Grantee Partners

Just Action is a registered Greek NGO, that was founded in April 2020 in the midst of the first COVID-19 lockdown. While most of their projects are focused on displaced communities, they acknowledge that many locals struggle as well to make ends meet. They, therefore, support all communities on Samos with their Free Food Market in Vathy. Given the high price of public infrastructure and lack of financiam means of the camp residents, the organisation also started supporting their service users with the provision of bus tickets to the Closed Controlled Access Centre in Zervou.

Since state authorities criminalize solidarity-based organizations as a so-called 'pull factor' at borders, the project of No Name Kitchen responds by providing life saving support to people on the move and documenting border violence in Bosnia, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro and at the Moroccan border: Combining humanitarian and political actions to denounce violations of human rights while supporting the people on the move with healthcare, food, shelter, legal and psychological assistance. The Safe Passage Foundation supports the grassroots movement by funding their work to ensure access to basic lifesaving aid, psychological support and legal actions to report and denounce the violations of human rights systematically happening at the borders.

The association Sea Punks operates a ship for civilian sea rescue in the Mediterranean. Furthermore, the organization advocates for a politically informed, humanistic society. The Foundation supports the team by financing a full-time fundraising position.

In the first half of 2022, MVI will support a local network of activists in eastern Poland, provide medical know-how, care for peolpe on the move on site and support the local population in helping others through first aid courses when necessary. In addition, the project aims to expand the mobility of the local network and further improve the protective measures against Corona with personal protective equipment.

After the first summercamp took place in 2019, an "Underground Railroad"\ network for and with (forced) migration movements expanded in the last\ three years. In July 2022 the second transborder summercamp will take\ place with activists from European and African countries, all along the\ migration routes: For freedem of movement and equal social rights.

The association RESQSHIP regularly sails human rights observation missions in the central Mediterranean Sea with its 19m ship 'Nadir'. 7 people make up each crew of volunteers, including nautical, medical, technical and journalistic staff. Additionally, in 2021, the crew was able to assist 1250 people out of distress at sea in six missions - alone or in cooperation with other ships. The Nadir will sail on ten missions from April 4 to early November 2022. The foundation supports RESQSHIP e.V. by financing a full-time position.

Since September 2021 the House of Nature and Culture has been actively involved in humanitarian aid at the Polish-Belarussian border, supplying basic goods, supporting in asylum applications, organizing fundraisers and distributing the collected items in refugee centers. Moreover, with the grant of the foundation, cleaning patrols will be able to work in the woods where people on the move are surviving since August 2021. The trash found will be disposed and recovered sleeping bags and pads will be reused. Additional search patrols will be installed to operate from March to June 2022 when, again, hundreds of people are expected to arrive at the border. The teams will primarily provide first aid, as well as distribute goods such as food, clothing, and necessary documents.

Fenix Humanitarian Legal Aid is a non-profit organization that provides services to people who seek asylum in Greece. Through their empowerment based Holistic Legal Aid project, Fenix’s multidisciplinary team provides its clients with a comprehensive service that includes legal aid and representation, protection and case management, and mental health support. Fenix’s individual casework is deeply linked to their advocacy and strategic efforts, which are aimed at creating a positive, structural impact on the Greek and European asylum systems.

With a team of Greek and international lawyers, interpreters, legally trained volunteers and founding members, the Legal Centre Lesvos works to defend the rights of migrants on Lesvos. Since August 2016, the organization provides free and individual legal advice, legal representation and support to migrants arriving on the Greek island via the Mediterranean Sea. Beyond this direct support, the Legal Centre Lesvos works on documenting human rights violations, strategic court cases, and advocacy work to hold the Greek government, EU member states, and European institutions accountable.

Asylum Seekers Information Services Team (A.Ss.I.S.T) provides legal aid to asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection in the form of interview preparations, submission of appeals on first rejection, subsequent applications and consultations for general legal questions. Administrative assistance is also provided, for example with ID renewals. Their services are offered in person in Chios and digitally for clients on the mainland by working through referrals from other organisations and asylum seekers. To ensure the same quality of services to their clients on the mainland, A.Ss.I.S.T is establishing a presence in Athens.