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Recycling Project goes on!

Jun 18, 2021

In this video our colleagues from Moria Corona Awareness Team explain the recycling project we implement together since more than one year. It is, as all projects we support, fully self organized by refugees and had and have a huge impact. Only this month the days had to be limit to three per week due to Corona restrictions and some funding problems, but from next week the normal five days will be in place again. We want to thank all supporters of this project, who enabled it so far, especially Solingen hilft e. V., Plastic Free Ocean, Hope Project, Human…

Registration English e-classes

Jun 08, 2021

Registrations for English e-classes are now open. Follow the link below to register: 1-2 hours per weekfor French, Arabic and Farsi speakers. Les inscriptions pour les cours en ligne d’anglais sont ouvertes. Suivez le lien ci-dessous pour vous inscrire: 1-2 heures par semainesPour les étudiants qui parlent français, arabe et farsi ثبت نام در کلاس های الکترونیکی انگلیسی اکنون باز است. برای ثبت نام لینک زیر را دنبال کنید: 1-2 ساعت در هفتهبرای فرانسوی ها ، عربی ها و فارسی زبانان. التسجيلات لالدروس على الإنترنت بالانجليزي مفتوحة الآن. انقر على الرابط أدناه لتشترك:*١ - ٢ ساعات في الأسبوع لمتحدثين باللغة…

Refugees current situation in Kara Tepe II Camp

May 30, 2021

Unfortunately the Corona Virus is spreading again inside the camp. This is the reason why Stand by me Lesvos intensiefied it’s activities to raise awareness. We printed new flyers in four languages and our partners from Moria Corona Awareness Team (MCAT) distributed them together with masks and sanitizers to all the camp residents. Here is a a note written by Omid Raihan Alizada from MCAT about the current situation in Kara Tepe II Camp: "Corona is spreading and it gets from bad to worse! These days we see that Greece is slowing down its Covid restriction, which were in place…

Helpful Conversations II: Coping Strategies When Faced With Trauma

May 26, 2021

The workshop is intended for volunteers and employees to equip them with the knowledge of strategies and mechanisms to better understand what trauma is, and how it may affects persons, plus, some coping strategies. The workshop is free and available to everyone. The aim of this workshop is for each participant to leave with at least one experience of a useful tool to continue building on coping strategies. After a short presentation about working on change when facing trauma (in general) and ongoing trauma, the rest of the workshop will be based on participants themselves testing a few different ways…