Dec 08, 2016 at 12:51 am
Renata wrote: (30th of november until 7th of december'16)
Update posted by Grytsje Kramer
Yesturday we had a beautifull night with the Pakistanis who live on the 3rd level of the Annex. And 2nite we are invited for biryaniiiii.I really wish u were here,u would explode from the good energy. I ll send you fotos and videos tonite or 2morow morning.
I contacted the shoe guy, we have a small problem about the numbers, but we will resolve it, and today i ll put him the money and in 2 maximum 3 days we will have the first shoesssss.
Me (Grytsje): Yes, Wonderful! Have a gooood night Renata! 
a night full of biryani, pakistani affection and a big step forward
Me (Grytsje): Yes!
Tomorrow I'll be off again for work, I'm looking forward to see how far we are tomorrownight!
Me (Grytsje): Dear Renata, We've got 1222,89 altogether 
right now!! I hope it keeps flowing flowing flowing 
!
My computer broke down, maybe today they will fix it. First part of shoes are arriving today in the afternoon. Thanks to youuuuuu
Me (Grytsje): Gooood luck!!!
Still the strike with the boats.The shoes are inside the boat but the boat is in Pireus. Christians Pakistani in the camp started hunger strike 3-4 days ago asking for freedom and muslims are supporting them. Its very moving. When my computer is fixed i ll send you fotos videos etc. Everybody wants to tell thanks. Although shoes are not still here. Oh Grytsje, you would fall in love with each of them, even the worst of them is so sweet
Me (Grytsje): Ohhh darned strike!
And 
for all them sweet people!
But really: hungerstrike? That's heavy!
They want to be allowed to move on? Are there any petitions started yet?
And also for the boat from Piraeus?
And is your computer fixed?
Questions questions...
It s very difficult to get what they want-asylum-though they suffer bulling and their lives are in danger in Pakistan. But this for the greek government would put the matter in a religious level and this would be kind of complication. As soon as my computer is fixed i ll send you pictures and videos. As for the boat, nobody knows when they sail again because they renew the strike every 48 hours.The boats are tied in Pireus.
Me (Grytsje): Oh that's horrible!
And the Pakis -still without shoes of course- when i explained them about the strike they told me "if the strike is fair and good for greek people we are happy and we don t mind to wait without shoes.Oh Grytsje,in that point i started to cry
There were some German journalists already there.I ll send you everything when i have the computer because now i am with a tablet which i dont really know how to use
Me (Grytsje): Send a lot of love for all of them lovely people!
Yes i ll give them all your love and support
Me (Grytsje): Good! Do the hungerstrikers get medical attention? And Do you know if there are petitions to sign? What are the ferries striking for? Is there an article in a newspaper explaining?
No medical care .One of them fainted and they took them to the hospital.Still no publicity about it,but two days ago came some german journalists.The boys have many videos about all and they are sending me slowly slowly everything.Its my computer the problem .As soon as i get it i ll send you everything.Now,the strike in Greece is about additional taxes that finally lower the income a lot.
Me (Grytsje): Thanks! Do you know the names of these journalists? or the newspaper/ or so?
I ll tell you and i ll send u the video when the boys will send it to me.Today we had an arrival. 119 people all men except 4.They arrived in 2 plastic boats all alive.
Me (Grytsje): Oh!!! Happily alive!! How are they now?
What a season - how cold they must have been... is there food and are there blankets et cetera? Is it common that so many are male and much less female refugees and children?
Good morning dear. Yes there are blankets from the MSF and the UN. Inside the hotspot they stay in containers with beds and AC. There are the UN, the Samaritans, Praxis Metadrasis and 2-3 more big NGO "taking care" of them but still there re no shoes. And it s about 1200 people. The food is very little AND very poor. At least 4 times a week, potatoes for lunch and pasta for diner, both with only a bit of tomato sauce. I ll send you the weekly menu in the end of this week.
But we don t go there. We help 30-50 meters down road where are right now about 180 (one week b4it was 300) people. We dress them, we have shoes for them (when strike will be over) and we provide them items and rice, cooking oil, milk and flour and whatever we can collect from egg and meat. But the big difference is that down we are building with big success autoorganisation. No lines waiting, cooperating all together and recently, every night we eat also all together. There is no police and no authorities down.
Our idea is to make together with them, their staying in this horrible camp, a sweet memory and a good base for solidarity and autoorganisation b2in them. It's going very well. We trust each other. And we have already started the next target which is the LAWYERzs.her more and more and love is everywhere.
When we stabilise the food from donations in money (because they prefer pakistani rice, for example), shoes are on the way thanks to you, and find some trousers missing, we have finished with the first needs.
And so we go to our next target which is the most important. Lawyers. Because the UN who is responsible for this, are making the process quickly and synopticaly, so people don't know really what is going on and don t have their full possibilities for asylum or white card.
There are coming in Kos mostly men Pakistani, probably because Kos is the cheapest destination for the smugglers in Turqia, maybe, i am not sure why.
We need volunteers because we are only 4-5 people doing everything and only 2 of us full because the others work during the day. Volunteers to mostly work on the field with them on the road we have started of autoorganisation. I am trying to give you exactly the picture of the situation. now i must go but i ll try to send you pctrs and video from their strike tonite
