Emergency Aid for Refugee Women and Children
SUPPORT FOR BASIC CARE
From March 2020 to September 2021, Just Human supported group purchases for women, children, and unaccompanied minors — first in Moria and later in the new Kara Tepe camp. In addition, individual women, women with children, and also men in particularly urgent situations were supported with money for food, hygiene items, medical treatment, and other essential needs.
Current Emergency Aid for Mothers and Children in Athens
Since spring 2021, more and more refugees have been arriving in Athens from Lesbos. With emergency aid for food and medicine, just human is currently supporting around 120 mothers and their children in Athens, and we receive new requests for help every day. Since July 2021, we have been receiving funding from Sternstunden e.V. for this food assistance, for which we are very grateful.
At the same time, we continue to support women and children in a shelter on Lesbos as well as in the refugee camp on the island.
Homelessness and Violence in Athens
Many mothers and their children are homeless, living in miserable conditions without protection from violence in a refugee camp, or staying with friends or acquaintances in very precarious — sometimes exploitative — circumstances. We therefore try to find and fund safe accommodation for women and children. However, the severe need and limited donations often force us to tell women that we cannot help. Many of them have babies or small children. Without support, they must sleep in parks, with acquaintances, or in abandoned buildings. As a result, they are exposed to cold, violence, and all forms of exploitation. Please help make more support possible!
Help for People Who Must Flee
In 2023, Just Human’s emergency aid also reached families in Afghanistan, Cameroon, the DR Congo, and Ukraine, as well as refugees in Italy, Belgium, and Germany.
just human supports people who must or had to flee from war, violence, political or personal persecution, exploitation, or economic hardship. The goal of our support is to ensure that all people can live in safety. This includes the ability to meet basic needs, maintain contact with family and friends, and access medical care, psychosocial support, schooling, education, and employment opportunities.
To achieve this, we assist, for example, in securing safe housing, ensuring livelihoods during periods of persecution or flight, arranging and/or funding legal advice, and providing medical and psychosocial support. Measures for schooling, vocational training, or professional independence can also be supported.
Support is provided to people in war and crisis zones, during flight, and in countries of refuge, as well as to projects that promote the goals of Just Human.
