SAO Association supports displaced women and mothers
in Greece. We are asking for your help!
Strong and resilient women become extremely vulnerable when forced to flee from conflict in their homeland.
On a daily basis, displaced women, mothers, and young girls are exposed to high risks and gender-based violence. Many are traumatised and suffer long-term effects from the abuses experienced.
We run two day centres for displaced women and mothers with their dependents - the Bashira Centre on Lesvos and the Amina Centre in Athens. Psychosocial assistance, offered by a professional group of women, is provided in a safe space where dignity and equality are safeguarded by all SAO members.
SAO Association supports these women on their way to a new, independent, and fulfilling life.
That is why SAO is needed. And SAO needs you!
News
CROWDFUNDING 2024
WE MADE IT!
We have made it! Together with your help, we were able to raise over CHF 50,000 from 11 October to 27 November, which we can use to finance supermarket coupons for our clients in 2025.
We are incredibly proud and relieved to have made it.
Thank you very much for your support
SOCIAL MEDIA
SAO Advent calendar
During the Advent Season, we let our clients have their say in our online Advent Calendar:
Every day, a new door opened in our story and from time to time, we expanded on aspects mentioned in the quotes. You can still see all the Stories in our story
Be sure to take a look!
Every second refugee is a woman: A defenceless girl, an expectant mother to be, a single mother fleeing alone, an uprooted elderly woman.
SAO specifically supports displaced women.
Stranded in Greek asylum misery.
Thousands of displaced people have to endure in Greek camps. If their asylum is confirmed, they are allowed to go to the mainland, but there they are often threatened with homelessness.
SAO Association supports displaced women stranded in Greece in a concrete, efficient, discreet, neutral, flexible and ethical way.
Learn more about the context we work in here.
Quotes from our clients
Fa.
"I cannot thank you enough, because you gave me life for accepting me in Amina when I desperately needed someone to support me."
T
"They always leave the door open - we know we can talk, when we are ready"
f
«In Amina not all my needs can be met - but what I always get there is love»
N
"Cet endroit m'aporte beaucoup de choses: de l'amour, de la chaleur et le sentiment de revivre."
A
«I left all my family behind me.
I only have my son M* and SAO. That's why my love for this
organization has no limits.»
Z
"I finally speak Greek!"
