Who is helping the refugees in Greece?

Who is helping the refugees in Greece?

The International Rescue Committee
Greece currently hosts approximately 50,000 refugees, most of whom will remain in the country. The International Rescue Committee ensures these refugees understand their rights and provides them with job training, and psychosocial support so that they can rebuild their lives.

How can I help refugee camps?

Here are eight other equally meaningful ways you can help:

1. Host refugees and asylum seekers in your home.
2. Volunteer your specific skill.
3. Help refugees to integrate into a new culture.
4. Encourage your university to offer refugee scholarships.
5. Employ refugees.
6. Offer opportunities for refugees to volunteer.

How can I volunteer to help refugees?

You can volunteer for relief agencies that help refugees in the UK and abroad:

• Refugee Council.
• British Red Cross.
• Refugee Action.
• Volunteer Centre Finder (England)
• Volunteer Now (Northern Ireland)
• Volunteer Scotland.
• Volunteer Wales.

Can I help refugees?

As a community sponsor, you can partner with your local resettlement agency to greet a refugee family at their airport, assist them in securing and furnishing initial housing, connect them with local services, and show them all of the things that make your community so special.

Can asylum seekers in Greece work?

If you are a pre-registered asylum seeker, you cannot access legal employment, until you complete the procedure for full lodging your asylum application. Note that to be legally employed, your asylum seeker’s card must be valid, therefore do not forget to renew your asylum seeker’s card as it expires.

How can we help refugees in Athens?

They seek to support and enable refugees in Athens by creating a welcoming and safe environment for people to eat and socialise together. The charity offers daily meals, legal and administrative support, creative workshops and education from their community centre in central Athens.

What can you do to help the homeless in Greece?

The charity offers daily meals, legal and administrative support, creative workshops and education from their community centre in central Athens. To volunteer, send them an email or visit the centre on Saturdays for their volunteer inductions. One Happy Family is a community centre on the island of Lesvos.

What is the IRC doing to help refugees in Greece?

The IRC is collaborating with Greece’s ministry of migration policy and local and international humanitarian organizations to address violence against women and girls and to meet the mental health and psychosocial needs of all refugees and asylum seekers.

Where can I volunteer or donate to help refugees?

Find out how to volunteer and donate on their website. The Open Cultural Centre is a charitable organisation based in Barcelona and throughout Greece. They work in camps throughout Greece, providing assistance and cultural education within and close to the refugee camps.