In May 2016, as part of our work to welcome migrants, and after several months on the island of Lesvos, we designed our 'Solidarity Van'.
A 'solidarity camper van', equipped with solar panels, computers, a printer, an antenna to create a wi-fi area and a generator to charge phones and mobile devices.
Two operatorsə left for the Balkans, where the flow of migrants fleeing to try to cross Europe's borders had shifted after the EU-Turkey agreement on the refoulement of migrants came into force in January 2016.
We travelled along and followed the Balkan Route 'accompanying' families in transit and providing them with the possibility of recharging their phones, connecting to the Internet, being oriented on their rights, reception services, and waiting times at the borders.
A job we had done for a long time in the past on the Iraqi border, where hundreds of families fleeing the war in Syria started arriving since 2013. What we learnt there we took between Serbia and Hungary, where the camper van moved for three months following the emergency, then ending its mission in the Thessaloniki area.
The Van returned to Italy on 30 August, and all our equipment was donated to the Serbian organisation 'iHO', with which we had already collaborated in the past, and which will continue to provide assistance.
