Volunteers behind the Kos Solidaity Project have called it a day due to a lack of monetary support.
Catering to almost 1,000 migrants a day, aside from donations from hotel unions, the 40 or so volunteers had been using their own money to purchase supplies.
Serving their last meals last weekend, the project’s organiser George Chertofilis said he hopes the Greek authorities would step up and help.
“We had to decide to stop giving out food. We just can’t afford it anymore,” Mr Chertofilis told the BBC.
“We had to prepare the food and that takes many hours and a lot of money. We don’t have much money, we are not officials, we are just a group of friends.”
Over the past two months volunteers have been cooking in their homes and providing meals to those living in makeshift camps and in an abandoned hotel.
This year alone, more than 12,000 migrants have arrived in Kos – overwhelming the island’s resources. Kos has a resident population of 30,000.
“To begin with it was just 300 to 400 meals a day, then during July the number of people increased so much, there were about 1,000 people,” Chertofilis added.
“The volunteers are all employed, everyone has his job to go to. I’m a teacher so during summer I don’t have to go to work but many do.”
Locals are worried that if the authorities don’t take responsibility for the migrants worse is to come.
“When people are hungry there could be trouble,” said a local restaurant owner.
Chertofilis is yet to hear back from the government regarding the matter.
“We have said to the mayor and the government that we want to continue but we don’t have any more money to give, we don’t have any more time.”
Source: BBC