By Roumpini Terzaki | Project Developer
Dear friends,
Our support for refugees arriving in Greece has become even more vital due to Covid 19. Please open 'your HUG' to refugee kids and families, who need your help more than ever, during this unprecedented period of strict lockdown that we have endured over the last16 months. People are hungry and this is leading to an increasing sense of anger and we are afraid that this will soon lead to violence.
We are doing everything we can but are facing a huge problem due to a lack of funds and the usual level of support from our 'helping hands’ who are fearful of the pandemic.
We are also concerned that Erdogan remains a threatening presence to our country and refugee families.
Our needs
We need to pay essential running costs to ensure that our vehicles can continue to transport food and necessary supplies to families. We need your donations to keep our vehicles on the road, to pay for car insurance, oil and gas (petrol).
We are also in desperate need of necessary nourishment products for the refugee families undeclared or made unemployed due to the Pandemic and who are trying to survive throughout one of the longest lockdowns in Europe.
Our success
We have had some success in our fund-raising activities. Greek companies have supported all of our demands for hygiene products and protection equipment from Covid 19 with huge quantities of gloves, antiseptics and masks. Thanks to their help and support we escaped the danger of having to stop our distributions, there was a real risk that we would have to stop for safety reasons.
We are also grateful for the support of the Power Health company which provided us with 1,500 bottles of Mourinol and Olister vitamin supplements that helps to build up the immunity of kids and adults to disease.
Our ask
Please find it in your hearts to support these refugee families in Greece. We feel deeply sorry for the pitiful condition of some of these undeclared kids and their families who have re-occupied many of the buildings in the centres of Athens. Many are hoping and trying to leave Greece soon. They have no work, or any other source of income and cannot cover their most basic needs. They have nothing apart from what we can give them because of their undeclared status.
The Greek Government does provide financial support to all declared refugees, but as human beings we can't abandon to fate those who live in despair because they are undeclared.
Your donation will be immediately put to use.
As soon as you complete your donation, your gift will start its journey.
First your money will be turned into food and distributed to one of the thousand families with kids that we support and who are the most vulnerable.
Please send food to save a life today and join our fight against hunger.
Stay on our side, Stay safe!
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