Estera Foundation

The Estera Foundation (Polish: Fundacja Estera) was created by Miriam Shaded in Warsaw, Poland as a reaction to the humanitarian crisis that evolved through the civil war in Syria. The transport of many Syrian Christians to Poland was acknowledged by international media, the Foundation was often criticized for helping only Christians.[1]

Logo of the Foundation

The Foundation organized refugees' travel, accommodation and supports each family financially with 2.600 PLN per month, funded exclusively by private and church donations.

On July 10/11, 2015 158 refugees were brought in by the Foundation[2] (55 families) half of which soon moved to Germany.[3] As of January 2016, only 35 of these refugees stayed in Poland.[4]

Many international media wrote about the Estera Foundation in connection to the rescue of Christian families from Syria, for example Financial Times, Agence France Presse, Euronews, Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Berliner-Zeitung, Tages-Anzeiger, The Times of Israel and politics.co.uk. A large part of refugees brought in by the Foundation moved on to other European countries.[5]

Ms Shaded complained about manipulation with information about the activities of the Foundation in the media. As an example, she mentions the claims circulated in the media that of brought refugees were only 10 or 12 children supposedly based on an arbitrary criterion of "children between 2-13 years old". In fact even with this criterion the number is 26. For the range of 0-13 the number is 30, and in range of 0-18, the number of persons is 46.[6]

References
  1. Zosia Wasik, Henry Foy: Poland favours Christian refugees from Syria (eng.). ft.com, 2015-09-21. [2015-11-17]. Jan Puhl: Polen und die Flüchtlingskrise: Wahlkampf mit der Angst (deutsch). spiegel.de, 2015-09-27. [2015-11-17]. Syrian Christians find sanctuary with Polish families (eng.). dunyanews.tv, 2015-07-20. [2015-11-17]. Poland and refugees. Where is the Solidarity? (eng.). euronews.com, 2015-10-23. [2015-11-17]. Stefanie Bolzen, Gerhard Gnauck: Für syrische Christen ist Warschau ein Paradies (deutsch.). welt.de, 2015-08-07. [2015-11-17]. Ulrich Krökel: «Solidarität» wird in Polen zum Fremdwort (deutsch.). tagesanzeiger.ch, 2015-09-03. [2015-11-17]. Jenni Frazer: Holocaust survivor repays ultimate debt via rescue of Syrian Christians (eng.). timesofisrael.com, 2015-06-16. [2015-11-17]. Ian Dunt: Germany’s ten-point refugee plan shows how irresponsible Britain has become (eng.). politics.co.uk, 2015-09-25. [2015-11-17].
  2. "Prime Minister on accepting refugees: Poles also were helped out in the past", premier.gov.pl, July 11, 2015 (retrieved June 6, 206)
  3. "Poland and refugees. Where is the Solidarity?", Euronews, October 23, 2015 (retrieved June 6, 206)
  4. "Majority of Christian Syrian refugees left Poland", Radio Poland, January 26, 2016 (retrieved June 6, 206)
  5. Zosia Wasik, Henry Foy: Poland favours Christian refugees from Syria (eng.). ft.com, 2015-09-21. [2015-11-17]. Jan Puhl: Polen und die Flüchtlingskrise: Wahlkampf mit der Angst (deutsch). spiegel.de, 2015-09-27. [2015-11-17]. Syrian Christians find sanctuary with Polish families (eng.). dunyanews.tv, 2015-07-20. [2015-11-17]. Poland and refugees. Where is the Solidarity? (eng.). euronews.com, 2015-10-23. [2015-11-17]. Stefanie Bolzen, Gerhard Gnauck: Für syrische Christen ist Warschau ein Paradies (deutsch.). welt.de, 2015-08-07. [2015-11-17]. Ulrich Krökel: «Solidarität» wird in Polen zum Fremdwort (deutsch.). tagesanzeiger.ch, 2015-09-03. [2015-11-17]. Jenni Frazer: Holocaust survivor repays ultimate debt via rescue of Syrian Christians (eng.). timesofisrael.com, 2015-06-16. [2015-11-17]. Ian Dunt: Germany’s ten-point refugee plan shows how irresponsible Britain has become (eng.). politics.co.uk, 2015-09-25. [2015-11-17].
  6. "Powszechna metoda walki z „niewiernymi” w islamie – Takijja. Miriam Shaded" (Miriam Shaded's reply to the article "„Fundacja Estera finansowana przez międzynarodowy syjonizm" ("Estera Foundation id Funded by International Zionism")), Wolna Polska, April 9, 2016
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