12 occurrence(s) found.
This has been a real pleasure, a beginning in new ways. Thank you Aris and Evi for being so present and genuine intriguing to unite forces across the glove to make life better for refugees at all stages of their asylum status. I am inspired and to progress these ideas we’ve developed to get them into reality. Your love of humanity has been infectious. Dr Maria Faraone, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Thank you for inviting us to join. Honored and happy to share and exchange knowledge with innovators from diverse fields.
M. Chatzipanagiotou, American College of Greece
Thank you Aris and Evi for the compassion and professionalism you have shown when introducing us to the work of LATRA and also the larger context here in Greece. I feel humble and grateful for letting me take part in this.
Jenny Althoff, 47, Konstfack Univeristy of Arts Crafts and Design
In the beginning of August I had an honor to work ten days for LATRA in Kara Tepee refugee hospitality camp. Our main mission was to create safe and inspiring space for kids of refugee camp and accomplish it with kids: Design, decorate and carry out the playground by planning painting, constructing plays and games and the whole playground area.. Also some construction work and games and furniture making were made in the workshop outside of the Kara Tepe. We worked as a group of four to five talented volunteers, who with I learned a lot of interaction skills, community, creative teamwork, maths, working in the heat, solidarity, painting, rules and determination over the whole process. Playing with kids I learned some more problem solving skills and with them the input is all ways instant and very inspiring. I'm happy I came. Kaisu Jarvelin, Finland
Oταν, εργ?στηκα εθελοντικ? με την LATRA β?ψαμε τις κατοικ?ες των προσφυγ?ν, βοηθ?σαμε με την κατασκευ? μικρ?ν τεχνικ?ν ?ργων τα οπο?α διευκολ?νουν την διαβ?ωση των κ?τοικων, και προσφ?ραμε δωρε?&...
Oταν, εργ?στηκα εθελοντικ? με την LATRA β?ψαμε τις κατοικ?ες των προσφυγ?ν, βοηθ?σαμε με την κατασκευ? μικρ?ν τεχνικ?ν ?ργων τα οπο?α διευκολ?νουν την διαβ?ωση των κ?τοικων, και προσφ?ραμε δωρε?ν τεχνικ?ς υπηρεσ?ες σε μια σειρ? απ? ?λλες ΜΚΟ ?πως πχ Samaritan’s Purse. Σε αυτ? το δι?στημα, η εμπειρ?α μου ?ταν πολ? θετικ? τ?σο με αλλ? μ?λη της ομ?δας ?σο και με τους επιβλ?ποντες πεδ?ου Ευαγγελικ? Παππ? και Αρη Παπαδ?πουλο. Π?ντα μου φ?ρθηκαν με σεβασμ? τ?σο σε εμ?να ?σο και σε ?λα τα αλλ? μ?λη της ομ?δας, και εργ?ζονται σκληρ? σε ?να περιβ?λλον με πολλ?ς προκλ?σεις ?στε να βελτι?σουν τις συνθ?κες διαβ?ωσης των προσφυγ?ν και μεταναστ?ν. Aναστασ?α Δεληγι?ννη, Ελλαδα.
I have worked at Latra in February and try to support them from Norway as well. Activities included painting of the housing units, collaboration with other volunteers on designing solutions to improve communication about scheduled activities and I worked on mapping waste streams with the aim to start a project to relieve the impact on the local environment. The working environment has been fantastic, it created a valuable experience that I am very grateful to have had and would most definitely and highly recommend to anyone else. I experienced the team to be professional and highly driven and I would very gladly work with Latra, and especially Aris, again. Nina Havermans, Oslo, Norway
My name is Ludovic LE, 29 years old, from France. I came in your country last winter to help on Lesvos Island. I applied to an announce from Latra on Internet and met Aris. I volunteer for 1 month in Kara Tepe. We created infrastructures for kids, take care of them, played with them, we repaired houses and tried to improved them for winter, we did what we can to help all this people. Be sure that Aris and his organization are doing a good job in Lesvos, they're kind and very respectful to the people. Le Ludovic, France
My name is Harald Sundberg and I have been working as a volunteer for LATRA on Lesvos, Greece.Through LATRA I engaged in various activities such as painting RHUs with colorful patterns. I’m have a background in design and together with the LATRA team we formulated projects to ease scheduling for activities in the camp and to motivate children to attend their learning activities (language and maths). I helped team members of LATRA to get a 3Dprinter running and taught basic 3D-modeling. I had a great time on Lesvos working for LATRA. I was never asked to pay anything for joining LATRA. I did so because they provide an interesting, and in my opinion, important way of improving the situation for the refugees and the people operating in Kara Tepe. Harald Sunberg, Sweden
I am grateful for the opportunity to have come abroad and been welcome into Kara Tepe yet more importantly contribute to the humanitarian crisis that is spread all over Europe. In my time, I have focused my attention on purely serving the needs of people living in Kara Tepe through LATRA with no other political, violent, or hateful intentions towards any associated within and outside the camp. I aim to continue to do purposeful volunteer work during my time left with a similar, peaceable agenda in mind and shown in action.
