The Board of Directors of MSF decides to open the debate on
the ‘”next day” of the Within the Borders program. The Missions
Director is assigned the task of searching for alternative solutions.
The evaluation of the Greek programs begins and the mapping of
the “landscape” of benefits and programs throughout Greece, for
the populations served up to then by MSF, takes place.
On the 1stof December, the Public Health Programs organizes an
awareness campaign for World AIDS Day.
2004
The internal inquiry and evaluation is completed. In March 2004, the
Board of Directors of MSF receives a proposal for the creation of an
independent organization which will include the to-date Programs
Within Borders of the organization and will broaden its actions further
to other excluded groups.
In June 2004, the General Assembly of MSF decides to “give the
green light” to the creation of the new body and approves a lump
sum, funding its initiating operations and its sustainability for a year.
A letter of the President of MSF, Kostas Papaioannou, announces the
new organization named “PRAKSIS” and the new NGO is made public
through a press conference.
The total separation of the new body, both administratively as well as
organizationally, is decided. Actions will be separate although there is
an agreement that, as far as communication is concerned, MSF and
PRAKSIS will continue to jointly honor their past accomplishments. In
October 2004, PRAKSIS has its own legal charter and is registered in
the Athens Court.
... and so PRAKSIS is born!
PRAKSIS had already begun its association with six types of
Development Synergies for its participation in the second cycle of the
Community Initiative “Equal”.
PRAKSIS, now acting on its own, organizes for a second consecutive
year, the Campaign to increase awareness and information for
WorldAIDS Day.
2005
PRAKSIS participates in certified Development Synergies.
PRAKSIS begins implementing the program “STEGI”, targeting the
new incoming asylum seekers and promoting their independent
living in sheltered flats.
The established awareness campaign for World Aids Day is
organised.
PRAKSIS is awarded the “Islet of Quality” from “Citizens Society,”
by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr. Karolos Papoulias.
2006
The Reception Center of ex-Prisoners operates in Athens (with its
own funding).
The implementation of the Action Plan of Accompanying
Supportive Services “PRAKSIS ENTAXIS” begins, targeting 200
individuals (single parent families, inmates, ex-prisoners, migrants
and refugees).
The established awareness campaign for World AIDS Day reaches a
nationwide span and becomes more complex. Other organizations
are invited, and a four-day event attempts to reach out to all ages
and levels of the population. The core message of the campaign is:
“We stop AIDS, we keep promises, wetake responsibility”.
P
RAKSIS is funded for the programs
of “Children of the Next Door”
as well as for the Center of Legal Counseling in Thessaloniki by the
Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
2007
PRAKSIS participates in the first directly funded program by the
EU, the “Daphne” program, under the name “Act For Children”.
Together with the General Secretariat of the New Generationof
the Ministry of Culture, PRAKSIS implements in Chania and Kos a
novel action entitled “My Town on a Bicycle”, as well as the original
information campaign for youth, “Ask First” (“Prota Rota”).
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