Category Archives: Assistance

Searching for solutions for refugee children on their own (video)

Melissa Deatsch,  7/18/17

(Athens, Greece) —  The plight of unattended minors remains a pressing concern for those assisting refugees in Greece.

OU Refugee Reporter Melissa Deatsch brings us this look inside one of those centers helping children who are trying to navigate the journey to safety on their own. Continue reading Searching for solutions for refugee children on their own (video)

The world reacts to refugee crisis in Greece – volunteer by volunteer (video)

Jennifer Gerlando and Abigaile Kootsillas  7/19/25

(Athens, Greece) — Media reports of the refugee crisis have drawn thousands of volunteers from around the world.  They come because they don’t want to simply sit back and watch tragedy unfold without doing something to help.  A case in point is a group of of young people who came from Portugal hearing word about refugees who had moved into Athens’ defunct school building #5 as a place of temporary refuge.  Here are their stories: