The Situation at Piraeus is deteriorating

This is the latest news from Refugee Child at the port in Piraeus. In my posts I have usually anglicised Iokasti's Kitchen and called it Jocasta's Kitchen. It's the same team

There are currently thousands of refugees trapped at the port of Piraeus in Athens. Women, men, and children are sleeping in squalid, unsanitary, and unsafe conditions in passenger waiting areas, in an old warehouse, in tents outdoors, and even under trucks. Estimates are that children make up at least 50% of the numbers there. In the absence of any visible government support or personnel, the day to day operation of the camp is dependent on volunteers and aid groups.

• “Pregnant women, people with disabilities, and young children in particular are stuck in limbo without dignity or hope,” said Eva Cossé, Greece specialist at Human Rights Watch.

What are we doing?

Refugee Child are proud to have partnered with Iokasti's Kitchen. We have provided transport for the next few months enabling the kitchen to become mobile and get it to Athens. The kitchen will serve 2000 meals every day. We have pledged to cover meals for the children for 2 months. That's around 56,000 meals! This is amazing but is still only half of the demand, and will run out if we don't raise more funds together to help alleviate the suffering of our friends currently stranded in Greece.

The kitchen team are on their way today and can't wait to get started.  (I will join them from Lincoln next Thursday.) 

Please continue to donate, fundraise and share our posts. We need your continued support to achieve this.

Also  the kitchen will need the support of volunteers so if you would like to join the team in Athens please get in contact.

A huge thank you from everyone at Refugee Child and Iokasti's Kitchen x

Let me add this:

We can feed people a healthy vegetarian meal for around 60p. That's FOUR meals for less than the cost of a Starbucks Cappuccino. 

If you can chip in the cost of a few coffees it would really help us. 

Here's the link to my fund-raising page:-