This post from Opening Doors for Europe’s Children features statements regarding the impact of Greece’s debt crisis on children from Mary Theodoropoulou, the coordinator of Opening Doors for Europe’s Children in Greece and chair of the Roots Research Centre, an Athens-based organisation that works on reforming alternative care for children. According to the post, austerity cuts and cash limits in Greece have led to a shortage of social workers, decreased access to medications, and termination of payment for foster carers. “Most urgently we need cash for the most vulnerable and also long-term reforms of the welfare in general,” says Theodoropoulou. “I hope our government will negotiate for the best of the whole community.”
