Even though the Apokoronas Welfare Association if doing a great job in supporting families in need with regular food bags and basic welfare, there are still cases of such extreme hardship that the local organisations do not have the resources to provide adequate support.
As in the case of families with more than three children, where none of the parents are employed. And when serious illness strikes, compounding the problems, the support from council’s welfare organisation is not enough.
That’s when the local community in an Apokoronas village stepped in, with the local residents organising a charity Coffee Morning. The well attended event raised 583 euro for families in urgent need of support.
Ann Clayton who helped organise and run the coffee morning expressed her thanks to all who supported the event, the people who baked cakes and helped on the day, the village cultural association, Apokoronas welfare and the local people who turned up in numbers to offer their support.
