Med Supplies/Support Refugees
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Three of our family members are traveling to the Greek island of Lesvos to help with the refugee crisis. Dr. Evan Buxbaum, Valerie Buxbaum, and Ariel Vergen will be working with a team of global medics to provide urgent healthcare to children and pregnant women, the most vulnerable of the migrant population. Many of these families have been displaced from their home country for months or longer, and are now braving the dangerous Aegean Sea passage from Turkey to Lesvos—6,000 a day arrive by flimsy, inadequate rafts. Many perish.
Beyond this, it is difficult and expensive getting critical supplies to the islands. Just this week the ferries stopped sailing as the workers were on strike (many of them have not been paid for weeks). This also created a situation for refugees by which they could not secure passage to mainland E.U. No boats in; no boats out.
There are thousands of refugees in need of warmth, food, shelter, clothing, and urgent medical care. We are asking you to help us fund medical supplies we will bring with us, in addition to funding our on-the-ground effort. This could mean one day needing to purchase dozens of cans of infant formula, or another day needing more suture kits, or another day needing blankets. With our contacts already in Greece we will be able to secure needed supplies within hours of request—with your help.
(Our travel expenses are completely our own. All funds go directly to supplies for refugees.)
Beyond this, it is difficult and expensive getting critical supplies to the islands. Just this week the ferries stopped sailing as the workers were on strike (many of them have not been paid for weeks). This also created a situation for refugees by which they could not secure passage to mainland E.U. No boats in; no boats out.
There are thousands of refugees in need of warmth, food, shelter, clothing, and urgent medical care. We are asking you to help us fund medical supplies we will bring with us, in addition to funding our on-the-ground effort. This could mean one day needing to purchase dozens of cans of infant formula, or another day needing more suture kits, or another day needing blankets. With our contacts already in Greece we will be able to secure needed supplies within hours of request—with your help.
(Our travel expenses are completely our own. All funds go directly to supplies for refugees.)
Organizador
Valerie Buxbaum
Organizador
Arcata, CA