The Heinz disposal company from Moosburg, in cooperation with the district of Erding, donated a garbage truck for the refugee camp in Moria on the island of Lesbos in Greece.
With this, the company would like to make a contribution to improving living conditions there.
Erding / Moosburg - “For us here in Bavaria, a perfectly functioning infrastructure is a matter of course every day. Looking at the refugee flows and temporary camps at the EU's external borders reminds us that we all have a responsibility to help, ”said Eduard Heinz. District Councilor Sosa Balderanou had put in touch with the Greek authorities. “The streets are full of dirt and rubbish,” she complained. An improvement through garbage disposal is urgently needed.
The initiator of the donation is Martin Bayerstorfer: "We can make a valuable contribution to the garbage collection and so to some extent to improve the living conditions of both the refugees and the locals," said the district administrator. It is also important to him to combat the causes of flight in his home countries. For this reason, he has been committed to the “1000 schools for our world” initiative, which promotes education and school building projects, since 2019.
The second mayor and environmental officer of the municipality of Lesov / Moria, Dimitra Alexandri, and environmental officer Themistoklis Kefalas came to Erding to take over the vehicle. “We are happy and grateful for the support from the Erding district. With the vehicle, we ensure that our streets are cleaner again and that people are not harmed by rubbish lying around, ”they both quote.
The camp in Moria, designed for 2,800 people, temporarily housed 20,000 men, women and children under inhumane conditions.
It was Europe's largest refugee camp and a so-called EU hotspot.
Conditions in the camp were catastrophic for years because of the overcrowding.
On the night of September 9, 2020, arson by several desperate young migrants from Afghanistan led to a major fire that almost completely destroyed the camp and the refugees' belongings.
Over 12,000 residents initially fled into the surrounding forests in a panic and slept in the open air.
An emergency camp helped.
PETER BAUERSACHS