By Amber Bauer | CEO
Thank you for supporting people's rights to seek safety. As Governments become ever more hostile towards refugees, our partners have been hard at work filling humanitarian gaps with practical aid, support and kindness.
Trustees Amber, Ingrid and Merel were back in Greece last month seeing first hand the difference made by NGO's to people's lives - grassroots charities that your donations help keep open. From Amurtel's calm and safe haven helping 400 women a month, to Saffron Kitchen’s flavoursome and delicious meals feeding 500 people in precarious living conditions every day, to skills learning that benefit 1000 people a month at Selfm.aid Skills Factory for refugees on the island of Samos. Each visit inspired us more and more.
Your donations since June alone have contributed to 11 grants ensuring vital services have made a difference to an estimated 21,179 people. Here's just three examples of the difference you're making to real people's lives, every day.
"My favourite thing about Alpha Land is the music and the art! I love everything here" - asylum seeker in Samos Refugee Camp
ForRefugees supported the Samos Volunteers Alpha Land Project with a grant for £3000.
"Since coming to AMURTEL, I’m learning a lot about my body and my health. Important things that women should know.
Little by little, it is getting easier to talk about this." - asylum seeking young mum pregnant as a result of sexual assault on her journey
ForRefugees supported Amurtel with a grant for £1000 to provide perinatel and mental health education.
"A full-circle moment was hiring two of our much beloved team members, both of whom previously lived in Lagadikia camp and regularly visited IHA's community centre. Having learnt English at our community centre, they left Lagadikia to begin their humanitarian careers as interpreters at an international NGO. A few years later, they returned to IHA as part of our management team, and played a key role in the management and strategic-development of our Lagadikia Community Centre project." - InterEuropean Humanitarian Aid (IHA)
ForRefugees supported IHA with a grant for £4255 towards an essential replacement vehicle.
forRefugees only exists with your donations. The grants you fund truly make a difference to people's lives. Thank you for joining us Together for Refugees where humanity and human values apply to everyone.
#InSolidarity
Amber & the team
forRefugees
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