I’ve been volunteering with CRIBS for just over a month now, and what a month it’s been! During my time here, CRIBS free shop has had 125 appointments for clothes, and in the first week of April alone has given 65 families nappies, sanitary and hygiene products! The team has been working hard to ensure that CRIBS families are empowered with safety, security and information to start rebuilding their lives.
This week, we distributed our monthly bulk buy to families – full of fruits, vegetables and pantry staples to prepare nutritious meals, delivering 19 packs across Athens (unfortunately this month’s bulk buy coincided with the arrival of summer, so wewere all very hot by the end of this!).
We also had our first event in the community space, a breastfeeding support session for CRIBS mums hosted in collaboration with CHEERing. It was great to see the space beaming and give our mums and babies a chance to get to know one another.
On top of this, we welcomed someone new to the CRIBS case management team – Salomé. Welcome and thank you for your hard work and enthusiasm!
Next week, I will be commencing a 6-week English language programme with CRIBS families, covering useful topics such as seeing the doctor, writing CV’s and sending emails to employers. As a shameless plug, we are hoping to acquire a couple of refurbished laptops to keep in our community space for our families to use during these sessions. Anything you can spare to help us do this would mean the world.
Keep your eyes peeled on our social media for exciting updates- thank you for reading, sharing and supporting the work we do, it really does change lives.
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