Refugee camps are so congested and the living conditions are also very low maintained. Dutch humanitarian is on their new project to provide a little better shelter to the refugees living in Lesbos refugee camps.
The Dutch humanitarian is on a double mission, one that is as much “about host as hosted Matter-of-factly said, “When people live in a structured environment, they behave in a structured way,”. “Our aim is to create jobs and new economies that benefit both.”The olive grove is an experiment in “model living”. The wood for the shelter, like the cement, stones and mesh used to terrace this once chaotic strip of land – occupied in the spillover from the main camp – have been acquired from Moria, the hillside village up the road. The hope is that the collaboration will enable fraternisation between locals and refugees at a time of rising resentment, anger and fear on the island.
“People here showed such resilience, such generosity in such overwhelming circumstances, they deserve better,” says the 41-year-old, whose group, Movement on the Ground, has set itself the goal of taming the ills that have inflamed passions. “They deserve support.”
Three years have passed since a million men, woman and children landed on Lesbos in the largest movement of humanity since the second world war. So many individuals contributed in humanitarian projects through an agency as well as individually. On Saturday Islanders received the inaugural John McCain award “for their heroic support of refugees fleeing mayhem throughout the Middle East and Africa”. when Announcing the prize, the late US politician’s widow, Cindy, said she hoped recognition of the “sacrifices that so many ordinary people have made” would inspire others to “stand up for what is right”.
> Alma Siddiqua
Lesbos: Aid Project Unites Locals and Migrants
