by Amber Bauer | Feb 16, 2025 | From the Ground
The Refugee Crisis at the Lithuania-Belarus Border: A Humanitarian Perspective The humanitarian crisis at the Lithuania-Belarus border remains an urgent issue despite fluctuating media attention. In February 2025 I travelled (self funded) to Lithuania to meet with our...
by Amber Bauer | Jan 20, 2025 | From the Ground
Perspective. This is the Greek island of Chios as I left on Saturday morning. Contrary to the lively capital, Chios Town, I saw how barren, inhospitable and sparsely populated the island is. A quick search says Chios has a population <31,500 people with 86% living...
by Amber Bauer | Jan 18, 2025 | From the Ground
Three little girls Asma (10), Yosru (6) and Mena (4) are laid to rest in these graves. The young sisters died in the Mediterranean on 8 April 2024. Their deaths are a tragedy you probably didn’t hear about? Their mama was one of 19 people rescued who survived the boat...
by Amber Bauer | Jan 12, 2025 | From the Ground
I’m on the Greek island of Chios to volunteer for a week with our partner Refugee Biriyani and Bananas (RBB). Ruhi, the RBB Founder/CEO, needed an extra van driver for the later part of the 10 day distribution and so I came to lend a hand. We started early...
by Merel Graeve | Sep 30, 2024 | From the Ground
This evening Amber and I took a walk to the old Vathy camp on Samos island. She showed me where the tents used to be, the registration areas, the washrooms. Little effort has been made to clean up the area that used to house 9000 people at its peak. There are...
by Amber Bauer | Sep 30, 2024 | From the Ground
Now I have your attention with the image of boxer shorts emblazoned with “I Have Skills”, welcome to The Skills Factory 2.0! This inspiring initiative is changing lives on the Greek island of Samos, and its incredible impact is powered by humanity,...
