We’re thrilled to share the results of our World Refugee Day Fundraising Challenge with you! Our Champions, their communities and our supporters, have managed to raise €8,950! This means two more months of educational activities for over 200 refugee children and adults who have been out of school...
One week ago Katsikas camp woke up to closed gates, surrounded by police. No one was allowed to leave the camp. Officially, this was to prevent Covid-19 from spreading, despite the fact that no one had contracted the virus in the camp. “They say it’s because there is corona...
When the Greek government announced that it will start evicting recognised refugees from their homes in June, they put eleven thousand people – many of them children – at risk. With no jobs and no support, most will end up homeless. One of them is Emmanuel Constantine. He...
Refugees flee unimaginable horrors in search of safety. Dakheel is Yazidi, a minority religious group from Iraq. When Da’esh (“Islamic State”) surrounded his home in Sinjar, it gave the Yazidi people two options: convert to Islam or die. Dakheel and his family were in danger. They ran for...
We are extremely alarmed at the recent changes the Greek government made to asylum regulations. They are speeding up evictions from camps and protected apartments, removing all refugees who have received their asylum. Refugees should leave camps and integrate into local life, but a long-term plan needs to exist...
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It’s a strange and tense time on the ground these days. The threat of Covid-19 has led our programs to a halt, but work continues behind the scenes! Being a grassroots NGO, run by a hand-full of people – mostly international volunteers – there is always work to...
Happy New Year from all of us here at Second Tree! As we take the first steps into the new year, we wish to celebrate one of the highlights of 2019: in December we celebrated a big win for integration ...
We often receive the question: ...
Fatima and Zoi are two great teachers...