Last week, the first Corona was the case in a Greek refugee camp. The Camp, near Athens, in which around 3000 people live, was put in quarantine. A little later, another camp met, it is also close to the capital.
Until Wednesday, a total of 28 Covid have been confirmed cases in Greek refugee camps, informed the Greek migration Minister. And the situation threatens to worsen. To blame for this are the lack of hygiene conditions in the Camps.
Sad sense picture: Camp “Moria”
Sad Testament to the catastrophic conditions in Greek refugee Camp “Moria has become accommodation” to Lesbos, where the people still in tents, or Outdoor camping.
But Moria is not an isolated case, says Gernot Krauß of Caritas International. With its Partner, Caritas Hellas, emergency relief work, among other things, on the Greek Islands of Lesbos and Chios is in use. Most of the stock in the Greek Aegean Islands were hopelessly overcrowded. People can only use the community Laundry and toilet facilities, provided there is any water at all. “You can imagine that the people the important of Hygiene and distance rules can comply with at these locations can hardly be.” Alea Horst In the refugee camp of Moria on the Aegean island of Lesbos, the garbage piles up.
Instead of the storage areas as potential foci of infection to the Greek authorities on foreclosure. Since 1. March camps refugees who arrive new to Lesvos, for example, no longer has access to the Recording and have to camp out for the part on the beach, with shares of Caritas Hellas to FOCUS Online. Camp residents are allowed to leave the camp only at certain times – and then only for a maximum of one Person per family. In addition, all asylum applications were set to legal services.
How you can help?
FOCUS Online gives an Overview of which organisations and initiatives are currently active and how you can support this can.
Team Humanity
This Not affect many people in the whole of Europe – and makes you inventive. In order to alleviate the lack of respiratory protection masks in the Camp of Moria, has sent, for example, the Danish aid organisation “Team Humanity” sewing machines in the Camp. There, refugee women sewing under the guidance of a chemistry laboratory in the chord up to 4000 masks per day. In addition, staff will explain to the refugees how to wear the protection correctly and maintains.
Here you can support the charity with donations.
solidarity knows no boundaries
The Corona especially vulnerable refugees to help, also wants to Madita book. Together with your fellow students, the medical student from Innsbruck, Austria, the Initiative “solidarity knows no borders and has established”. The group of young students started with their private 3D printers, a special face masks to manufacture. Thanks to a removable plastic visor – a commercially available overhead transparency – are disinfect the masks easily and therefore be used again and again.”It is a cost-effective and practical Alternative to the world’s scarce face masks,” explains the 25-Year-old in an interview with FOCUS Online. Solidarity knows no boundaries The Initiative “solidarity knows no borders,” produced with 3D printers visors for refugees in the Camp of Moria.
The Initiative has since brought several companies into the same boat, their 3D-printers for a good purpose, and also people in Germany and Luxembourg, to print already. The finished masks are then sent to Greece, and to a relief organization in the Moria Camp distributed. “Health systems collapse. What areas have systems no health? This new situation has shown what is important: solidarity,” says the book. “We have found, of how privileged we actually are. After all, we are not threatened by Corona in our existence. Refugees in Greece.” Solidarity knows no boundaries
Every owner of a 3D printer can participate and the framework for the face masks to self-produce. The company Prusa has provided the prototypes for the pressure-free of charge. For more information there is in the case of Instagram, or at: solidaritaetkenntkeinegrenzen@gmail.com. Financial support is also possible.
- Here you can “ solidarity knows no borders donation” donations: Finn Mildner, IBAN: DE73 1001 1001 2623 7664 38, BIC: NTSBDEB1XX.
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Caritas International
Due to the current scale of the disaster, Caritas intensified International cooperation with Caritas Greece, the existing emergency measures on the Greek Islands of Lesbos and Chios. The support, however, remains to one side of the Refugees is limited. A part of the assistance of the island’s population to the Good, because there are people in Need.
in Addition dispersed immediately of hygiene items such as soap. Caritas Hellas offers an interpreter service. Employees translate between the Affected and the medical staff during patient transports, or during doctor’s appointments.
- Here you can select to Caritas International donations: Bank für sozialwirtschaft IBAN: DE88 6602 0500 0202 0202 02 BIC: BFSWDE33KRL
Doctors without borders
The auxiliary network “Doctors without borders” focusing its work primarily on the support of children, Pregnant women, and Covid-19-risk groups, explains Stefan Dold to FOCUS Online”Alone on Lesvos and Samos is currently a potential life is for 600 people at risk if the Virus reaches the warehouse.”
Especially children with heart diseases, epilepsy or severe Asthma, where Dold is that Greece and the EU refuse for months the treatment are at risk. “In the of “Doctors without borders” powered children’s hospital outside the camp of Moria patient to go through a special Screening. “Do you have a cough, diarrhea, vomiting, or fever, you will be directed to a special Triage area,” says Dold. This is extremely important, “given the completely inadequate health care in the camp itself and the withdrawal of NGOs and volunteer groups, because of the Covid-19-danger, still a safe health care of children and Pregnant women is assured”.
The Team of “Doctors without borders” also on Lesvos and Samos toilets and tried to improve the inadequate water supply. On Samos, the Team shower set up and every day, 60,000 liters of drinking water for the asylum-seekers available. In addition, the Teams provide health education to Covid-19 in the Camps.
- Here you can select to Doctors without borders donations: Bank für sozialwirtschaft IBAN: DE72 3702 0500 0009 7097 00; BIC: BFSWDE33XXX
Reuters/Angelos Tzortzinis/DPA/dpabild A girl stands at the barbed wire fence in a tent camp near the Camps for migrants in Moria.
the UN refugee aid
the UNO füchtling help store in a Greek refugee, as well as in the Greek-Turkish border area. It supports, among other things, the authorities to increase the water and sanitary capacity to deliver hygiene items, as well as medical units and spaces for Screening, isolation and quarantine set up.
- Here you can select the UNO refugee aid donations: Sparkasse köln Bonn, IBAN: DE78 3705 0198 0020 0088 50, BIC: COLSDE33
Unicef
the protection of children in Greek camps Unicef takes care of especially The organization is distributed, for example, hygiene kits with hand sanitizer, soap, and disinfectant wipes. In addition, on-site staff, children and their families can find information, how to protect yourself from infection with Covid-19 prevent. In addition, the tent of procures and equips Unicef accommodation, in which Corona-Tests and people in the infectious case be treated can be carried out.
- Here you can Unicef donations: Bank für sozialwirtschaft Köln, IBAN DE57 3702 0500 0000 3000 00 , BIC BFSWDE33XXX In the PCP In the
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