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...
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...
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...
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,...
As wars, dictatorships and environmental disasters continue to ravage countries worldwide, more and more people are going to seek safety in Europe. The influx of refugees arriving via Greece isn’t a temporary issue, it’s a long-term reality that demands leadership,...
You can see by our big smiles in the photos that the people we met and the forRefugees partner projects we visited have been nothing short of inspiring. We moved from project to project feeling increasingly impressed by endless energy and commitment from those working...
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