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SAO
Dec 19, 2024
My beautiful story (The Life of a Table)
One day, I was assembled from some materials to form a table and start my journey in this world. I was placed in a store to be sold. I...


SAO
Oct 11, 2024
Crowdfunding 2024: Goodies List
Here you can find the goodies that we are not able to show on the Crowdfunding Platform


SAO
Feb 2, 2024
SAO portrayed in the Magazine 50 Plus
The December issue of the Swiss magazine 50 Plus published an article about the history of SAO Association and its founder Raquel Herzog....

SAO
Mar 22, 2023
Current Situation of our Clients in Athens (March 2023)
Report from field visit and retreat with Field Director Tereza Lyssiotis, AMINA team and Anna Pavlidi, Programme Manager Bashira Lesvos....


SAO
Oct 27, 2022
Displaced People Lose their Homes as ESTIA Accommodation Programme Closes
Because of the closing of the ESTIA Programme, vulnerable displaced people are forced to leave their apartments and move back to camps.


SAO
Sep 19, 2022
Inside Amina - Part II
Olga and Barbara from SAO answer the questions of the SAO community about the Amina Centre. Part 2


SAO
Aug 9, 2022
Inside Amina - Part I
Olga and Barbara from SAO answer the questions of the SAO community about the Amina Centre. Part I


SAO
Jun 22, 2022
Half a Year After the Crowdfunding: What Makes Our Translators' Work More Difficult
Dear supporters of our crowdfunding, Already more than half a year has passed since we successfully completed our crowdfunding for the...


SAO
Apr 14, 2022
"What Are You Actually Doing for Displaced Women?"
We are often asked this question. Today we would like to share with you the essence of our work.


SAO
Mar 17, 2022
Women's Celebrations at our Daycentres
Celebrations for the International Women's Week at the Amina Centre and the Bashira Centre

SAO
Oct 20, 2021
Visiting Greece Again After 1.5 Years
Read about the achievements of our teams in the field in the last months and the latest developments of the refugee situation in Greece.


SAO
Mar 22, 2021
Tereza Lyssiotis, Field Director Greece
«I remember exactly in which section of the beach of Lesvos I stood in January 2016, when someone slipped Tereza's phone number into my hand


SAO
Feb 28, 2021
Bashira Centre Lesvos: Marmelade Workshop
A year ago, the SAO management met with the Amina and Bashira leadership teams for the annual operations meeting on Lesvos. We have...


SAO
Dec 24, 2020
Hamdi Receives New Prostheses
The young woman lost both legs in the civil war in Somalia. She fled and eventually got stranded on Lesbos. SAO Association helped her to...


Raquel Herzog
May 21, 2020
Events Come to a Head
The SAO management and the responsible persons Tereza Lyssiotis and Eleftheria Anthi of the SAO Amina Centre Athens travelled to Lesvos...


SAO
Apr 24, 2020
Lockdown in Moria Camp
Since March and after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot has happened on the island of Lesvos. A series of severe attacks on...


SAO
Dec 31, 2019
Amina is Flying!
The doors of Amina are opening. The Crowdfunding for our Amina Centre in Athens was successful. Thank you!


SAO
Dec 18, 2019
«I have been given a great opportunity..»
Ruha tells her story.


Raquel Herzog
Oct 4, 2019
Dramatic situation on Lesbos.
© Nikos Mamoudis, 2019 The Moria refugee camp is bursting at the seams. More refugees are arriving on Lesvos every day. At the end of...

SAO in den Medien
Sep 12, 2019
RTS: "In the hell of Lesvos, a haven of peace for migrant women".
12.9.2019 Report and article with lots of information. Also, about SAO's cooperation with the Swiss Solidarity Foundation, which focuses...
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