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At Dropshop Tromsø, every day is filled with activity, warmth, and generosity. This freeshop provides essential items to newly arrived refugees in the city, but it’s also much more. It’s a place where kindness, community, and new friendships are made.

The year is drawing to a close, and many of us are beginning to reflect on the events and changes that have taken place. At A Drop in the Ocean, the impact is always clear in the places where we continue our urgent work, especially as 2024 saw the greatest number of new arrivals since 2019.

I think it may often be the case for many of us that, when beginning something new, we tend to focus so much on making a good impression ourselves that our own first impressions of the situation we face take a backseat.

We recently had the pleasure of a visit from the Deputy Mayor of Tromsø, Sigrid Bjørnhaug Hammer, as well as member of the City Council, Peder Gunnar Moe Joakimsen visiting our Dropshop.

Since its inception in 2015, Dråpen I Havet has been sustained by the dedicated and tireless support of volunteers from all over the world. While some volunteers have started their journey with DiH as participants in our programmes, others have joined our team to enable us to keep the respective programmes running.

Since its launch in March 2022, the Victoria Community Center has served as a vital hub in central Athens, supporting individuals seeking integration into Greek society and seeking diverse forms of assistance.

Growing and maturing as an organisation means that (re)development is bound to take place. However, the way and direction in which that happens is not set in stone and is a process open for discussion, contemplation and (re)definition.

“Dear Madam, my name is “Alex”. I am from Syria and one of the survivors of the Adriana shipwreck”
The message came into my WhatsApp one evening, while watching a program on TV.

We were honoured to be invited to a workshop in Athens, organised by NORCAP under the auspices of the Ministry of Migration & Asylum’s General Secretariat for Reception of Asylum Seekers.

The population at Mavrovouni CCAC on Lesvos Island currently stands at approximately 6000 individuals, with a continuous influx of new arrivals surpassing 400 in a single week.