Offene Arme is 7 years old ! Due to the changing situation in Chios, Offene Arme is now mainly based in the warehouse, where refugees and asylum seekers receive essential non-food items (NFIs) through a free shop system. On-site operations are carried out by a small team of volunteers and coordinators who collect donations and sort and distribute NFIs. A...

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Offene Arme e.V. The situation on Chios is constantly changing, so please be aware that our current projects on this website may be slightly different when you come to volunteer.Offene Arme e.V. is a nonprofit organization that is run by volunteers only. All our projects are sustained by people from all over...

WINTER DISTRIBUTION 2022 Following a successful period of running our OADW free shop in its location close to Vial, we decided to combine our operations and run our warehouse and shop from within the same building. This was due to the changing suitation on the island, particularly the reduced number of refugees and asylum seekers passing through Chios. Thanks to...

We got a call, the port police towed a boat in with about 35 refugees not too far from here. Myself and the team rushed there to assist them, like always, we gave them food, water and dry clothes. There were three children on the boat, crying and screaming and their parents were missing. We had no idea what happened...