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The data also indicate that in the majority of cases, the children leave the centre to go back to their families. "Greeks do not abandon their children due to the crisis. The main factors are different. In the majority of cases, they are single mothers who either are drug addicts or have a very low educational level, or suffer from psychological problems. The other category is families who abandon their children as they were born with a disability. However, there is an increase in the number of children," he adds.

The Foundation promotes education too, especially when it is combined with opportunities to develop production and business activities. In this regards, it cooperates with the U.S. Agricultural School of Thessaloniki. It conducts workshops for young people who want to deal with agriculture. "Our goal is to train 100 people a year. The training consists of theoretical and practical courses and there is significant interest in it - one third of the participants are women and two thirds are residents of Thessaloniki who want to move to the countryside and to go in for farming," says the school director Panos Kanelis.
 
"Stavros Niarchos" Foundation presented its scholarship programme for universities in Canada, which is supported by the embassy of the country in Athens.

The presentation was attended by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis, the mayors of Athens and Thessaloniki George Kaminis and Yiannis Boutaris, members and friends of the Foundation.