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“But what Little Amal seems to do is take the experience of people who are quite brutally marginalised and put it in the centre. This is about goodwill. It is an opportunity for people to be sympathetic and imagine what it would be like to be her.”

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/oct/18/threatened-puppet-refugee-little-amals-epic-walk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR20Mgb59VAOMti2awbe-If0pN33O8HeU3HUSN5HEhvFJgNWS4iz2JlruGs

‘People felt threatened even by a puppet refugee’: Little Amal’s epic walk through love and fear From being pelted with stones in Greece to receiving a papal welcome in Rome, the giant girl’s migrant trek from Syria to Manchester provoked powerful responses

"Greece is prosecuting migrants on charges of people smuggling, and imposing heavy jail terms. Rights groups say many migrants are being unfairly accused and sentenced."

He Saved 31 People at Sea. Then Got a 142-Year Prison Sentence. Greece is prosecuting migrants on charges of people smuggling, and imposing heavy jail terms. Rights groups say many migrants are being unfairly accused and sentenced.

Good news!

The supplies for 6 months of Grow Gifts arrived at the CHEERing offices in Athens, Greece. CHEERing: Centre for Health Equity, Education & Research Int. Greece gives out the Grow Gifts to new mamas and babies at Grow Clinics they hold at the Elna Maternity Center, to celebrate babies' milestones. They contain age-appropriate clothing, feeding tools (cups, spoons, etc,) hygiene items, etc.

Thanks so much to Welcome Foundation donors for these needed supplies, to the Cheering Greece crew for compiling and distributing them, and the Elna Maternity Center staff for housing families in real need.

CHEERing receives 6 months of Grow Gifts supplies from Welcome Foundation The Grow GiftsCHEERing continues their relationship with Welcome Foundation, which just donated a 6 month supply of clothing and age appropriate, code-compliant feeding tools from an Athens store t…