“Your God performs miracles and gives us children!” is what more and more women tell us excitedly, after visiting our medical and social center “The Good Samaritan”. The word spread once when one woman became pregnant after 7 years of trying and another after 4. These two stories spread like wildfire among refugee women, giving us the reputation that our r gynecology department is…
Reasons to be Grateful!
We are grateful for the privilege of having a medical team helping our students by examining them and doing an overall health checkup, which included checking their heart rate, blood pressure, sugar levels, etc. We also had a team helping us with maintenance and improving our courtyard/little garden area…
“You saved my marriage”
“A few years ago, my husband came to Thessaloniki and while I was still in Iran, he started an extramarital relationship. A while later, we met up in Athens and I became pregnant. That’s when I discovered the relationship he was in and I was heartbroken. For several weeks I went to “The Good Samaritan” crying and sharing the embarrassing situation I was in with the staff…
Winning the battle against iron deficiency anemia
Iron deficiency anemia affects a large percentage of women and if it isn’t treated, it can lead to lots of severe problems. When someone sufferers from iron deficiency anemia, their body doesn’t have enough oxygen and it may present some of the following symptoms: Dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath when exercising, tachycardia…
“I have never received so much love”
You can’t always erase bad memories, but you can create new ones—beautiful ones—at places like the “Anamnisi” Outreach Center in Chania, Crete. Most of the migrants and refugees we meet have gone through many hardships, so we help them by having love as our motivation always. Asadi* from Afghanistan is one of the many people who…
Ukraine: People in Need
A first team of Greeks is on the border of Poland and Ukraine. Thousands of food portions are prepared and served daily.
Together with our partners (CRR), a large warehouse has been secured and the logistics are being turned over to us. Trucks are transferring food and aid across the border daily into war-torn Ukraine.
Operations are also being conducted in Romania. We are providing…
One picture is worth a thousand words…
The Afghan student in the photo is a mother of 4 children and has not allowed anything to stop her from her thirst for learning… neither the rain, nor the heatwave, nor the children, nor the many problems she often faces. When she was pregnant with her last child, she started attending the Farsi lessons and biblical studies at our Social & Medical Center “The Good Samaritan” and then throughout the…
Serving the Little Ones
It gives us great joy when we are given the opportunity in difficult times to put a little color in children’s lives and a smile on their faces! It was a cold day when our little patient came to the pediatric clinic of our Social & Medical Center “The Good Samaritan”. Her feet were freezing and she was only wearing sandals. Our staff quickly found her some socks and shoes, which she wore with great enthusiasm…
Radin: “I felt free and happy!”
Radin* arrived in Greece at the age of 35 from Iran. Tired and loaded with a long refugee journey on his “backs”, he found himself about 3 years ago in the “bays” of “Anamnisi” in Chania, Crete. Initially, he took some clothes and started attending English classes but, over time, it seemed that what he lacked the most was the company. So he started visiting the room 2-3 times a week and we sat with him to have a coffee and learn his news…
Sylvia’s Story
At thirty-four years of age, Sylvia* found herself in desperate need of help. Pregnant with her fifth child, her boyfriend had left her abandoned and helpless. When she first connected with Threads of Hope Organization—a group which helps former victims of trafficking—three of Sylvia’s four children were living with her mother in the Dominican Republic, where she had grown up. Because Sylvia couldn’t speak Greek, we helped her by scheduling all necessary tests and also arranged that she be monitored by a gynecologist…