THANK YOU – our review of 2024
Thanks to your support, we were once again able to achieve a great deal in 2024! Your donations and commitment have helped countless people in need - THANK YOU for being part of our caravan!
Syria: Distribution of relief supplies for refugee flows
In recent weeks, thanks to the efforts of our Karawani Rainer in Raqqa and Tabqa (Syria), together with the "Organizations Office" of the Kurdish self-administration, we have been able to provide urgently needed help.
Syria: Our project manager Rainer Brim reports on the change of power on the ground
A planned aid delivery for a refugee camp in north-eastern Syria has now become emergency aid for war refugees. Our Karawani Rainer Brim reports directly from Syria.
Lebanon: Teaching in times of war
Our two schools in Beirut/Lebanon were forced to close due to the war. However, thanks to our dedicated teachers, it was possible to continue teaching digitally, albeit in a rudimentary way.
That was our Cyprus aid project 2024
Our Karawanis have returned home safely from Cyprus. The aid project shook us emotionally, because once again we had to witness how shabbily refugees are treated in Europe.
Pascal Violo from Punara Camp in Cyprus
Together, we were able to give people in the large camps not only a smile, but also hope. Hope for a better life outside high barbed wire fences.
The genesis
In September 2020, travel photographer Pascal Violo made a mark of humanity: at the time, he didn’t know that his commitment was contagious. Because his impulse to help the people in the refugee camp Kara Tepe on Lesbos (Greece) also motivated many others to do their part and so a caravan was created in the middle of Austria. Namely that of humanity.
Our pillars of action
The three pillars of the KARAWANE’s impact are monetary donations, relief goods and joie de vivre. Because on site, professional clowns, acrobats and artists distribute the donations and put a smile on the faces of people in need with their extraordinary performances. For our support team, it is the best thing to be able to experience people so happy and detached from their difficult everyday life.
Our projects
The CARAVAN OF HUMANITY travels to various projects in and around Europe to help refugees in need with donations of money, relief supplies and a zest for life.
Help for Cuba
The Karawanis Pascal and Bruno have had strong professional ties with Cuba for decades, so they could not stand idly by and watch their "compañeros" and "compañeras" suffer hardship and started this project for Cuba.
Help for refugees in Rojava/Syria
Die Karawane reist im November wieder nach Rojava um erneut Hilfe zu leisten. Abertausende Binnengeflüchtete leben in dieser Region im Nordosten des ehemaligen Syriens in riesigen Zeltcamps.
Help for the shepherd people of the Afar / Ethiopia
In mid-February 2023, the Karawanis Pascal, Bruno and Caso were in Ethiopia to support the Afar pastoralist people there and at the same time directly combat the causes of flight.
Help for refugees in Kurdistan/Iraq
Our last aid project took our 12-member aid team to the north of Iraq, more precisely to Kurdistan. More than 2 million refugees live there. Most of them are internally displaced persons.
Help for refugees in Calais/France
Refugees have to endure terrible conditions in the north of France. In November 22, a Caravan relief team traveled to the site to help.
Help for orphans in Lebanon
Thousands of refugee orphans live in the small country of Lebanon. The caravan finances urgently needed relief supplies and supports school projects.
Help for war orphans from Syria
We support two orphanages in Syria and Turkey, where children live who lost their parents in the terrible war of recent years.
Help for Kara Tepe/Greece
Inhumane conditions prevail in the Kara Tepe refugee camp on the island of Lesbos. The caravan helps with monetary and material donations and gives hope.
