On 30 October 20 we, Helga Longin and I, are flying to Lesbos again. We have organised a lot from here, asked for support and received it in various forms. Now I would like to give a rough summary of what we have done so far. We were able to support Home for all, a small but very efficient partner NGO, with the purchase of food, plastic boxes, hygiene articles, etc. We were also able to help with the purchase of food. …
#Lesbos #KaraTepe #Moria 1st week summary
I am very grateful that by chance I did not have a seatmate on the flight home from Greece to Vienna. Why? Because when I look at the beautiful landscape and the sea below me as I take off, my heart "overflows" and I have to cry. I am really looking forward to seeing my children, my daughter is celebrating her birthday tomorrow and these days when both my children are ...
Day 1 On-site assistance - Lesvos/Moria
We, Helga Longin and I, have only been in Lesbos for one day. We all know the pictures, the reports, but what people have to suffer here, what crime is being committed against people here with the knowledge of all of us, I/we are at a loss for words.... Children, pregnant women, families, young men, old people, sick people, all homeless under unimaginable conditions. Unimaginable! Most of them live next to the ...
Graz-Libya-Mediterranean and the Blackbird in the Backyard
Today, what I was always afraid of happened to me. I met an 18-year-old refugee who has been through Libya, the Mediterranean, sea rescue, all of that. First of all, my heartfelt thanks to people like our dear friend Claus-Peter Reisch, captain of the Mission Lifeline https://mission-lifeline.de/und and all the other sea rescuers for their work. Because as Christoph Riedl so aptly said at the award ceremony ...