ABOUT BRIDGES

Humanitarian Initiative Bridges is a civil company non-profit organization registered in Athens, Greece in 2014. We assist and offer services in Arabic, Kurdish, and Farsi languages to displaced individuals and families.

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We envision to create "bridges" with other NGOs, agencies, the asylum offices, the Greek Ministry, individuals, local communities, churches, and professionals with the goal to bring together different stakeholders to give a voice to the voiceless and support the human rights on their behalf.​ We believe in raising awareness on a local and international level regarding the issues facing displaced individuals and the rights of refugees. "We are only one war away from their position." 

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Here at Humanitarian Initiative Bridges, we seek to address the displaced individuals that arrive in Greece with a holistic approach. In doing this, we recognize the various levels of needs that we all have – physical, psychological, social, and spiritual. We are deeply persuaded that unless we gradually reach the satisfaction of all of these needs, we shall never serve this population adequately and shall never help them to be integrated.

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Having this heart, we offer legal information, access to the asylum office, Skype, counseling, social services, and distribution of goods. Our passion is that no person would leave from Bridges without experiencing that their life is precious and they can start from the beginning!