CHEERing offers preventive care and referrals for refugee populations internationally. Our Grow Clinics support mothers and babies in camps and shelters in greater Athens, and in Afghanistan. Each week we weigh, measure, and track infant growth, support nutrition, and provide basic preventive care such as vitamin distribution. Our anemia program manages iron deficiency, and our Vitamin Angels program offers high dose Vitamin A and deworming for children under 5. All guidance is in line with WHO standards Our football training, launched in 2021, is now supported in by the Barca Foundation, allowing us to offer Barca’s SportNet program to over 300 children and youth each year. Two of our 5 Board Members, and our Director of Volunteer Services were drawn from the community we serve. We have held the ESC Quality label as a host and lead for several years, and are proud to provide ESC youth with an outstanding onsite experience.

ESC: We function as HOST and LEAD. As a HOST, we can accept ESC volunteers whose support is paid by their sending organization. As a LEAD, we provide the support for ESC volunteers to be with CHEERing. If you want us to act as lead (financially support you) it is a highly competitive process with more than 100 qualified applicants for each paid slot. If you can find a sending organization that can also provide financial support, there is a much higher chance of your being able to volunteer for us. In both cases, all the ESC rules and payments apply. It is only a matter of who is providing the payment (us, or a supporting organization in your own country).