Tag Archives: COVID-19
Enough is enough!
I am Parwana Amiri and at this moment where I’ m writing to you. I’ m sitting back against the wall located in the middle of nowhere, between factories that produce different gases that cause various breathing problems to children and elder people. Here is Ritsona, the refugee camp, where responsibility is absent, vulnerable s … Continue reading Enough is enough! → Continue reading
What is COVID-19 teaching us?
Corona is teaching spiritual and moral lessons that have long been forgotten. It is teaching equality, that all humans are equal regardless of their life style, culture, religion, wealth, skin color, and geographical location. Corona is teaching … … that … a border can simply be the door of your room, when you are not … Continue reading What is COVID-19 teaching us? → Continue reading
Ritsona Camp under COVID-19 pressure -“The chain has been broken!”
02/04/2020 What we were afraid of has happened. After giving birth in a Hospital in Athens, a women – that escaped from somewhere in Africa – and her newborn where soon released from the hospital and brought to Ritsona Camp. She was then tested positive for the Coronavirus. After being in touch with 63 persons … Continue reading Ritsona Camp under COVID-19 pressure -“The chain has been broken!” → Continue reading
Ritsona Camp under COVID-19 pressure – “Like a closed chain”
29/03/2020 For years, Ritsona Refugee Camp was ment for almost nine hundred refugees. Today, the camp provides accommodation facilities for more than three thousands refugees from the islands, most of them are vulnerable. I am Parwana Amiri, one of these new arrivals, who could find peace, dignity, primary education, health care, entertainment and all that … Continue reading Ritsona Camp under COVID-19 pressure – “Like a closed chain” → Continue reading