NEWS

• 26 November 2020 / Progress Update for the SNF Health Initiative - November 2020
  Now more than ever, the CΟVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of a strong and well-prepared National Health System for all.
• 26 November 2020 / Digital Townhall Meetings for New Hospitals in Komotini, Thessaloniki and Sparti
  State-of-the-art public hospitals, in accordance with international standards, in Komotini, Sparta and Thessaloniki, with topline diagnostic medical equipment, exclusively single and double rooms, designed to be energy-efficient and environmentally friendly, and, above all, open and accessible to all patients.
• 25 November 2020 / Work to Add 174 New ICU and High-Dependency Beds in 15 Hospitals across Greece through an SNF Grant is Fully Underway
  The beds will be delivered to Greek hospitals from the end of December 2020 onward, with completion anticipated by February 2021.
• 25 November 2020 / SNF Continues Pandemic Relief Initiative with over $9.8 Million in New Grants
  In the latest round of SNF’s $100 million global COVID-19 relief initiative, new grants continue the initiative’s focus on supporting organizations providing essential services to vulnerable populations.
• 25 November 2020 / SNF DIALOGUES Webcast: The Power of Dialogue
  The SNF DIALOGUES discussed the quality of public discourse and the importance of dialogue in an era of intense polarization.
• 25 November 2020 / Tällberg Foundation Announces Winners of 2020 Eliasson Global Leadership Prize
  One is an oceanographer who champions conservation efforts. One is a human rights lawyer who uses the law to free political prisoners. And one is an engineer and social entrepreneur using data to improve and save lives.
• 25 November 2020 / Marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
  The United Nations calls violence against women and girls a “Shadow Pandemic,” arising from the conditions created by the COVID-19 health crisis that have exacerbated existing issues, particularly in the area of domestic violence.
• 25 November 2020 / Project Getting Street Vendors Back to Work Feeding Hungry New Yorkers Draws Media Coverage
  A “huge lifeline” is how one vendor described a program to put street food vendors to work feeding people in need of meals in a recent interview. That program, organized by the Street Vendor Project and supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), has drawn media attention in New York.
• 25 November 2020 / Christmas in Vamvakou, a non-proverbial Greek village
  Village life is proverbially slow. But this doesn’t hold true for the Greek village of Vamvakou, where there’s something new on offer every day—even for visitors who have been before.