By Mimi Hapig | Co-Founder and Project Leader Habibi.Works
Dear Supporters,
We hope this update finds you well. Thank you so much for your continuous support - especially during these last, unusual weeks and months.
March started as busy as the months before - but as for most of you, the routines of the Habibi.Works team changed drastically in the middle of the month. On the 12th of March, Habibi.Works closed it's doors due to rapidly rising numbers of covid19 cases in Greece. On the 25th of the month, the country entered a nationwide lock-down.
In order to keep in touch with the target group and to support them in this especially challenging situation, one of the many things the Habibi.Works team has worked on in April was video tutorials. Whether they focused on correct hand-washing procedure, Do-It-Yourself masks or on more educational or recreational topics such as Science classes, baking and drawing lessons or live workouts for the women in the refugee camps - the team of Habibi.Works reinvented the mode of operation within days!
With the pandemic still ongoing and its economic effects on our societies still uncertain, it was of special importance to the team of Habibi.Works to lower the costs of the project to a minimum, saving the money that would have been spent during the months of the lock-down for later, once operations will go back to normal.
Greece has lifted the lock-down in May and opened its boarders for tourists in June. There are still restrictions to be respected when offering activities or interacting with others. For now, Habibi.Works is offering exclusively open-air sessions: Whether we are looking at fixing a bicycle or participating in a Science Class, all activities happen outside and the number of participants is limited to nine persons plus the supervisor/trainer, in order to make sure that social distancing guidelines can be respected and nobody is put at risk.
We hope all of you made it through these challenging times alright. We are sending lots of energy and the very best wishes to you from Greece,
Mimi and the Habibi.Works-Team
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