Sunvil to fly essential items to refugees in Greece
Sunvil and Germania Airlines have joined together to collect donations to help with the refugee crisis in Greece.
The operator will send essential supplies to Samos on its last charter flight of the season on October 1.
"The plight of the refugees, in Greece especially, has touched everyone at Sunvil," said managing director Chris Wright.
"Although our clients holidaying on these islands were unaffected by the crisis, many of them have taken it upon themselves to help, donating shoes, clothes and toiletries, and we wanted to build on that.
"While other European countries can close their borders, Greece doesn’t really have a choice. Our Greek friends are trying their hardest with what little they have to help.
"It struck us that utilising our last flight of the season to send aid was a fast and effective way of helping. Many refugees are arriving with no possessions, so the simplest of supplies can make a huge difference."
The Greek specialist hopes to fly up to three tonnes of aid to Samos and has been in contact with the Red Cross and local refugee support groups to find out which donations are most urgently needed.
They are specifically appealing for tents, sleeping bags, gym mats or similar and warm jackets in all sizes.
Donations should be sent to: Samos Donations, Sunvil, Sunvil House, Old Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 7BJ.
Monetary donations, which will be used to buy water and food locally, can also be made at crowdfunding.justgiving.com/sunvil.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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