Our Mission & Values
Empower humanitarians in their work by providing access to services which are specifically designed to improve their wellbeing and resilience.
Community: bringing people together | Diversity: different backgrounds and opinions empower our work
Empathy: listening with our hearts | Impact: sustainable outcomes designed to enhance wellbeing and resilience
Humanitarians are resilient.
The Pandora Project was born from the knowledge and understanding that helpers need to be helped. Humanity has always faced challenges and from within these challenges have risen humanitarians, who have dedicated their time and energy to helping others. These actions can take their toll on the mind and body of the helper and manifest themselves in the form of stress, trauma, burnout and physical issues.
At The Pandora Project we believe that humanitarians, volunteers and helpers should have access to services that support them in their wellbeing and building their resilience. There exists systematic stigma and a lack of supportive resources for people working within this sector, even more so in the small grassroots organisations that have been created to give direct aid to people in need.
Currently, at The Pandora Project we offer a database of resources, programs and facilitators that will be available to humanitarian organisations and volunteers to support them in building resilience and nurturing wellbeing. As a dedicated team of humanitarian educators and practitioners we are driven to break the stigma and be the change that we want to see in Humanitarian aid.
We are also building partnerships, making connections and undertaking careful research in our two bases; Athens and Berlin. In 2021 we launched our pilot project online and offline to ensure reach and impact in developing community, nurturing empathy and celebrating diversity.
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Emily Wilson
Founder, Humanitarian, Educator