Lesvos Solidarity - Pikpa

About us

The solidarity network “The Village of Altogether” was formed in 2012. The group started hosting refugees on the site of “PIKPA”. In 2016 Lesvos Solidarity was formally registered as an NGO. Lesvos Solidarity is a Greek NGO supporting refugees and locals in Lesvos.

Our mission is to provide community-based solidarity spaces
• Shelter & Support: Give dignified reception and support to people in need, including medical, psycho-social and legal support
• Integration: Promote integration by developing skills and knowledge, creating job opportunities and connecting with local society
• Human rights: We advocate for an inclusive society which respects human rights

Our vision is to inspire society and to expand or solidarity model which promotes equality, trust, justice, respect for each other and for the environment, creativity, empowerment and active participation

What We Do
• Pikpa Camp: Pikpa camp is an independent, open refugee camp in Mytilini, Lesvos (Greece). It is a community-based space, built on the principles of solidarity, empowerment and active participation.We are building a new way of being together, embedded in local society
• Safe Passage Bags: Aim to build skills and knowledge; and create job opportunities for refugees and locals. This is an upcycling project where refugees and locals create bags out of lifejackets left on the shorelines in Lesvos, and used by refugees who crossed the Aegean Sea from Turkey.
• Mosaik Support Center: Offer a sustainable means such as learning a language or a producing art or joining creative projects. Mosaik offers language classes (Greek, English, Farsi and Arabic), educational activities for children, computer classes, guitar lessons, yoga classes, literature workshops, human rights workshops, poetry nights, cinema screening, and has two choirs. Mosaik also provides free psychosocial support and free legal support through the Lesvos Legal Centre which operates in its premises.
• Humade Crafts: Aims at sensitizing people on the environment, promoting creativity and inspiring recycling, processing and transformation of discarded materials.

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.