Clare Doyle, US
From all of us here at LATRA and the LATRA Innovation Lab, we would like to thank Eric Leland for another glowing review. They say that there is ‘no such thing as bad publicity’ and Eric has set out on a crusade to prove it right, by taking the time and effort to write 6 separate reviews in 3 different organizations. It is always great to meet a fan! LATRA is a Greek organization who has hosted countless volunteers from across the world who have been phenomenal in making a positive impact to the Kara Tepe Community. The LATRA volunteers are currently engaging in running a number of activities with the residents of the Kara Tepe Community such as creative workshops for young adults, painting an urban playground for children, renovating a safe space for preschoolers and painting the houses of the residents in Kara Tepe so they combat the adverse effects of marginalization. The ‘LATRA Innovation Lab’ is a newly founded co-working makerspace, situated in K...
From all of us here at LATRA and the LATRA Innovation Lab, we would like to thank Eric Leland for another glowing review. They say that there is ‘no such thing as bad publicity’ and Eric has set out on a crusade to prove it right, by taking the time and effort to write 6 separate reviews in 3 different organizations. It is always great to meet a fan! LATRA is a Greek organization who has hosted countless volunteers from across the world who have been phenomenal in making a positive impact to the Kara Tepe Community. The LATRA volunteers are currently engaging in running a number of activities with the residents of the Kara Tepe Community such as creative workshops for young adults, painting an urban playground for children, renovating a safe space for preschoolers and painting the houses of the residents in Kara Tepe so they combat the adverse effects of marginalization. The ‘LATRA Innovation Lab’ is a newly founded co-working makerspace, situated in Kara Tepe, which will investigate digital technology in the humanitarian sector. Our upcoming project involves 3D printing prosthetic limbs by using recycled plastic waste. Eric, as well as all of you are more than welcome to join us, although we require volunteers to dedicate their time on making a positive impact through digital applications, rather than writing complaint letters :) We have projects in 7 different countries (Greece, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, UK and Qatar) all of which you can review here (www.latra.gr). Our most important achievement however, is to be able to contribute to the improvement of the livelihood of the people that reside in Kara Tepe. Here is a video of how we repaired people’s homes during the winter, and what the community thought of our efforts: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LCAlyDZF3A&t=6s). We carry on with our day to day operations in Kara Tepe and you can keep track of our current work on progress via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/LATRALESVOS/) where we will be posting news and updates on the playground, STEM workshops and recycled prosthetic hand. We look forward to including all of you that are hoping to make a positive impact on the world part of our operations in Kara Tepe, and thank you so much Eric Leland for this wonderful opportunity to advertise our achievements. They say ‘love your haters, they are your biggest fans’ and we couldn’t have anyone better than Eric. Keep up the hard work! Lots of love from everyone here at LATRA & (our brand new, woohoo) LATRA Innovation Lab!
From all of us here at LATRA and the LATRA Innovation Lab, we would like to thank Eric Leland for another glowing review. They say that there is ‘no such thing as bad publicity’ and Eric has set out on a crusade to prove it right, by taking the time and effort to write 6 separate reviews in 3 different organizations. It is always great to meet a fan! LATRA is a Greek organization who has hosted countless volunteers from across the world who have been phenomenal in making a positive impact to the Kara Tepe Community. The LATRA volunteers are currently engaging in running a number of activities with the residents of the Kara Tepe Community such as creative workshops for young adults, painting an urban playground for children, renovating a safe space for preschoolers and painting the houses of the residents in Kara Tepe so they combat the adverse effects of marginalization. The ‘LATRA Innovation Lab’ is a newly founded co-working makerspace, situated in K...
From all of us here at LATRA and the LATRA Innovation Lab, we would like to thank Eric Leland for another glowing review. They say that there is ‘no such thing as bad publicity’ and Eric has set out on a crusade to prove it right, by taking the time and effort to write 6 separate reviews in 3 different organizations. It is always great to meet a fan! LATRA is a Greek organization who has hosted countless volunteers from across the world who have been phenomenal in making a positive impact to the Kara Tepe Community. The LATRA volunteers are currently engaging in running a number of activities with the residents of the Kara Tepe Community such as creative workshops for young adults, painting an urban playground for children, renovating a safe space for preschoolers and painting the houses of the residents in Kara Tepe so they combat the adverse effects of marginalization. The ‘LATRA Innovation Lab’ is a newly founded co-working makerspace, situated in Kara Tepe, which will investigate digital technology in the humanitarian sector. Our upcoming project involves 3D printing prosthetic limbs by using recycled plastic waste. Eric, as well as all of you are more than welcome to join us, although we require volunteers to dedicate their time on making a positive impact through digital applications, rather than writing complaint letters :) We have projects in 7 different countries (Greece, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, UK and Qatar) all of which you can review here (www.latra.gr). Our most important achievement however, is to be able to contribute to the improvement of the livelihood of the people that reside in Kara Tepe. Here is a video of how we repaired people’s homes during the winter, and what the community thought of our efforts: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LCAlyDZF3A&t=6s). We carry on with our day to day operations in Kara Tepe and you can keep track of our current work on progress via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/LATRALESVOS/) where we will be posting news and updates on the playground, STEM workshops and recycled prosthetic hand. We look forward to including all of you that are hoping to make a positive impact on the world part of our operations in Kara Tepe, and thank you so much Eric Leland for this wonderful opportunity to advertise our achievements. They say ‘love your haters, they are your biggest fans’ and we couldn’t have anyone better than Eric. Keep up the hard work! Lots of love from everyone here at LATRA & (our brand new, woohoo) LATRA Innovation Lab!