02/07/2026
Mazi Housing ✨
Mazí Housing supports young men seeking refuge in Greece to navigate the transition to adulthood.
Our mission is to create safety and maximise choices open to people seeking refuge. We do this through safe, stable housing; by connecting residents to legal, healthcare, education and employment services; and by building a supportive community around them.
Three pillars hold this together: safety, agency, and belonging. Residents share apartments where they co-create house agreements and shape daily life together. Each works one-to-one with a caseworker to set goals, navigate challenges, and plan ahead: supporting rather than directing. Every part of the programme returns to one question: “Am I better able to do this myself after Mazí?”
Since 2020, we have supported more than 130 young men to find stability and take their next steps. In 2025, we housed 30 residents across three apartments and a community centre, creating 10,950 nights of safe housing. We held 180 one-to-one casework meetings, accompanied residents to 66 hospital appointments, supported six residents to secure legal status, and saw 25 new jobs started. Twelve residents completed the programme and moved on.
It was also a year of growth. We could keep our third apartment open and delivered Recipes for Life, a weekly cooking and nutrition programme from which two residents have since begun training to become chefs.
At €16 per resident per day, our model costs less than half of the state’s €40-a-day detention alternative, and offers something it never could: a foundation to build a normal life on.
Partnerships like ours with Elpida make this possible. Thank you for standing with us this year.
Two more weeks to go until this years Athens Campagne. 💙🧡
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