Let’s help Jano

9'Our friend Jano is in need of our help.

Jano came to Greece several years ago fleeing his war stricken country Syria.

He left back his friends and family looking for a better life here but he has been through really hard times in Greece.

Being a member of the LGBTQIA COMMUNITY he has faced discrimination, hostility and mockery for being who he is making it even harder for him to find a decent apartment and a job.

We created this page to help our friend Jano to get a better chance , to live a peaceful and decent life in Greece like all human beings deserve.

Please help my cause to raise money to help him stand back on his feet.

Please read Jano's bio below.

Hi i am jano a gay Syrian refugee i was been evicted from my accommodation by the Greek State and NGO's responsible for housing refugees in Greece. Many refugees have been sent back to overcrowded camps or to the streets in the recent EU directed housing evictions. As the camps and streets are extremely racist and homophobic these are life threatening evictions, especially dangerous for LGBTQIA+ refugees. The State and NGOs are not fulfilling their responsibilities to help those most in need so I have no choice but to ask for your help to accommodate me in autonomous housing.I want to house and cover basic living costs until I can cover these myself . I’m a person wonderful, bright, talented, friendly, caring, young Syrian Chef who will eventually find my way to work and a livable life. But right now I desperately need your help. Please help in any way you can, even a small amount can help me to re-house .

Background:

The Greek Ministry of Migration Policy, under the auspices of EU budgets and policies as the EU body responsible for the international protection of refugees in Greece, is drastically withdrawing support for refugee housing and integration. The state is terminating desperately needed accommodation without providing realistic integration programs, particularly in terms of employment provisions in a country already eviscerated by economic crisis and mass unemployment. Refugee Support Agean recognizes that the latest mass spate of evictions of recognized refugees from supported accommodation will lead to homelessness and destitution (https://rsaegean.org/en/evictions-of-recognized-re...)

I have been living in a shared flat with other refugees for the past Three years. In that time been learning English and Greek and I’m gaining experience as a translator at a local school as well as cooking at various events in the city. I am asking for your support to help move me into autonomous housing, so that I may gain access to the national system of social solidarity benefits that are only available to people who can provide a rental agreement document in their own names. As RSA explains, “refugees recognized after 2014 are being excluded from access to this benefit. In addition, the social solidarity benefit (KEA) is granted under specific requirements to those being able to provide a valid rental agreement of a minimum Four -month duration or have been given a homelessness certificate by the Municipality social services.”I am asking for Four months of support for rent, bills and initial set-up costs so that I do not end up on the street and so that I can move on with my life in a humane way, with security and respect.

What I’ll do with the funds:

I am asking for rent assistance and some basic set-up costs for a flat in a local LGBTQIA+ friendly, working-class, immigrant neighborhood in Athens, I need money for the rent which is one month rent and rental assistance for Four months. Rent is around €300 per month, with bills a minimum of €50 per month

Rent = €300

bills =50

4 months rent + utilities = €1.100

Who I am :

I am Jano part of the collective “Gender Panic”, a group of people with migrant, diasporan and refugee background based in Athens, Greece.We are a group who come together to create political art, (self)-employment, to amplify our voices and support each other. Our group follows queer-feminist principles of sustainability, recycling and anti-capitalism, as well as solidarity, anti-discrimination and inclusion.