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Iʼve raised £1,631 to Provide basic aid to refugees on Samos Island, Greece
- Funded on Thursday, 5th January 2017
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We're raising money to provide basic aid (food, water, medication, nappies, milk, sanitary products etc) for refugees currently stuck in a refugee camp on Samos Island, Greece.
Over the last 5 years i've lived and worked on Samos, and recently have seen the horrific plight of Syrian refugees who have made the dangerous journey to the island.
At present, roughly 2500 refugees are stuck in inhumane conditions in a makeshift camp on Samos, and are bearing the brunt of winter without basic basic provisions.
We're launching a short campaign with Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation (based on Samos) to raise funds to buy the basic things refugees desperately need.
All money raised will be spent in Samos by Archipelagos who will distribute the aid on our behalf. We ran a similar successful campaign in 2015 when the numbers of refugees arriving to Samos was peaking. The refugees we met had horrific stories to tell, but were extremely positive and very grateful to receive aid bought with peoples donations.
Please donate anything you can so that we can help at least a little! All details of the aid purchased will be provided along the campaign.
Many Thanks,
Chris Williamson.
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- 8 years ago
Chris Williamson
8 years agoTo see what the situation is like RIGHT NOW in the refugee camp on Samos, copy/paste the link below into your web browser and have a read/look down at the pictures: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hw285696m3mw3gq/samos_situation_2016.pdf?dl=0
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- 8 years ago
Chris Williamson
8 years agoSee here (copy/paste link) for the aid we bought and the situation on Samos during our last fundraising campaign: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uivsj9593stoeyg/Samos_donations.pdf?dl=0
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Anonymous
Jan 4, 2017
Heidi Malizia
Jan 4, 2017
£10.00
marie leconte
Dec 29, 2016
£20.00
Caroline McHugh
Dec 29, 2016
From another Archipelagos alumna--I appreciate what you are doing!
£81.00
Anonymous
Dec 28, 2016
Amy Robo
Dec 27, 2016
Fantastic idea chris and georgie. I'm sure while I'm having one of my best Christmas many others are having a very very miserable time. I would encourage others to give generously.
£50.00
Paola Moffa
Dec 27, 2016
£200.00
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