Newspapers and local stations report on UNE faculty member aiding refugees in Greece
Every day, more than 9,000 Syrian refugees arrive in Greece, 30 percent of whom are children. Often, parents are forced to carry their children and babies in their arms along the journey. On February 4, a group of University of New England undergraduate and medical students packed hundreds of wearable baby carriers that Jennifer Gunderman, M.P.H., assistant lecturer, will hand out to refugees arriving in Athens.
Gunderman is a volunteer with Carry the Future, which provides refugee families with baby and child carriers for an easier and safer journey to their asylum destination. In the past month, Carry the Future volunteers have distributed and personally fit more than 3,000 baby carriers in Greece. These carriers make a real difference in refugees’ lives by keeping children warm, safe and united with their parents on their journey, as well as freeing parents’ hands to carry other belongings.
Read more in the Bangor Daily News and The Republican Journal.