Did you know that a staggering 60% of Greek hospital births are c-sections? Many women pretty much get talked into it by the doctors and nurses, as Greek hospitals are highly understaffed and underfunded, making a C-section a quicker and easier process. Hospital on...
With Love we can do anything. Never listen to those that say “No” – from the visitor and volunteer wall at NGO The Fáilte Centre in Athens (‘welcome’ in Irish). Run by the wonderful Colleen (pictured) and Claire, they are offering educational and psycho...
When that new deep fryer just hits the spot! A couple of months ago forRefugees funded this new commercial deep fryer to the Saffron Kitchen Project, thanks to all your generous donations. If Evelina’s smile isn’t the face of happiness I don’t know...
We sat down for a catch up with Line from the wonderful ANKAA Project and she showed us around the workshop. This is another fantastic project of vocational and educational training in the centre of Athens. At ANKAA they hold Greek classes, sewing classes and employ...
Whilst I was in Athens with fellow Trustee and CEO Amber, we caught up with Chloe and the team at NGO Lighthouse Relief. They have been running a sports programme for the kids of Ritsona camp, and social services within Athens. Whilst the sports programme is...
On our first day in Athens we met with Georgia and Rana from Amurtel – a mother and baby support group in Athens. We had a really warm welcome from our new partners, who we recently supplied with a £1000 grant for perinatal support services. They showed us...
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