Wednesday October 5th: CHEERing Utd won the summer cup at Eleonas Football Club tonight with a 4-2 victory over Piraeus FC. It was a hard-fought match with some unfortunate injuries to CHEERing but the team were patient, skilled and determined and overcame some fierce opposition to bring back trophy number 5 to the CHEERing office…

Thanks to the dedication of our Afghan team members in Greece, our new colleagues in Afghanistan, and funding from the Linda Norgrove Foundation, CHEERing launched a pilot  program to help mothers and children in Afghanistan in September 2022. The CHEERing Grow Clinic in Herat is run by three Afghan women: Samana, a midwife, Somaye, a…

CHEERing is always eager to collaborate with fellow NGOs, and in September 2022 we began a formal collaboration with foodKIND with whom we’ve worked informally for years. As foodKIND transition to a new model of food distribution in Athens, CHEERing has taken on distribution of the foodKIND mothers’ packs, which provide much needed, nutrient-rich food…

CHEERing Football Club is up and running for the 2022/23 season! This year we have a new team, the K10 CHEERing Seeds, as well as our K12 CHEERing Rockets and K14 CHEERing Dreams – and of course CHEERing Utd, our men’s team, which will compete in the top flight of the Anexartito league this season….

CHEERing is always looking for volunteers, interns, and students who want to spend time in the Athens area working on a range of projects: helping with our Grow Clinics, distributing supplies, coaching football, cooking, and teaching. We have an experienced onsite staff who will help you adjust and can mentor new team members with student…

The kids are heading back to school – we take a moment to remember a summer of artwork from the talented children in Malakasa, helped by our great summer volunteer team, many of who are also headed back to school this fall. Thanks Zeinab, Camilla, Kala for your great help at the cooking, painting, and…

CHEERing was invited to participate at EchoHub’s Welcome Back event, and we had a table to showcase our activities and to network with other organizations. We handed out leaflets with information regarding our Community Grow Clinic sessions and our Telehealth service, and had avery fruitful conversations and exchanged information and ideas with lots of people….

Our cooking classes are on a roll – literally! CHEERing holds weekly classes at Malakasa Camp to introduce nutritious and tasty foods to boys and girls. Last week, our BUSPH volunteer Zeinab Alsheraa taught a sushi-making class for children at the camp.  The boys and girls at Malakasa initially expressed interest in making sushi after seeing…

Cooking at Malakasa continues to be a favourite activity! Girls and boys alike keep on cooking inside the refugee camp with our wonderful leader Farzana and our great team of volunteers. In the summer with school out of session, we’re particularly popular.

CHEERing took the boys’ and girls’ football teams to the beach at Oropos in July for our first annual football picnic. Many thanks to our brave and vigilant coaches and volunteers who came to help out!