Description of the integration initiative implemented
Since 2020 she has been working as a live-in domestic worker and caregiver for a family with two twin children. She is paid with 800 a month and for five days a week, Monday to Friday. She is responsible for all chores, cooking, washing, ironing and cleaning. She is not provided with social security contributions and healthcare insurance.

Personal story
Interviewee 7 came to Greece in 1999 from Lagos, Nigeria. She is 52 years old and married with two children. She completed high school in Nigeria and was an assistant secretary in an exports company. Her husband was working as a manual worker in Port-Harcourt. She was working for 8 hours for almost 100 euros. Initially, she wanted to go to London or Ireland. In 2002 she can visit her brother, who was earlier in Greece and decided to stay. She came to Greece on a tourist visa with her husband and children. Her husband began to work as a worker in a courier company in Athens. As soon as she arrived in Greece, she was directly hired by a Greek employer to work in their residence as a live-in domestic worker. An older man was living with them, the father of the employer, and needed care and someone to take clean the residence. She stayed with them for 16 years, until 2015. She was staying with them from Monday to Sunday morning. She was performing various household services: from cleaning and household maintenance, cooking, laundry and ironing to caring the older man, i.e., feeding, bathing and dressing him. She was responsible for his medication. In the beginning, she made a mistake: she was unfamiliar with the pills, and she confused the dosage and time of medication. The employer had verbally attacked her by shouting and vituperating her. She had apologized for this mistake, but it was something that cannot forget. She was paid monthly for 700 euros. She was not provided with social security contributions and healthcare insurance, and she decided to self-insure herself in 2010. In 2016 she left that employer and worked for another for a year in Crete for another older man. She could not stay there longer because she was away from her husband and children. Between 2017 and 2019, she worked as an exclusive nurse at various hospitals in Athens for 50 euros a day for many different employers. She was mainly working the night shift. Since 2020 she has been working as a live-in domestic worker and caregiver for a family with two twin children. She is paid with 800 a month and for five days a week, Monday to Friday. She is responsible for all chores, cooking, washing, ironing and cleaning. She is not provided with social security contributions and healthcare insurance. During the weekend, she stays with her husband. She believes that Greeks see them as black people only and do not offer other work opportunities; there is racism due to their skin colour. However, she feels lucky to have worked all those years. When she has any problem, she turns to her employers and husband and brother. She participated in an association, the Nigerian Women Organization, but she feels tired and is inactive now. Whenever she wanted to find a job, she talked asked everyone. She is only looking for a domestic helper job. In her free time, she visits a church and his brother’s family and organizes family gatherings. She considers her employers as her people. She speaks via social media with her relatives almost every day. In the future, she would like to receive a pension and medical insurance, but it is not possible for her.

Analysis of the initiative and individual story
Regarding a success story construction, the Interviewee’s experience was characterized by economic improvement based on personal dedication and sacrifices. She believed that her goal for advancement and economic sustainability was achieved via her hard work. Therefore, she perceived herself as capable of facing any situation that arises.

Results and Impact
Two significant changes were made to Interviewee’s life: i) financial and ii) awareness of stereotyped treatment. On an economic basis, she achieved greater stability and empowerment. However, her exclusive employment as a domestic worker has led her to the entrapment in domestic work and caregiving, dependency on employers and lineal socioeconomic mobility.