By Jordan Gardner | Fundraising Coordinator
We want to say a massive thank you for all your ongoing support in 2023!
This year has been our first full year of running our project in Ioannina and we've been overwhelmed with support from people offering their time, funds, energy and care to BAAS and our Community Centre.
Throughout the year, we increasingly had more participants visiting our centre, with the last few months of the year averaging 100-150 people a day. We saw many transfers of people from the Aegean islands and from other registration centres in Greece to the 3 camps surrounding Ioannina, where they have quickly come close to nearing their capacities.
As we are the only project in the area offering clothes and hygiene items, this remains our most popular and essential service but also one that requires lots of monetary support, as we offer these items to the 2000+ displaced people in the Ioannina area. Alongside this, we also see our community of participants coming each day not just to shop in the free store but to mend clothes, have a cup of coffee, be creative, do their washing, have a meal, join in kids activities, use the computers and generally using the space to come together. Our Community Centre remains a space where everyone is welcome and we love embracing the lively atmosphere that our community creates.
We'll keep you updated on more of our plans for 2024 but in these first few weeks of the year, we're focussing on welcoming back our participants to the centre, getting ready for some changes and continuing to strive to meet the wants and needs of displaced people in Ioannina.
We also move into 2024 hoping to see more welcoming, acceptance and compassion for displaced communities across the globe. In the meantime, we appreciate you sharing in and supporting our work as we continue our awareness efforts in Switzerland and our project work in Ioannina, Greece. We couldn't do all that we do without your support, so we're incredibly grateful. Thank YOU!
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