{"id":4729,"date":"2015-10-30T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/tailored-project\/the-story-behind-the-campaing-that-launched-the-program\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T11:54:34","slug":"the-story-behind-the-campaing-that-launched-the-program","status":"publish","type":"tailored-project","link":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/tailored-project\/the-story-behind-the-campaing-that-launched-the-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind the campaign that launched the program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"gb-element-84de80b0\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-58e32c78\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"420\" data-media-id=\"4775\" class=\"gb-media-d431abd6\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thom-Feeney.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thom-Feeney.webp 700w, https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thom-Feeney-300x180.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"gb-text gb-text-6e3c9d85\">The story behind the campaign that launched the program<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-bbfe965f\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-57f8777d\"><div style=\"color:#e76d6c\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-post-date has-text-color\"><time datetime=\"2015-10-30T17:32:00+02:00\">30\/10\/2015<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-9ca8a37a dn-diamond-item-alt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/project-type\/desmos-for-youth\/\" rel=\"tag\">Desmos for Youth<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-0c326e84\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-3870f0bb\">\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-e1f35af1\">How a crowdfunding campaign launched the &#8220;Desmos for Youth&#8221; program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-9ae32e57\">The &#8220;Desmos for Youth&#8221; program was born out of a <strong>global wave of solidarity<\/strong>. In the summer of 2015, at the height of the Greek crisis, British citizen Thom Feeney launched a crowdfunding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/en\/projects\/thomfeeney-11188801\/greek-crowdfund?ref=search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaign<\/a> aimed at funding jobs for young people in Greece within nonprofit organisations and initiatives with a social impact. The campaign made international headlines (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2015\/jul\/01\/greek-bailout-crowdfund-politicians-euros-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guardian<\/a>, 2015), and within a few days, <strong>13,398 people from around the world had contributed, raising \u20ac289,119<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-b49b813d\">This funding supported <strong>15 jobs<\/strong> for young people at nonprofit organisations in Greece for a full year. Through this initiative, young people gained professional experience and contributed to initiatives with a meaningful social impact, while the organisations gained the opportunity to expand and offer even greater support to local communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-461ac8bf\">This initiative served as the starting point for the &#8220;Desmos for Youth&#8221; program, which continues to support young people and strengthen social organisations in Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"466\" class=\"gb-media-daabd28b\" alt=\"\" title=\"Thom Feeney 2\" src=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thom-Feeney-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thom-Feeney-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thom-Feeney-2-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Thom-Feeney-2-768x350.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How a crowdfunding campaign launched the &#8220;Desmos for Youth&#8221; program.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4775,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"project-type":[77],"class_list":["post-4729","tailored-project","type-tailored-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-type-desmos-for-youth"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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