Interviews

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Abdou Sissoko managed to cross the Mediterranean and reached Malaga.

Abdou Sissoko: “We were lost at see and with no engine, I’d never been as scared in my life”

Roser Goula is the project lead in the marketing department of the home swap community HomeExchange.

Roser Goula: "Home exchanges avoid mass tourism and contribute to the local economies"

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Clara Ávila is from the indigenous community of Nasa, in Cauca (Colombia).

Clara Ávila: "Many territories are not only in quarantine because of the pandemic but also because of violence"

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Andrés García, coordinator of Irídia.

Andrés García: "What is generated by the Immigration Detention Centres is more social damage than control of the migratory flow"

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Children are allowed to go out to nearby parks to play for 30 minutes a day in company of an adult.

Macarena Martínez: “Peruvian children haven’t been able to go back to school since December of last year”

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FAGiC is providing food to Roma in Catalonia

Roma are fighting against Covid-19 and discrimination

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In Nepal, Millions of daily wage workers are unemployed and with families to feed.

Álvaro Quintana: “In Nepal, everybody is going one or two steps down in the social and economic status”

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In Padova, volunteers made themselves available to be trained and then help most vulnerable people.

Emanuele Alecci: “Volunteering has now the chance to develop new strategies to meet the needs that are emerging from society”

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Komal Sewak: “Most of the population is working on daily wages and the lockdown will leave them jobless and hungry”

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ONE.org

Katie Ryan: “Safety requires solidarity, none of us are safe until all of us are safe”

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The European Disability Forum is advocating for a disability inclusive response from EU and international organisations.

André Félix: “The pandemic and the governments’ response are leaving persons with disabilities even more vulnerable”

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