Our CHEERing Holiday Fundraiser has officially finished, and, thanks to your help, we raised over $2200!!  We want to say a huge thank you to all those who donated and shared the fundraiser – your contributions are invaluable in helping us pursue and expand our work. If you would still like to donate, you can…

In this giving season, CHEERing and Welcome Foundation have teamed up to launch Grow Gifts for moms at the Elna Maternity Center in Athens. When Elna welcomes a new baby, or when babies hit milestones like their 1st tooth appearing, or starting solids at 6 months, CHEERing now delivers age appropriate health-promoting gifts like a…

CHEERing held a First Aid Training at Skaramagas camp with the help of the Danish Refugee Council today, November 28th. Over cookies and tea, we went over many basic first aid subjects, including bleeding, burns, panic attacks, and more! The attendees were engaged and had many questions. The training lasted an hour longer than planned,…

Many thanks to the Attikon Baby-Friendly Hospital in Athens for inviting us to speak at their 14th annual conference on breastfeeding. CHEERing presented on the refugee-related work we have been doing along with 2 special CHEERing guests who talked about their work promoting and supporting breastfeeding to their peers. We were also honored to be…

On November 21, CHEERing held a training and discussion at the Athens offices of Solidarity Now, with the coordinators of the women friendly spaces from Andravida, Elefsina, Eleonas, Malakasa, Oinofyta, Thermopyles, and Thiva refugee camps. What a delightful group of enthusiastic and energetic young women at this Greek NGO! We also visited the SN space…

Thanks to Help Refugees, Indigo Volunteers, and the staff and volunteers at Glocal Roots – We Are One for hosting our infant feeding training at the We Are One Woman and Babies Center on Samos. A packed, intense evening, with, we hope, lots more collaboration to come! We are providing training and support for 2…

CHEERing’s Director Anne Merewood will be presenting at the 14th Breastfeeding Seminar by the University of Athens. Topic for discussion is “Breastfeeding among Refugees in Greece: Strategies for Managing an Infant Feeding Crisis”. There will be special surprise guests! Watch this space!

CHEERing’s National Director in Greece, Airinie Azhar, presented this week about the situation in Greek refugee camps around infant feeding, at the American Public Health Association meeting in Philadelphia, USA. APHA is one of the biggest public health organizations in the world, and their annual conference attracts thousands of attendees. To read the presentation abstract,…

Our new CHEERing Brochure provides information on what CHEERing does, how we do it, and where you can keep updated with our work!

With the recent influx of refugees to the islands and from the islands to the mainland, pregnant women and families with infants are often moved ‘en masse’ to new sites which are not always immediately equipped to help them. CHEERing’s emergency response team can conduct emergency assessments of babies’ nutritional status, and advise on supplemental…