There are some people who don’t understand the sarcasm in our Christmasposts, so we want to make it clear that we don’t want to celebrate on Christmas because of religious reasons.
On the 24th of December most people will sit with their families at their home and have a great meal, give presents, and be happy. But why should we exclude people who want to become a part of our society?
We are just making this event to sit together, have good and enough food, be tolerant of each other and have fun.
This is why we changed our post to the following :
Dear Friends,
Winter is coming! Soon it will be the holiday season.
We, the No Border Kitchen are still very much active on Lesvos, still trying to provide, as best we can, some of that which is most important to us: human dignity.
During the holidays, families and communities all over the world, all races, religions, nationalities, will be celebrating. Though differently interpreted and differently expressed, we celebrate the shared human experience of love.
We would like to invite you all to celebrate together with us on Lesvos, as one Lesvos family, on the 24th of December, right next to the campsite of our friends, on the former site of “better days for Moria”. For one day we want to bring back human dignity to each and everyone in this camp, absolutely no one excluded. We all have been on this island for more or less time, having our very own experiences, and each of us has a unique story to tell, whether we are one of those here from all around the world reaching out for a better life. One of the thousands of volunteers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, one of those working for the government as policeman or fireman, or for NGOs or completely independently, each as an inhabitant of this island, trying to contribute something to help each other in this situation.
To this day No Border Kitchen is still providing hundreds of meals daily. We are trying to accommodate each who reaches out to us, in the best way we can according to our ability on the given day. The holidays are coming, and for one day we want to be able to provide a celebratory experience, call it “Chipati-day,” for everyone stuck in this situation. But to prepare food for 6000-7000 people we will need your help.
We want to make Chipati-day great again; everyone is allowed to make everything great again, apparently, so we want to make the 24th great again for those stuck here.
We would love to have your support on that. This day shall not be about politics, religion, ideologies. It shall simply be about sharing and caring, like holidays are intended to be.
We would really love your support on that. Please feel free to donate money food, energy, infrastructure, input. We would love to have you here in person on that day. Honestly. That would be the greatest gift.
If you know anyone that might want to support our efforts. Please feel free to forward or share this.
If you want to support us financially, please use the following bank details:
Rote Hilfe OG Salzwedel
IBAN: DE93 4306 0967 4007 2383 12
BIC: GENODEM1GLS
Comment: NBK Lesvos Chapati
Happy Holidays, Happy Chipati-Day,
Love & peace,
Nbk
