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One Happy Family
Newsletter
November 2021
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More pushbacks and stricter measures to leave the camp.
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there are inspiring decorations as well as educational stage performances.
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No rights, no money, no food
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Situation on Lesvos and in Greece
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Cover-up documented At the end of September, 25 people from northern Iraq arrived in the village of Vasilitsi on the Greek mainland. But the next day, there was no trace of them. The mayor as well as several local residents documented their arrival and the whole situation. This was reported by the Tagesschau (German News channel) at the end of …
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One Happy Family - one big stage
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News from the Community Centre
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Visitors to OHF Sadly, the rules regarding entering and exiting the camp have gotten stricter in the past weeks. People are only allowed to leave the camp for a few hours, once a week. Sometimes people are lucky and are able to get more time out of the camp. This seems dependent upon who is guarding the camp at certain …
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Last week we received an amazing and important first aid training provided by stichtingbootvluchteling. We were taught a number of lifesaving procedures from CPR to helping someone who is choking. A massive thank you to BRF for providing us with this training and helping us make OHF the safest place it can be!
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We have had another cohort graduate from the ICDL course, which is still being run by our amazing teacher Hosain. Hosain had some beautiful words to say about his students: “I like how hard working my students are. They always do their best to come even when they struggle to get out of the camp. The other thing that was …
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The Women’s space has been busy these last weeks with new sewing projects starting!The Pachamama project is an amazing network of volunteers around the world making reusable pads and distributing them to refugees and other vulnerable communities. The project inside the Women’s space has been running for a couple of weeks now, and makes around 20 pads per week, lasting …
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Meet Nicolas! Nicolas, our incredible coordinator from Switzerland, has been with us for 3,5 years! He is our partner coordinator but also our IT god. One of his latest projects is our new fabulous website for the visitors. His favourite thing to do at One Happy Family is going around to the different partners and seeing how all the projects …
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The all-around handywoman
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Meet Lisa! Lisa, our wonderful volunteer from Germany, has been with OHF for six months now. She is our all-around handywoman and really makes the community centre shine and sparkle with her magic touch. Lisa loves to paint and be creative. One of her happiest memories at OHF was when she was painting the online shop container, because she could …
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Goodbye Abbas! Last week we said a special goodbye to our incredible, fantastic, amazing, friend and volunteer, Abbas. First of all, we would like to thank you for always being a sunshine here at OHF! We were incredibly fortunate to have Abbas, the world's best barber, resident tour guide and all-around volunteer! He was always the first friendly face to …
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...and another Goodbye
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Selin, who has fantastically taken care of a lot of administrative work and finances over the last two years, is leaving us at the end of October. Dear Selin, your laughter and positive nature have enriched our One Happy Family and we will miss you a lot! We are sad to say goodbye not only to you, but also to …
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Sign the Frontex referendum
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For our supporters from Switzerland: The collection of signatures for the Frontex referendum has begun. We demand: No money for human rights violations! Please sign the referendum. Violence, misery and death have become a sad daily routine at the EU's external borders. Refugees from war zones are beaten up, robbed and sent back. Frontex plays a central role in this. …
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Content: Isabelle Kaufmann, Bridget Chivers,
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Anna Tiger, Adam Kenny, Jael Tobler, Johanna Käser
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One Happy Family | https://ohf-lesvos-org | info@ohf-lesvos.org | @ohflesvos
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CH23 0079 0016 9736 1524 7 (CHF) | CH36 0079 0016 9737 1172 2 (EUR)
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