Starfish Foundation

starfish foundation, a registered non-profit organisation (ngo), was born when a group of friends and neighbours came together in 2015 to assist refugees landing on the shores of lesvos during the greatest humanitarian crisis in europe since the second world war. today we collaborate with other organisations to meet the needs of the many vulnerable individuals and families stranded in lesvos while waiting for their petitions for asylum to be processed. starfish has played many roles since 2015. at the height of the crisis, with the support of hundreds of international and local volunteers, and many other organizations, we created a temporary transit camp at the parking lot next to oxy club. at this camp we assisted more than 150,000 refugees with food, clothes and essential needs. since the eu-turkey agreement in march 2016, the number of arrivals on lesvos has dropped considerably, but the number of departures and transfers to mainland greece and other european countries has also decr