On a beautiful sunny Thursday in July 2021, our team headed 75 kilometers north of the Greek capital to hand thousands of high quality outfits from Pigeon Organics to young refugees residing with their families in Ritsona refugee camp. The camp is home to around 2500 people, almost half of them are children, mostly from Syria, Afghanistan, Congo, Iraq, Somalia and other countries.
With these outfits, we hope to print a smile on every child’s face, to enjoy a cooler summer followed by a warmer winter. The project “Smiles” is part of our ongoing campaign “We are all in this together”. This campaign was launched in April 2020 to help and support those in need amid these challenging times we are all passing through.
Among the 2312 high quality organic cotton items that were distributed are colorful dresses and trousers, high quality jumpers, shirts and t-shirts, cute baby rompers, pajamas, sweaters, cardigans, dungarees, baby blankets, joggers, hats and other pieces for new born until the age of 8 – 9 for girls and boys.
“I’m so happy to raise my 7-month-old son Youssef in a safe country like Greece, where he can grow up and hopefully become a doctor.” Suri Adam, a 30-year-old refugee mother from Somalia.
Rouaa’ Hussein, a 9-year-old Syrian refugee from Deir ez-Zor whose family arrived to Greece in 2017 was very happy to receive her new outfit.
A couple of weeks after, the exact amount of these high quality organic cotton children outfits was distributed in Katsikas refugee camp near the city of Ioannina in north-western Greece.
Our current project “Smiles” is facilitated by the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum and IOM Greece.
Please contact us if you wish to contribute to this campaign, or you can directly donate here.
