EUROPE-MIGRANTS/NGO NGOs and humanitarian organisations offering aid in Belgrade to migrants

Record ID: 142172

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/NGO NGOs and humanitarian organisations offering aid in Belgrade to migrants
  • Date: 26th August 2015
  • Summary: BELGRADE, SERBIA (AUGUST 26, 2016) (REUTERS) GRAFFITI STENCILLED ON WALL READING (English): 'Refugees Welcome" VARIOUS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN PREPARING FOOD ON STREET MIGRANTS STANDING AT AID CENTRE MIGRANTS SLEEPING ON TABLES MIGRANTS SITTING IN AID CENTRE MAN SLEEPING MIGRANTS CHARGING MOBILE PHONES AID WORKERS GIVING WATER AND FOOD TO MIGRANTS AT COUNTER VOLUNTEER NENAD POPOVIC WALKING TO AID CENTRE (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) VOLUNTEER NENAD POPOVIC, SAYING: "In the early days we tried to see how to organise aid -- this area called "Miksaliste", is a summer stage of the organisation "Mikser House" so they gave us this space, so we set up this distribution centre where people can come every day from 10.00 till 16.00." MIGRANTS WAITING TO GET WATER AND FOOD (SOUNDBITE) (Serbian) VOLUNTEER FROM MIKSER HOUSE, KATARINA IVAKIC, SAYING: "Here they [migrants] can get water, food, clothes and medical help. The volunteers are very well organized, we have volunteers from the organisation [local NGO] "Save the Babies" and "Medic" who help with all medical aid." MIGRANTS INSIDE AID CENTRE MIGRANTS STANDING NEXT TO TENTS IN PARK WOMAN SITTING WITH TWO CHILDREN ON GROUND MAN , WOMAN AND CHILD SITTING ON GROUND IN FRONT OF TENT CHILD SITTING IN WOMEN LAP MIGRANTS SITTING IN PARK
  • Embargoed: 10th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Serbia
  • Country: Serbia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVADXRBVLD2Y3245I0FJCM6H0UX1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Many Serbian humanitarian organizations and NGO's offer humanitarian aid to migrants who arrive in Serbia en route to Germany, France and other western nations.
    On Wednesday (August 26) several hundred made a short stop over  at "Mixaliste", a summer stage of a nearby culture centre. There they were offered water, food a place to rest.
    "In the early days we tried to see how to organise aid -- this area called "Miksaliste", is a summer stage of the organisation 'Mikser House' so they gave us this space, so we set up this distribution centre where people can come every day from 10.00 till 16.00,"said a Serbian volunteer Nenad Popovic.
    Mikser House set up a collection points in Belgrade where the residents could bring food and supplies for the migrants.
    "Here they [migrants] can get water, food, clothes and medical help. The volunteers are very well organized, we have volunteers from the organisation [local NGO] "Save the Babies" and "Medic" who help with all medical aid," said Mikser House volunteer Katarina Ivakic.
    In Belgrade migrants camp in city parks and green areas.
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