Supporting the well-being of refugees in Lesvos through our sporting community.

Hello All,

We here at Yoga And Sport with Refugees are always looking to improve and adapt to the ongoing humanitarian crisis for struggling refugees in Greece. We have a forward thinking approach in terms of improving our space to create a safe, diverse and friendly community for everyone. Through sport and yoga, we bring people together and foster hope. Sports can break ethnic and religious barriers, thus creating a safe meeting space for cooperation between cultures where everyone participates and becomes a family. The space provides a welcomed distraction to what people are facing on a daily basis in the refugee camps along with and promoting positive mental health to support the displaced people.

We aim to improve the refugees mental and physical health, build important skills, and create a community together through yoga activities and sports such as gym training, running, swimming classes, martial arts, dance, and climbing, among others. In all of our activities, we facilitate the development of individuals and assist in becoming teachers in their chosen sport.

Right now, we are looking to direct our attention into the field sports and provide everyone with the equipment needed to play on the field we have access to and I am aiming to introduce some Gaelic Games to the community here on an Irish Culture Day this St.Patrick's day.

Your support to our NGO would be greatly appreciated and assist in the spaces we have in Athens, Lesbos and Ioannina where every day we offer more than 20 different sports activities to approximately 400 people.

If anyone wants to learn more about our spaces, the current crisis or making a more significant change, please feel free to reach out to me and we can arrange a call with the coordinators here.

Any bit helps of course and greatly appreciated here!

Pa Joy xx