Since working in the Kitrinos clinic, I have regularly been faced with children and young people suffering from acute health issues. Recently, I was visited by a teenage girl who attended the clinic with her mother. Aside from listing the health issues that were a direct result of living in the harsh camp conditions, her mother told me about a lump in the girl’s breast which had been markedly growing in size for about 8 months. She had been promised by a previous NGO (whose c

Dear friends, We'd like to take a moment to say a huge 'thank you' to all of our partners, donors and fundraisers who have supported our work in Moria during this difficult time and are helping us to implement our 'COVID-19 Crisis Care' Emergency Response. With your generous donations, extra sinks have been built; hand sanitisers, masks and other essential PPE acquired and are being distributed amongst all medical actors. The 'Mama Kitrinos' ambulance has been serviced and is

The UN refugee authority has cut financial aid to people in the Moria refugee detention center on the Greek island of Lesbos, after two centers on the mainland went into quarantine with coronavirus cases. Moria detainees and healthcare workers are now anxiously awaiting signs the virus has made its way into the camp. Reza is an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, who came to Moria with his wife and two children via Turkey. The family live in a tent on the outskirts of the camp. H