Reply to: maya.zos...@gmail.com An important query. - Steve
From: Myf Nixon <m...@mysociety.org> Date: Mon, Sep 3, 2018, 3:16 AM Subject: [mySociety-community] An app for refugees To: mysociety-community <mysociety-commun...@mysociety.org> Hi mySociety community! I've been asked to pass on this message to see if there's anyone who could donate their time and dev skills to help refugees in Lesbos. I’m a doctor who has spent some time in Lesbos in Greece working with > refugees in a camp called Moria. Conditions are very poor with extreme > overcrowding, violence and poor sanitation. > > However there are a number of grassroots NGOs (non governmental > organisations, or charities) who run very creative projects that the > residents of Moria can access and get involved with while they wait out > their asylum process, which can take months to years.The projects improve > their mental health, tackle isolation and help them to integrate. > > These people are resilient, resourceful and want to help themselves. > Projects like these are incredibly important for them as they have fled > war, violence and persecution and the conditions in the camp cause further > deterioration in their mental health. From what I've seen their sense of > hope is quickly diminishing. > > With the situation there being so chaotic, distributing information is > difficult and many of the NGOs rely on word of mouth to advertise their > projects. Most of the migrants have phones or access to someone who has a > phone. > > *I want to create a centralised place (a website and eventually an app) > where they can access all the information they need in order to empower > themselves to survive while in the camp. * If anyone is interested in > joining us we already have a small team - just e mail me and I can send > across more info: maya.zos...@gmail.com this isn't a very complex project > so I think we could probably get it up and running in the next few weeks. It > would be perfect for someone looking for a small side project to work on in > their own time (even if they can spare only a few hours, we would be very > grateful). > If anyone thinks they might be able to help please contact the email address given ( maya.zos...@gmail.com) directly - thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mysociety-community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mysociety-community+unsubscr...@mysociety.org. To post to this group, send email to mysociety-commun...@mysociety.org. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/group/mysociety-community/. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/d/msgid/mysociety-community/c0a11584-4b66-4d90-9730-d3da82d3b033%40mysociety.org <https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/d/msgid/mysociety-community/c0a11584-4b66-4d90-9730-d3da82d3b033%40mysociety.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/a/mysociety.org/d/optout. ―― View topic http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/1kcbTlBCOTwIZWldABEgYI Leave group mailto:newswire@groups.dowire.org?subject=Unsubscribe
