This video shows the Petra Olympou camp at the foot of Mt Olympus that we visited last week.
ADRA is our excellent partner there: Adventist Development and Relief Agency Frank Brenda, Jude, and all the translators and counselors there were very helpful.
We were asking the girls how old they were. They showed us with their fingers. Everyone laughed when I used MY fingers to show how old I was : 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 +3!
Ysdin Kret Pesul and his family : he has 15 children. All in one tent. They are grateful for the extra tarp from UNHCR that they used to build this 'family room.' Back home, ISIS is killing all the Yazidi men and enslaving their daughters. THESE beautiful girls could have met that fate.
Learning from the Sheik and other advisors.
Counseling with councils : at the end of the tour, we met with the whole camp council to ask for their imput
The second camp, Oinofyta, is farther south, about 1 hour north of Athens, and that is where Lisa Campbell is working. Our Greek Mission is involved in helping at that camp, where self-sufficiency and self-reliance are the plan. If you want to donate to help, go to doyourpart.org.
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