We are collecting 500 bikes (all age groups) and bike parts to ship to Adana, Turkey for a huge population of Syrian refugees there (Over 500,000 in area between Adana and Gaziantep). Please help us by 1) donating working bikes
Day 5. Yesterday was my break apart day; I felt inside like a shattered vase. The feeling came on me suddenly when I was working with Edi Edii in the food line at the entrance to the camp. The entire camp is surrounded
Day 3. Our team split in two today. With me going to the camp with Kemal Nun Gevgelija and Edi Edii, and the rest going to Skopje in search of much needed shoes. At the camp, Kemal insists that volunteers
Day 2. Our learning curve was big today, on all levels. We were surrounded at the container where NuN keeps its donations by refugees wanting shoes. The men, practical, were thrilled with the hiking boots and thick socks i brought
After 4 planes and over 24 hr of flight time (including thank you Athens for dumping my bag out in security and losing things) we arrived in Gevelija, Macedonia. We decided to go right to the camp, though it was
We are helping refugees grow their own food in Greece and need your help! Welcome Foundation and Americans for Refugees in Crisis (ARC) are jointly developing several projects at Softex camp, in Thessaloniki Greece. Our first project, and one
Reem and Ahmad and their three kids, Jude, Kaess and Rodney recently moved to Boston. They are originally from Aleppo, Syria and came to the US as refugees two years ago now. Originally, they were assigned by the State Dept
We are seeking donations for 2 projectors (and the gadgets to make it work to project on a large wall) for the refugee camp at Gevgelia or donations to buy in Gevgelia. One for children, one for adults. To be used with
Lifting Hands International: http://www.liftinghandsinternational.org/ We need help collecting 100 cubic feet worth of winter items to be sent from NYC to Calais refugee camp in France by FEB 15. The following are in critical shortage: – Very warm jackets for adults
A volunteer from Zagreb, Croatia, working with Are You Syrious?, an NGO dedicated to helping refugees. They work to ease the refugees’ difficult journeys. This volunteer wishes to remain anonymous, and has changed the names and locations of the refugees