Jamal left Syria with her family, fleeing through Turkey and making the dangerous crossing via boat to reach Greece. Like many people on Samos, her family lack the basic resources to easily prepare food with no kitchen or facilities to cook. But waiting in the long line for food every day, and attending crowded distributions, are intimidating for young children like Jamal. In Samos, over 400 children aged between 3 and 9 live in the makeshift Vathy Refugee Camp (RIC).

Fortunately, our partners on the ground We For Kids are providing healthy and nutritious home-cooked food to each of those children, like Jamal, on Samos. Their aim is to ensure that all children are able to access food in a quick and safe way and do not have to attend large-scale distributions. Their focus is on ensuring all children get the requisite vitamins and minerals they need to aid their development.

Here at forRefugees we’ve recently provided We for Kids with €7000 to buy a van. This is incredibly necessary to help the association continue its vital work volunteers are limited to using a small

private car, or to walk. as, without a van, volunteers are limited to using a small private car, or to walk. Catering boxes (thermal boxes licensed for catering transfers) don’t fit in the car and so the association had to use plastic bags. With a van larger quantities of food can be transported into the camps in a food safer manner. It also means that the team can pick up bulk supplies from the supermarket more easily.

We believe that children have the right to healthy food and will continue to support our partners who provide this, especially as the effects of COVID-19 shake the world.

We continue to ask you to please never doubt that YOUR kindness and generosity is making a real difference to someone’s life. Every day .

Names changed. Photo Credits: We For Kids