THE HOPE CENTER ELPIS30.01.2016 the hope center elpis, between eftalou and molyvos, lesbos/gree

THE HOPE CENTER ELPIS

30.01.2016 the hope center elpis, between eftalou and molyvos, lesbos/greece.

philippa and eric kempson are artist who live here on the island and longterm activist since the refugee crisis on lesbos. the hope center elpis  is their new project, a transit camp, based in an old hotel at the beach between eftalou and molyvos. with the help of many ngo´s, private organisations and foundations they where able to rent the hotel, which was closed for 7 years. during the last weeks they started to reconstruct the hotel, it is still in progress. today the first group of refugees arrived there and will probably stay overnight, since all the camps on lesbos are full because of another ferry strike in greece. the association of ther hope center work together with several other groups on the island, like a drop in the ocean, dirty girls of lesbos islands,starfish,lifeguard hellas and others. as far as i understand the concept it is a transit camp for the refugees to stay for a few hours, getting some dry cloth, medical attention, food, the possibility to use showers and sanitation and if it´s needed they can stay even overnight. since it looks like 2016 will even see a bigger number of refugees will come to the island, this camp will be needed for sure. actually we will much more of this facilities on the island.