Improve refugees' life conditions in Greece

Hello. My name is Ruvarashe (Ruvi) Matiyenga. I started with Yoga and Sport with Refugees (YSR) one year ago as a bodybuilding coach for women and recently I joined their finance team. It's been a wonderful journey working with them. I never thought I would be able to work in the finance department at such a young age, yet here we are. I'm very grateful to be working with YSR. This position has taught me so much in such a short time. lastly but not least am excited to continue to work with YSR and see where this journey takes me  

Here is a little update of what has happened in YSR in 2024 so far:

• The Athens running team ran the half marathon, it was super fun, our fastest runner (Beriye) ran it in 1h18 minutes, the whole team was there to cheer and film.
• We had a volleyball tournament organized by Hooman and our volunteers 
• David our boxing coach will start teaching boxing soon in Goodwill Caravan's volunteer house
• We had a training from Fenix humanitarian Legal about the Asylum Procedure in Greece
• March was sister month where we did an outreach with flyers around the gym and attended the women’s march in Syntagma with women of the gym. We also added an ESD class every Tuesday given by Claude and Malamati taight a flexibility and pilates class during sister month as well.
• We started a collaboration with IRC based on GBV awareness to men and women.
• We had an open-door day on which went really well! A lot of people from the neighborhood passed by and registered- mega thanks to Chris from HipHop4Hope for DJing all day.

All the best, Ruvi 

• YSR Annual Report 2023 (PDF)