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Me Alla Matia NPO

Our vision is to eliminate the underrepresentation of People with Disability in the public sphere.

Blind man reading a tactile book with a guide dog beside him in a cozy living room.

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NPO “Me Alla Matia” was founded in 2018 by the blind lawyer Vaggelis Avgoulas and a group of disabled people claiming inclusion. It was implemented as an afterthought of the fully accessible news portal meallamatia.gr. “Me Alla Matia” means “with a different point of view” in Greek; that is how we aspire to make the world see diversity.

We operate with the advisory support of focus groups of disabled people and specialized scientists so that all services are provided with the approval of end users.

Pillars of Actions

  • Design of Inclusion Strategies and provision of Accessibility Consulting
  • Empowerment of marginalized social groups
  • Implementation of school, corporate, cultural, and municipal programs aimed at familiarization with disability, inclusion, and accessibility
  • Accessibility assessment of physical and digital spaces
  • Inclusive cultural actions and awareness campaigns

Our Numbers

  • Around 645 free educational programs in schools, training over 54,600 students and 4,600 teachers.
  • More than 265 customized training & consulting programs were designed and coordinated for companies, agencies, and municipalities, training over 15,400 employers and employees in accessibility and inclusion.
  • meallamatia.gr has over 110,000 unique users and dynamic SoMe, such as Facebook, whose followers exceed 27,800.
  • Our #SpeakUp campaign features disabled people in short videos and has garnered over 17.7M views.
  • We service over 500 online help desk requests annually for disabled people and their families.

Collaborations

    • Growthfund: Strategic Partnership since 2021 for the development of an inclusive strategy for the subsidiaries of the company:
    • Lamda Development: Implementation of educational programs in schools in collaboration with the Hellenic Paralympic Committee
    • Accessibility assessment at Golden Hall, Cosmos Mediterranean, The Mall Athens, Designer Outlet shopping centers
    • Disability awareness programs for employees at Golden Hall, Cosmos Mediterranean, The Mall Athens, Designer Outlet
    • PwC: Accessibility and Inclusion Consulting, which includes office accessibility assessments, disability awareness training for personnel, and Accessible Communication training for teams in Social Media, Communications, Marketing, Branding, Inclusion & Diversity (I&D), and Events
    • John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation: Support for the implementation of the educational program “Des ti Zoi Me Alla Matia”
    • Otis Elevator Hellas: Inclusion Strategy and Accessibility Consulting
    • Costa Navarino: Training program on more effective service of disabled customers for the Dunes and W units
    • Municipality of Athens: Accessible Routes and construction of an accessible website in collaboration with “This is Athens” for the touristic promotion of the municipality

Partners

 

Distinctions

⭐ Marketing Promotional Awards 2023:
A gold award for our cooperation with Praktiker Hellas in the
“Open Home” project

⭐ Architectural accessibility competition
“Open Home 2023”: participation in the assessing committee

⭐ Bravo Dialogue & Awards 2023:
Distinction for the #SpeakUp campaign in the “SOCIETY” category

⭐ PSAPP Awards 2023:
Distinction for the audio description service of matches for the blind for Olympiacos FC.

⭐ Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2022, 2023: participation in the assessing committee

⭐ Trainers as Inclusion Experts in Spotlight

⭐ Best City Awards 2022: A bronze award for the Municipality of Paleo Faliro and our collaboration entitled “Accessibility Assessment and Creation of an Accessibility Profile for the Municipality of Paleo Faliro”

⭐ Hosting of our project in the Career Guide 2023, distributed along with the Kathimerini newspaper on the last Sunday of June.

⭐ Ministry of Culture: A capital grant for the social action “I Belong” in 2021 and “Diversit-ART” in 2023.

⭐ Region of Attica: Funding and sponsorship for 2 social concerts in Megara and Aegaleo; co-organization of the live-streaming concert “Anassa mou ki Aeras”

⭐ US Embassy: Connecting with President Biden’s Special Advisor on Disability and Inclusion, Sarah Minkara

⭐ Patient Partnerships Awards 2021: A gold award for our partnership with Novartis (Disability Initiatives Category)

⭐ Speeches:

 

Registrations & Licenses (documents in Greek)

  • Special Register of Voluntary Non-Governmental Organizations (ID 1611) of the Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs (23/2/2022)
  • National Register of Non-Profit Private Sector Bodies Providing Social Care Services (ID 1729) of the Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs (23/2/2022)
  • Register of Cultural Institutions (ID 17398) of the Ministry of Culture & Sports
  • General Commercial Register (146708101000)
  • Trademark (Trademark Number: N248775) of the Ministry of Economy & Development for Class 35 (advertising services) and 41 (news, journalism, and training services)
  • Permit for the implementation of our educational program by the Ministry of Education (Φ.2.1/ΜΓ/57752/108499/Δ7)
  • General Registry of Social and Solidarity Economy Entities (Registry Number: 000255012011)
  • Special Registry for Civil Society Organizations of the Ministry of Interior (18/11/2024)
  • Alignment of training with the ISO 21902_2021 “Tourism & Related Services – Accessible Tourism for All – Requirements & Recommendations”
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ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

We offer a variety of educational programs implemented by specialized professionals acting in 3 main pillars:

business training and consulting in inclusion and accessibility strategies

breaking down stereotypes & promoting inclusive culture

training and services aiming at a more “humane municipality“

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