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“These activities demonstrated that both our Scouts and the local communities across the country are ready and willing to support”, comments Viktor Petrusevki, from the Scout Emergency Team, “The biggest reward we get is a “Thank you.” Two small words, uttered with a mild smile, but with eyes full of fear of what has happened, the horror they have lived through and the uncertainty of what might lie in front of them.” They are also helping bringing the collected items to the different distribution centres, through which refugees and migrants pass on their way to the Serbian border. Across Macedonia, many local Scout Groups are involved in this type of refugee support activities. In order to ease the refugees’ transit through the country, other Scouts have dedicated their time and help run various activities, such as collecting food, clothes, toiletry articles and toys.
The little kid was thankful for the “heroes in red”, recalled one of the members of the Scout Emergency Team. He whispered something to me, but I couldn’t understand what he said, so one of the older refugees translated it to me. But I could not leave him like that so I gave him my hat and my gloves, too. I approached him, gave him some food and water. The boy was alone, no one around him and shaking from the cold. “While preforming our everyday routine, assisting those who come to the food stand, I could not help but notice one of the children hunched nearby. The Scouts helping out at the Info Desk are easily recognisable with their red jackets. In Tabanovce, the team set up an information desk, where refugees and migrants can find answers to their questions and seek advise. They have put up road signs to direct them towards the border of Serbia, so that the transit is easier and securer. So far, members of the Scout Emergency Team have provided medical help to refuges and offered moral support. Working with volunteers from other organisations, the Scouts are doing everything that is in their power to help the refugees and migrants during their transit through Macedonia in a safe and fast manner.
“With each bottle of water, warm meal, pair of socks we hand to them whilst getting off the train, it felt like giving them strength to go on”, says Milan Petrusevski, one of the Scouts.
Quite early, they got organised and formed a special Scout Emergency Team, which coordinates the different support activities.
It is in Tabanovce, where Scouts from Сојуз на извидници на Македонија (SIM), the Scout Association of Macedonia, have been involved in refugee and migrant support activities aver since the flow of people began seeking better futures elsewhere. Thousands of them, each with their own story, why and how they left home, determined to get to their final destination, which they quite often do not know where it would be. Scouts and Guides contributing to refugee support activities in their local communities in Europe (40): a story about the activities run by the Scout Association of Macedonia at the border in Tabanovce (MK)Īfter thousands of kilometres on the road, in dinghies and boats, in buses and overloaded trains, frequently moving form one means of transport to another, and often walking for days, refugees and migrants “finally” arrive at the border crossing in Tabanovce.
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