Community Center in Ioannina
Project Host
BAAS - Be Aware And Share
Revenue
€120,368 for 2023 (Recurring Private, One-Off Private, Volunteer and Crowdfunding, Events, Major Donors)
Charity Number
Project aims
People on the move (POM) from the region of Ioannina, Greece have their basic material needs covered and can participate in recreational, social and educational activities in our community centre or in other spaces.
Project description
The Community Centre in Ioannina opened its doors for participants in 2022. Since then, over 5,300 people have been registered and on average, over 80 people visit every day. In addition to the four project coordinators, the centre is run by local and international volunteers.
Since its inception, BAAS’ priority has always been to assist people by means of engaging in social activities and education. However, since the needs-assessment also showed a great gap in refugees’ most basic needs compared to the rest of the population, we decided to open a Community Centre that combines all these activities. Our philosophy being that skills development activities can only be efficient when the participants' basic needs are covered.
Our Community Centre is a meeting place for refugees, asylum seekers and for the local population in Ioannina. Various services are offered, such as language and computer classes, a free clothing store (the only NGO distribution in the area), a community kitchen, kids activities, a women’s space, WASH services, a space for legal advice organisations to visit and many social creative activities.
We aim to provide a safe space that contributes to a peaceful, solidary and mutually inclusive society.
Contact name
Lukas Reinardt
Phone
+306976612498
Email
fundraising@beawareandshare.ch
Website
https://beawareandshare.ch/en/
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