Our organization’s small size has always allowed for flexibility in how we fulfill our mission: we provide humanitarian aid to refugees, both at home and abroad. In March, as Covid-19 continued to spread across the world and confirmed infection numbers were doubling on a daily basis, it became clear that vulnerable refugees living in overcrowded and unsanitary camps needed more hygiene aid more than ever. So, as ever, we’ve been able to adjust quickly to keep going.
We Keep Going has become a sort of rallying cry for us as an organization and a motto to show our supporters that nothing will stop us from doing what we can for refugees around the world. When we temporarily shut the LHI Refugee Center in Greece, our team started an online program and kept going. When our team of 25 amazing people was forced to leave the Center, 3 stayed behind to ensure that the 1,100+ Yazidis get our crucial distributions of aid. When shelters along our southern border started running out of basic necessities like soap for Central-American families seeking asylum, we shipped some to them. And when we asked our volunteers, past and present, to participate in an inspirational project to send a message of hope to refugees around they world, they did this:
The next few blog posts in this series will illustrate in greater detail some of the origins and outcomes of our adaptability in times of flux and uncertainty. Stay tuned!