Lesvos, Europe
News & Updates
Opportunity for pre-school age kids
Does this look like a regular childhood to you? Unfortunately, it's not. The Kara Tepe camp in Lesvos hosts today almost three thousand people fleeing from the threats of a government and a...
Happy Nowruz
Celebrating the New Year and Nowruz is a historical tradition in Afghanistan that dates back to 6,000 years ago. Nowruz has long been celebrated on the first day of the solar year by the ancient...
2021 Annual Report
Stand by Me Lesvos is committed to supporting refugees. We seek to improve aspects of their lives through three initiatives: Education, Environment and Empowerment.Since March 2020, Stand By Me...
Xmas Time in Lesvos
In the last days we organized workshops and distributed Christmas presents to all the children of the camp, just like to our kids, to have the opportunity to feel the love and the celebrations of...
12 Years of Experience
I have been in the volunteering sphere for 12 years - this time period has been enough for me to make an account. At the same time, I’ve been in the education field, occupying various positions of...
Mobile Academy!
I completed 12 years of experience in volunteering and managing educational structures for adult immigrants and refugees. I viewed the evolution of the situation in all its phases: Pagani, Pikpa,...
Happiness and laughter matter
This week we had clowns The Flying Seagull Project at our Moria Academia buses, inside the camp, and yesterday was their last show. The aim is to allow the children to feel good, feel daft, and feel...
Educational initiatives
Following the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan, several of our Afghan partners are appealing to the international community for help on behalf of Afghans who are now silenced. In contrast to...
What true sustainability is
Every morning in Mavrovouni camp, residents recycle 15,000 empty plastic bottles. Only clean bottles are taken to a nearby recycling company, but all bottles are welcome! Those who drop off their...
Recognition and Admission, Now!
After the fall of Kabul: The people on the Greek islands – refugees and residents – should no longer pay the price for Europe's completely misguided and inhumane asylum policy. Deutsche Versionنسخه...
Anerkennung und Aufnahme, jetzt! | medico.de
Nach dem Fall Kabuls: Die Menschen auf den griechischen Insel – Geflüchtete wie Bewohner:innen – dürfen nicht länger den Preis für eine völlig verfehlte und inhumane Asylpolitik Europas zahlen....
150 Climate Strikers in Danger in Afghanistan | fridaysforfuture.org
Around 150 individuals consisting of Fridays For Future Activists and their immediate family are stuck in Afghanistan and face persecution under the Taliban. They are in urgent need of being...