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Library updates
2022 has come and gone and a new year has started! Our Multilingual Library project continues to serve the residents of the Mavrovouni...
Mar 1, 2023


Our Multilingual Library
Our library is made up of books written in Greek, English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Farsi, and German.
Mar 2, 2021


The beginnings of BagforEveryone
For those of you who are unaware of our bagforeveryone project: in 2020 we collaborated with the Swiss NGO #EducationEveryone to create a...
Jan 29, 2021


Take a look back on 2020 with Starfish
2020 began like any other. As a team we had planned for the projects we would introduce throughout the year, we had discussed the events...
Jan 18, 2021


What’s inside a Starfish baby box?
Many of you will have heard us talking about our Baby Box project – which has been running since 2018. Working initially within the Moria...
Jan 15, 2021


Starfish: Our Reflection on 2019
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R We enter a new decade, the 2020s, with hopes for positive news and developments to improve the situation for...
Jan 16, 2020


Sharif’s story
My name is Sharif and I am a refugee on the island of Lesvos in Greece. I arrived on the island on the 26th of July 2018. Since then I...
Jun 1, 2019


An opportunity hub
We are proud to introduce you to OpenSpace! OpenSpace! An opportunity hub Starfish Foundation has worked very hard to bring this new...
Apr 27, 2019


Empowerment Program
Self-Defence and Empowerment Programme for Female Refugees Starfish Foundation continues their self defence project, which supports...
Feb 17, 2019


What an exciting ride!
Wow… what a ride! Read an account from a Starfish volunteer here: Nearly six months ago, here I was… arriving on the third biggest island...
Jul 2, 2018


300 Strollers
It all started in the busy summer of 2015, when hundreds of boats carrying refugees from Turkey landed on the shores of Lesvos. Jure and...
May 31, 2018


Trauma healing
By teaching healing techniques and engaging the refugees in wellness exercises, our volunteer hopes to empower those who are traumatized, de
Apr 20, 2018


Starfish’s Journey in 2017
Starfish Foundation continues to work hard to support vulnerable individuals on Lesvos. Here is a round-up of our activities in 2017....
Feb 21, 2018


Starfish Celebrates its First Wedding
Starfish Hears Wedding Bells Ring by Carol P. Christ Starfish Foundation was on hand to celebrate the wedding of Laura Scott and Stellios...
Feb 12, 2018


Arabella Dorman’s “Suspended”
Arabella Dorman’s “Suspended”: A Cry for Help by Carol P. Christ Starfish Foundation, a local NGO founded to help refugees and migrants...
Dec 24, 2017


Starfish activities – October
The single women, who reside at Moria camp, wished to have some mirrors in their section. Starfish searched to find the ones that aren’t...
Oct 24, 2017


Contact with family
Ahmed is a fifteen year-old Syrian refugee on the Greek island of Lesvos who is officially categorized as “an unaccompanied minor”: in...
Sep 7, 2017


Help us bring Food Aid to Lesvos Solidarity
Lesvos Solidarity runs the camp called Pikpa just outside the town of Mytilene. They offer on-site medical care, psychosocial assistance,...
Jul 6, 2017


Theresa Kachindamoto
Meet Paramount Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, the terminator of child marriage in central Malawi’s Dedza district. Help us raise $19,000 to...
May 12, 2017


Women who have transformed the World
Melinda McRostie, founder of Starfish Foundation, travelled to Segovia, Spain in March 2017 to attend and speak at the ‘Women who have...
Mar 20, 2017
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