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Did you know that the “ Dråpen i Havet” is an organisation based on membership?

As a member you help us building up the organisation in order to establish a solid presence in the camps where we work. You contribute to help us assisting people fleeing war. We need you now! More members makes us become more powerful and visible towards governmental institutions and partners, to better show what we do and what we represent.

Financial prediction and general management of the organisation, is a must to maintain the work that we effectuate. As a member, you help us to plan a little further and reaching more.

Together we are stronger! 

”Dråpen i Havet” is a NGO based on collaboration on all levels. More than 2200 volunteers have travelled to Greece with us the last 15 months. Moreover, the administrative part is based mostly on volunteering as well. We have only 1,5 remunerated employees and we do not pay any office rent or warehouse in our hub in Norway. We are approved by the Norwegian Control Committee for Fundraising, which gives our donators the best warrantee that their contribution is being used for the purpose.

Now it`s easier than ever to become a member! You can registrer and pay 100 NOK per month (approx. 12 euros) directly through PayPal. If you have a Norwegian mobile subscription you can even pay with sms. Register here and become a Drop!

Are you aware that: 

* 60.000 refugees are living in camps in Greece, lacking most of daily necessities. They need our help!

* Approximately 60% are women and children!

* Refugees are still arriving by boats from Turkey!

* As a humanitarian worker in ”Dråpen i Havet” we work close to the refugees, directly in the camps and know what they need.

* We need a lot of DROPS! In order to become an OCEAN!

Lately the cold has come to Northern Greece. Last night residents in the camp made a big fire to stay warm. They burnt old tents, clothes and anything else they could find. We need 1100 pairs of winter boots for adults and 400 pairs for children in this area. And it`s urgent. Kids still walk around in their sandals. Can you help?

Shipping address is: A Drop in the Ocean / Nikos Argiropoulos, Thessalonikis 43, 61400 Axioupolis, Greece

Have a look at this video made by our team in Northern Greece.

Summary of the article Glimpse of a life; Syrian refugees in Greece posted in EL PAIS 5th October 2016 by Gloria Rodríguez-Pina.

The life in a Greek refugee camp seems to be a sociological experiment where the inhabitants` mental and physical health is being put at stake in a kind of obscene game. The days are floating into weeks and months in slow motion. With the time passing by, the hope of a better life evaporates into the sky.

Recently Al jazeera made a visit to Chios and the camp Souda where A drop in the Ocean volunteers contribute with distribution of food three times a day. This reportage gives a good impression of how conditions in the camp are right now, and the interview with our Syrian friend Wassim Omar says a lot about the hopeless situation for the residents. Every day is a new day without answers, without dignity and without plans for tomorrow. He explains it, like many others in the same situation, “everyday you die many times”.