For the 2nd time this year, Scotland has played Greece in Athens – a great break for CHEERing because the Tartan Army Children’s Charity https://www.tartanarmychildrenscharity.org.uk/ makes a donation to an NGO of their choice in the competing country, and twice this year they’ve chosen CHEERing in Greece! Last week they toured the CHEERing office and…

Usually CHEERing works in mainland camps, but last weekend 2 of our volunteers went to Lesbos to help residents at the notorious ‘new Moria’ camp. Our Vitamin Angels program, supplied by https://vitaminangels.org/ , is perfect for providing one-time aid in extreme conditions. We gave out the classic high dose vitamin A and deworming medicines to…

CHEERing collaborates with two programs for dental care: SEEDS of Humanity and Good Samaritans. Access to dental care is maybe the most critical problem refugees face, living in camps that are far from cities and access to care. Or maybe, it’s lack of access to vaccinations. Ever efficient, and thanks to ongoing sponsorship from the…

CHEERing’s program in Herat is now official! We have a license to practice health, education, and training. That means we will be able to see more mothers, infants, and provide education to many young people who would not otherwise have access to education.

Thanks to an energetic young man, Ali, and his 5 supporting coaches, CHEERing has a dynamic football program inside Thiba camp. Our team of about 40 kids trains every day. Our grant from the Barca Foundation funds their equipment and uniforms, and we also do health screenings and provide basic health care to the team…

Did you know, CHEERing now has both a lead and a host Quality Label with ESC, the European Solidarity Corps?! https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en Thanks to ESC funding in 2024, we can support 1-2 volunteers in 2024-26. We can also accept volunteers as a host organization, if they obtain funding from a support organization in their home nation….

It may not sound like therapy, but beach days and swimming lessons in summer in Greece are perhaps our biggest therapeutic intervention at CHEERinGreece. On Fridays, weather permitting, we do swimming lessons for small groups, or we take a full coachload to the beach. This year we brought 2 very full buses of Thiba residents…

This is just a personal interest from CHEERing founder Anne Merewood, who sponsors cricket team uniforms for the Cartworth Moor cricket team in Yorkshire, England. In honour of diverse sports teams everywhere! https://www.facebook.com/p/Cartworth-Moor-C-C-100057694418379/

Today, CHEERing’s youth football team, CHEERing Utd., won the Premier League trophy for finishing first in the Anexartito League, Greece’s top non professional soccer league. Many players have made this possible for CHEERing over the course of the season. We thank our coaches, supporters, and players for another wonderful football season with CHEERing.

In April 2024, CHEERing Board Members Farzana Hakimi and Feraydon Rahimi spent a week in Barcelona training with the FC Barcelona Foundation. They presented to a group of other program representatives from many countries, and got to visit the FC Barcelona Museum and training complex.