian Market, the Social Laundry and the Social Stationery/Toy Store.
Ώρες εξυπηρέτησης κοινού: Από Δευτέρα έως Παρασκευή 8:00 – 15:00 (κατόπιν ραντεβού)
The Social Pharmacy was created to provide comprehensive services to beneficiaries. The facility that is funded under the act “Basic Goods Provision Facility: City of Athens Social Grocery and Social Pharmacy”, of the “Attica 2014-2020” O.P.
The City of Athens Reception and Solidarity Centre’s Social Pharmacy operates every day (Monday-Friday) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Citizens’ Mutual Aid Hub (2 Domokou Street) across from Larissa Station. The main goal is to ensure that people who do not have access to the healthcare system will not discontinue their treatment.
Staffed by experienced and specialized staff, it serves over 3.000 beneficiaries with medicines, parapharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and other medical supplies. In addition, the beneficiaries can access psychosocial support, counseling and/or referrals to other facilities where they can also seek help and social protection.
Aiming to provide comprehensive services to our beneficiaries, we created the Social Grocery, a facility that is funded under the act “Basic Goods Provision Facility: City of Athens Social Grocery and Social Pharmacy” of the “Attica 2014-2020” O.P.
The City of Athens Reception and Solidarity Centre’s Social Grocery Store operates the Citizens’ Mutual Aid Hub (2 Domokou Street) across from Larissa Station. The main goal is to empower the city’s vulnerable population and cover their primary needs in food and basic goods.
Staffed by experienced and specialized staff, it serves 450 beneficiaries per month, providing them twice monthly with food as well as personal hygiene and cleaning products. In addition, the beneficiaries can access psychosocial support, counseling and/or referrals to other facilities where they can also seek help and social protection.
It offers brand new or slightly used clothes, shoes, underwear, and light household equipment to meet the basic survival needs of families and individuals who live below the poverty line. The facility supports approximately 2,000 households.
It is an innovative facility that was created in 2016 to help people who do not have a washing machine at home, who cannot cope with the bulk of the household bills or the cost to buy or repair a washing machine, or are deprived of clean clothes and the sense of dignity it offers.
The facility was supported by ELAIS-Unilever Hellas which covered the whole cost of the facility’s construction and the purchase of washing machines/ tumble driers. The company also offers the consumables that are necessary for the laundry’s operation.
Families with children in financial distress, have free access to school supplies and toys. This structure was put into practice with the valuable donation and care of “Stirixi” Volunteers, a group of women who embraced our vision with love and sensitivity. The City of Athens Reception and Solidarity Centre was able to significantly enrich its services for the city’s vulnerable families with the aim to improve their daily lives.
The Social Salon is an innovative service that offers free haircuts, hairstyles, and shaves to our homeless citizens and families who live under difficult conditions. The salon is located at the Citizens’ Mutual Aid Centre of the City of Athens and was made possible through the sponsorship of the Professional Products Department of L’Oréal Hellas.
The salon provides all services and equipment that one can find in a typical hair salon. It also stands out as the first facility of KYADA which operates exclusively with volunteer hairdressers who were mobilized following the initiative of the professional hairdresser Anastatios Stavropoulos (known as Anber) to provide care and support.
Service hours: Monday and Wednesday 8:00-15:00 (by appointment)