Grace Anne Odom joined the maker space Habibi.Works as a supervisor for the metal workshop in June 2019. In her last week with the project, she offered a guided training within the NetWorks Program* to share her skills in welding techniques. In this interview, she gives an insight into her experience, the power of crafting Read more about About Welding, Confidence and the Soothing Power of Crafting[…]

  By Rory O’Keeffe As thousands of men, women and children who were forced from their homes by war and chaos prepare to take their places in Greek society, aid organisations and Greek citizens are working to help them succeed in their new home, to the benefit of all. Habibi.Works, run by aid organisation Soup Read more about Ioannina residents and Greece’s newest citizens working together[…]

by Rory O’Keeffe Soup and Socks will take part in a global summit later this month, as part of our ongoing work to enable people forced from their homes to rebuild their lives. For humanitarian organisations, responding to crises and saving lives is vital. But for men, women and children who flee war and terror Read more about Soup and Socks and Techfugees – a global summit for refugees and technology[…]

by Rory O’Keeffe Tens of thousands of men, women and children who have arrived in Greece in the last two years to escape war, terror and chaos in their homelands, must now take the first steps to joining Greek society. But as newcomers to the state, how will they know how, or even what they Read more about Information Event in Habibi.Works – first steps to an independent life in Greece[…]