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The Best Way to Meet Urgent Needs this World Refugee Week

10,000 Diapers for Mother’s Day

What’s worse than a messy diaper? Having no diaper at all. That’s why for this Mother’s Day, NeedsList partnered with Help Refugees to fix the severe diaper shortage in northern Greece by providing diapers to families there.

Going Local: Spotlight on Greek Business TerraMare

At NeedsList, local suppliers are central to our “virtual container” model of aid. Our mission is to demonstrate that supporting refugees is not just good karma, in fact, it is good for the economy. Today we feature our first “Preferred…

Could the Virtual Container be the Next Big Thing in Humanitarian Aid?

Oinofyta Refugee Camp ~ The Duality of Hope and Hopelessness

Names have been changed to protect the…

Mobile and Trauma-informed: Innovative Strategies in Refugee Education

Something to Talk About

When Ioanna over at Campfire Innovation told me about The Unmentionables I was intrigued. A group working with vulnerable refugees focusing on all the stuff nobody likes to talk about? Feminine hygeine products? Underwear? Sexual health products?

“When Good Intentions Go Awry”

What we learned about donations and innovation from our visit to Greece.

High heels from France. Pasta from Virginia. Winter jackets with broken zippers. These are just a few of the items that may hang in the makeshift “Unneeded” exhibit in the…

Democracy Lessons

On Saturday January 20th I stood with a group of a few hundred Americans in front of the U.S. Embassy in Athens. It was…