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FA3: Solidarity in Budapest and Thessaloniki


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A discussion about solidarity and communities with Gergő Birtalan, from Gólya  Szövetkezet in Budapest, and Filippos Polatsidis from Pervolarides, in  Thessaloniki. Their projects, even though with a different target  public, are complementary, because both focus on helping the  communities, creating solidarity among people and helping them build up  on this.

Pervolarides is a diverse community formed by volunteers since 2013  that supports an increasing number of people who are struggling to  survive and meet their basic needs, and who experience socioeconomic  exclusion because of loss of income, homelessness or because they are  classified as refugees and migrants. Gólya Community House and  Cooperative operates based on a social mission, building a community  around them, and recently they started a bike courier service in order  to help the crisis relief effort locally.

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