Fundraising by Elona Aliko

Hi, I'm Elona and since June I've been on theisland of Lesbos, Greece, as a volunteer of Operazione Colomba, the nonviolent peace corps of the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII.

Every day I deal with people who are fleeing from countries at war or where their lives are in extreme danger. They face a risky journey to reach the longed-for Europe, hoping to find peace and denied rights.

YetEurope, the champion of rights, turns into a prison for these people. They live in closed, guarded and controlled camps. In plastic tents where in winter the cold penetrates your bones and in summer the heat suffocates your breath. Most of these people are children who do not know what it means to live in a house.

Being here allows me to meet them, to recognize them and recognize myself in them, to hear their stories and the injustices they suffer, but above all it allows me to share a piece of life. Together we laugh, we cry, we chat, we look into each other's eyes and we embrace to find ourselves whole.

Together we try to find a solution to everyday problems, to the lack of food, to health problems, to legal problems... together we build a new way to find ourselves as people.

Your help is important to continue with our presence and support the refugees in their needs.

Help me to continue this project that is very important to me!

Thank you for your help!