First-year girls’ Vocational School students founded by “Refugee Phoenix.” Standing in the middle, with white hair, Eleni Karaiosifidou, founder of the charity association.

The mother of the donors, Eleni Karaiosifidou, founded 1924 the “Refugee Phoenix” charity association. The union dealt with “distributing nutritious food to all the needy refugees and locals.” By 1932, 34 branches were established, including Kalamaria, Aretsou and N. Krini. This activity continued until 1939, when the Metaxas dictatorship abolished the union.