The We Are One Center is the only purpose-built safe space for refugee women on Samos. We provide critical support and distributions to women living in a dangerous and challenging refugee camp setting.
The conditions in the camp are atrocious
Samos refugee camp was originally built for 648 people but currently accommodates 4,300 people. The conditions inside the camp are devastating with limited access to hygiene facilities, medical services, healthy food, electricity, and clean water. The camp is an extremely dangerous place for women and girls to live. Reports of assault and rape are common, and many women consequently live in fear of leaving their tents and containers.These atrocious conditions have a huge, detrimental impact on the physical and mental well-being of refugee women on Samos.
The «We Are One Center» provides a safe space and community center for refugee women and their infants. Located 15 minutes on foot from the camp, the «We Are One Center» allows women to access a clean, calm, safe, and supportive environment every day.
Services provided in the «We Are One Center» include:
In unimaginable conditions, the women at our center support each other, making a stronger community together. On average, our space is visited by over 300 women and 100 infants every day
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This article was published online by Human Rights Pulse in February 2021.
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