Volunteers from CESRT team in Chios are every day present at landing to this island. This is a story about one landing, but also a story about solidarity, compasion, and […]
Moments never forgotten
Chios Update 14th January 2019
+++++Chios Update+++++ Despite the holidays, difficult weather conditions and a shortage of volunteers the CESRT operations have continued without a break. On Saturday the students of the Language Centre were […]
A story from one of the forgotten islands
After two years a volunteer returns to Chios and describes how shocking the situation still is: “Europe seems to have forgotten the Greek Islands; the media is silent and the […]
Chios Update 26the December 2018
+++++++++Chios update++++++++++++ In the past week our team responded to the total of four boat landings on Chios. On Saturday we had a notification from SMH at 4:02am of a […]
Chios Update 4th December 2018
+++++++Chios Update++++++ In the past week the weather on Chios got colder and rainier. In Vial Camp people are struggling with these conditions. The ground is muddy and slippery, in […]
Chios Update 26th November 2018
During the past week 3 boats arrived on Chios. One arrived Thursday morning on the beach of Karfas with a total of 39 people in it. They came from Palestine, […]
Chios Update 19th November 2018
The only landing on Chios this week took place on a Grey, rainy Saturday morning. The new arrivals were all wet and cold. The Aegean Sea was rough and choppy […]
Chios Update 12th November 2018
Another busy week has passed for the volunteers of the Chios Eastern Shore Response Team/ Offene Arme e.V. Last Thursday a boat with 39 new arrivals was brought to Chios […]
Chios Update 29th Oktober 2018
The week that passed more tragedies shocked the people living and operating on the Greek islands, in Turkey and other places in the world. Again, people drowned after overcrowded boats […]