Today, December 17th, CHEERing distributed diapers to eligible residents at Schisto Camp. This is the first time we’ve worked at Schisto; many thanks to the DRC for paving the way for this much needed service! We will be back in January. We would also like to that the organizations who donated diapers to us for…

This was quite a weekend for CHEERing football! On Sunday our Malakasa girls – the self-named Beautiful Girls – fielded two 5 a side teams in their first games ever! The teams traveled by bus to Ritsona camp, where they played 2 matches – older and younger girls – against 2 Ritsona girls’ teams. Both…

CHEERing has become a host program for the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Program! Our first Entrepreneur, Isabel, will be part of the CHEERing  team for the next six months. Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a cross-border exchange program which gives new or aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to learn from experienced entrepreneurs running small businesses, organizations…

CHEERing is in the process of certifying our team as emergency responders. Today, ED Anne Merewood; Peer Counselor Farzana Hakimi, and volunteer extraordinaire Danni Scales completed their Greek-government recognized training (and had a lot of fun doing it!)

CHEERing is featured in a brand new publication from the Emergency Nutrition Network – Operational Guidance: Breastfeeding Counselling in Emergencies. The Guidance, commissioned by the WHO, provides practical and supportive information to organizations working with mothers and babies in emergency settings. CHEERing contributed a Case Study about a female refugee and her infant from the…

It’s been a while in the making, but CHEERing has renovated the clinic at Elna Maternity Center, where we see moms and babies every week to check in on breastfeeding, baby growth and nutrition. We’ve added new cabinets, sorted and catalogued all the medicines, trained families and peers in first aid and over-the-counter medicine use,…

As you can see in the photo, there’s a huge need for parents to get their babies weighed and measured at the camps, as many do not get regular pediatric care. CHEERing is collaborating with FoodKIND at Malakasa camp 40km north of Athens to provide this service every week. Knowing how much baby weighs, and…

Joanna Papadakis, currently a student at Cornell University in the USA, has won a 2021 Projects for Peace award to work with CHEERing in the summer of 2021. Her Project Eλευθερία (Project Freedom) will help CHEERing and their partners, the Elna Maternity Center, to renovate the CHEERing clinic at Elna, and will provide the basis…