Asylum Seekers project benefits from Friends of Gozo event

The Friends of Gozo organised a fundraising dinner for various Gozitan charities including the Order of Malta Volunteers in Gozo.

The event was held at Ta’ Mena and was attended by many people especially foreigners and Gozitans who reside abroad. The Friends of Gozo chose Order of Malta Volunteers in Gozo as they wanted to assist a Gozo-based charity which is helping refugees in Gozo. The other two charities who also benefitted from this event were the Friends of the Sick and Elderly in Gozo and the Gozo Association for the Deaf.

On Friday 22nd August, during the Organ Donors Campaign in Ghajnsielem, Ms Nicola Vassallo representative of the Friends of Gozo presented the donation of € 1,700 to the Order of Malta Volunteers in Gozo. This donation has to go towards the purchasing of supplies including sanitary/hygiene products and spectacles to refugees from various African countries and the instruction of first aid to Ghanaian immigrants who work in the construction industry. There are over three hundred refugees residing in Gozo.