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With the COVID pandemic surging in Greece, threatening family health, and being a drag on economic recovery, the vulnerability of children continues. The Hellenic Initiative’s donations to organizations like ‘Mazi Gia to Pedi - Together for Children’ (TFC) that make palpable differences in young lives are more important than ever. TFC’s mission is “to provide immediate and effective support to children, families, and individuals with disabilities who are in need,” and with its most recent donation of $30,000, total contributions of THI have surpassed $500,000. 

"We are seeing a huge increase in the number of cases and hospitalizations of children in America. We are expected to see a large increase in hospitalizations for children here as well ", the professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Theoklis Zaoutis, pointed out to state broadcaster ERT, calling on parents and adolescents to be vaccinated.

A founding member of an Attica Swimming Club fell into the hands of the Juvenile Protection Sub-Directorate of Attica after complaints from two underage athletes that seven years ago, when they were 10 years old, they were sexually abused by this man for two whole years in 2013-2015.