Asociación Projuven interviewed REMAR Association on its work in the field of refugees and migration.
Remar is an international NGO BENEFICIAL CHRISTIAN, dedicated for more than 30 years to the fight against injustice, drug addiction, hunger, poor nutrition, misery, disease, underdevelopment, illiteracy, child abuse , the lack of education and the causes that cause it, abandonment, violence and crime. REMAR begins its work in Spain in 1982, consolidating itself within the Spanish society, giving coherent answers to many marginal groups through its programs of social action.
What are the biggest challenges you must face in your daily work?
At the moment, the biggest challenge for us is to get funds for the many needs that knock on our doorstep. It is not only about Greece but every country where we operate in emergencies and more, on the subject of refugees, as the recent case of Peru where we are already acting in the same place where there have been major floods. In addition, we act every day in our foster homes, full of children and abandoned mothers without resources.We do not have the 1% of subsidies of the State, not only in Spain but in the other countries too. The financing depends on our work and the created solidarity companies where we act and private partners who provide solidarity aid.
How do you consider the awareness of the programs related to the refugees problems and what programs do you carry out from your organization in this regard?
.The reality with the refugees has been a great surprise for us because the awareness of the Spanish population has been great; more than 2,000 people have traveled from Spain and Switzerland to Greece,a tremendous mobilization of people as well as donation: clothing and food. Every day, people outside the association write us and want to travel, in order to help the refugees.
What do we have to improve in the future to avoid today’s problems?
We believe that distributive justice is increasingly scarce; if we all did an examination of conscience we would understand that justice begins in every home where people have and want more than necessary, so others get them less than essential to live.
