The Hellenique Fondation (HF) in Paris is appealing to private funders to ensure it can continue housing Greek university students in the French capital, according to ANA.
Also known as the Greek House, HF was constructed in 1932 by architect Nikolas Zachos on the initiative of then Greek Ambassador Nikolas Politis, and has hosted a great number of Greek students, among them many famous intellectuals.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation is making a donation of 1.1 million euros, on condition that the Foundation raises 400,000 euros by the end of the year so that the renovation can start in June 2019.
HF has launched two campaigns:
The first one is called “A room in your name”, where donors can adopt one of the 80 rooms for 2,500 euros. Forty-five rooms have already been adopted, with names appearing at the FH website:
https://fondation-hellenique.fr/nos-mecenes-et-donateurs-actuels/
The second one is a crowdfunding campaign aiming to raise 50,000 euros to meet accesibility requirements for people with reduced mobility. Contibutions starting from 20 euros can be made here:
https://dartagnans.fr/fr/projects/rendons-accessible-la-fondation-hellenique/campaign
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