3 occurrence(s) found.
A container of things has already been gathered, and is meant to be distributed by H4H
Here is the Danish text from the Facebook collection page
"På Lesbos har vores fælles venner Rafat Al-hamoud og Neda Kadri lavet deres egen nødhjælpsorganisation. Humans 4 Humanity.
Den græske ø er ét af pejlemærkerne, når flygtninge prøver at krydse Middelhavet. Medierne er (igen) holdt op med at dække de mange forlis. 22. september fandt det sidste sted. 43 overlevede, 39 druknede. Rafat og Neda tager imod de, der klarer den. Giver dem mad, tøj og nyt mod.
For blot tre år siden var syriske Rafat selv lige ankommet til Hjørring Asylcenter. Hans egen tilknytning til Lesbos opstod, da han modtog et telefonopkald. Han blev fortalt, at han havde familiemedlemmer, der lige var gået ned med et skib. Skæbne ukendt. Ud for Lesb...
A container of things has already been gathered, and is meant to be distributed by H4H
Here is the Danish text from the Facebook collection page
"På Lesbos har vores fælles venner Rafat Al-hamoud og Neda Kadri lavet deres egen nødhjælpsorganisation. Humans 4 Humanity.
Den græske ø er ét af pejlemærkerne, når flygtninge prøver at krydse Middelhavet. Medierne er (igen) holdt op med at dække de mange forlis. 22. september fandt det sidste sted. 43 overlevede, 39 druknede. Rafat og Neda tager imod de, der klarer den. Giver dem mad, tøj og nyt mod.
For blot tre år siden var syriske Rafat selv lige ankommet til Hjørring Asylcenter. Hans egen tilknytning til Lesbos opstod, da han modtog et telefonopkald. Han blev fortalt, at han havde familiemedlemmer, der lige var gået ned med et skib. Skæbne ukendt. Ud for Lesbos. Rafat rejste derned med det samme.
Også Rafat mødte midt i smerten og sorgen kærligheden på ny. Neda havde fra sin hjemby Dearborn i USA fulgt med på de sociale medier. Her lagde Rafat fortvivlet billeder ud af sine kære i håbet om, at de ved et mirakel havde klaret sig i land. Det havde de ikke. Da Neda kunne læse, at Rafat nu selv stod foran at skulle begrave sine familiemedlemmer, fordi der hverken var en kirke eller en gravplads til rådighed, valgte hun at hjælpe ham. Med just det. En begravelse. Hun fløj ham i møde. Efter gerningen kunne de hverken slippe hinanden eller øen.
Lige siden har Neda og Rafat sat alle vågne timer ind på at bistå de utallige flygtninge, der uagtet mediernes fravær, vedbliver at søge mod Lesbos. Ofte med katastrofalt resultat.
Jesper og Marion ønsker at fylde en hel container. Lad os hjælpe dem med det! For helt ærligt … har I nogensinde hørt om et skibsforlis og en ballonoperation i hjertet, der på samme måde har bragt fire mennesker sammen? Jeg har ikke.
Men I guder hvor jeg elsker, at de har fundet hinanden.
De fire lys midt i mørket! <3"
It is now less than 12 hours since my original comment posted below, and Humans 4 Humanity have taken down their website, in an effort to hide and conceal important information as to their whereabouts, activities and actions. News are relayed back to us that the organisation is investigated for fraud by US, Greek and Danish authorities as they were not registered as a non-profit and were therefore unable to receive donations. I hope action can be taken to clear the field of organisations that are in it for their own gain.
Dear Community, following my recent visit in Lesvos, I would like to share my deep concerns for the organisation going by the name Humans 4 Humanity. Having followed their facebook page and the fundraisers they run, myself and my family were very excited to visit the so-called "house of humanity 2". Unfortunatelly the place proved to be a little more than a front for an organisation that is indeed contributing very little if anything to the refugees. We then learned that for months they have been fundraising without having any significant presence in the island. Following the death of a child refugee in Lesvos, we learned that one of the founders (Rafat al Hamoud) was desperately trying to become the 'point responsible" for the burial procedure, only to utilise this for their efforts in raising funds and claiming field presence. Even more troubling is that their program manager (Mary Beth Leland) is investigated for human trafficking! The stories on the field on this particula...
Dear Community, following my recent visit in Lesvos, I would like to share my deep concerns for the organisation going by the name Humans 4 Humanity. Having followed their facebook page and the fundraisers they run, myself and my family were very excited to visit the so-called "house of humanity 2". Unfortunatelly the place proved to be a little more than a front for an organisation that is indeed contributing very little if anything to the refugees. We then learned that for months they have been fundraising without having any significant presence in the island. Following the death of a child refugee in Lesvos, we learned that one of the founders (Rafat al Hamoud) was desperately trying to become the 'point responsible" for the burial procedure, only to utilise this for their efforts in raising funds and claiming field presence. Even more troubling is that their program manager (Mary Beth Leland) is investigated for human trafficking! The stories on the field on this particular organisation are endless, and we would encourage everyone to be very carefull when choosing organisations to donate to or support in any way.