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Initiative

Hosting of refugee and immigrant populations from war zones during the mass influx into the Greek territory.

Hosting of refugee and immigrant populations from war zones during the mass influx into the Greek territory.
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Municipality of Trikala

The Municipality of Trikala is a municipality of Thessaly region based in Trikala.

 

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Objective Action

The goal is the bodily and mental relief of people suffering from the long-lasting war adventure in the Near and Middle East.

 

Target Audience

The action was aimed at refugee-immigrant groups.

 

Duration

  • 24-29/02/2016, in the Sports Hall
  • 10-29/03/2016, in the City Medieval Castle

Description

During the first influx, and because of the urgency of the matter, the action took place rather hastily in the  Indoor Basketball court of “Bara” in Trikala, but it was  designed so as to  offer basic coverage of the primary needs of the refugees in a peaceful, to say the least, environment, overcoming any ethnic differences among groups coming from different countries (Syrians, Afghans, Iraqis and Kurds) which was achieved through the coordination of specialized associates, such as translators, who helped with communication with the Volunteer Group and with each other.

During the period of the second influx of refugees, the selected place  (the Fortress in Trikala), was infinitely better in terms of  basic facilities, sanitation, food and even entertainment. The coordination of our team concerning the actions of our fellow volunteers and the needs of the refugees  as well as any problems encountered had the corroboration of the satisfaction of the Refugees, which was turned into a specific number of refugees remaining  in our city, a continued communication with volunteers, several thank you messages to the present day, thanks to the social media, etc.


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Impact on Society

Both of the two refugees-immigrants waves, the total number of the peoples were hosted were more than 400 persons.



Initiative Location

The voluntary action evolved in two parts of the city, the Sports Hall of the City and the Medieval Fortress.


Working with Organization

The institutions with which we collaborated were(in actual order):

  • the Municipality and its services,  
  • the District  of the region of Thessaly,
  • the Ministry of Defense,
  • the Department of Protection and Security of the citizen,
  • the Fire Brigade,
  • self governed  Solidarity Groups.

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Workers Participation

The number of active volunteers exceeded 150.


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Benefits for Οrganization

The active involvement of more than 150 volunteers for the confrontation of the refugee issue in local level, in one hand strengthen the volunteers term and their role, and in the other hand helped the better desing of the confrontation of one humanitarian crisis.




Connection with Global Goals



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