Moria refugee camp.
Moria's camp is a refugee camp in Lesbos, Greece,
where live 9000 asylum seekers, of which one third are minors.
Most of them come from war-torn countries like Syria,
Iraq and Afghanistan. Those who arrive in Moria are traumatised and the
situation worsens their trauma.
Life in Moria is a daily battle for survival,
physicians and psychologists say that minors are also targeted in the sexual
violence.
To defend herself, Fatima, sleeps with a knife under her
pillow, but rape isn't the only threat this Iraqi girl faces: the other is
depression.
The drawing in the photo tells of trauma, the pencil scrawls were drawn by
children who are part of a growing phenomenon in this camp.
The parents in Moria are afraid that their children have suffered from psychological damage, in fact so many children attempt suicide and the MSF organised a therapy session with these kids who had attempted suicide
The only moment of normalcy for Moria's children is at a small
play area
200m from the camp; thanks to a private donation they have inflatable castles and a small football pitch.
E. Di Carlo 3H
this story struck me a lot because it talks about terrible phenomena but which unfortunately still happen today. This story is about an orphanage with more than 9000 orphans, almost all minors, these orphans are being abused psychologically and sexually. Fatima in fear sleeps with a knife under the pillow. the only way to have fun is a field at 200 meters from the orphanage and some inflatables purchased thanks to donations.
ReplyDeleteOrphan= refugee
ReplyDeleteOrphanage= refugee camp
Sorry for the mistake