June 2026 - Monthly Report

At Wave in June 2026, we served 2,431 takeaways, welcomed 64 new arrivals, charged 164 phones and power banks, ran 168 showers, washed 88 laundry loads, and distributed 76 hygiene packages and 455 clothing items.

The total population we supported this month was 1,505.

 

Numbers and operations

In the past month of June at Wave, we have seen a similar trend as the end of May, with a lower attendance in our Community Centre, compared to the winter months (-21% compared to May 2026 alone). The monthly average visitors we welcome have gone back to a number comparable to the time before the rise of attendance of the past winter, with around 70-100 people per opening day.

The demographics are still following the trend of the previous months, with the majority of our community members (around 70-80%) residing in the nearby camps of Diavata and Lagadikia, mainly coming from Sudan and South Sudan. Some members that have been part of our community for a long time are still coming to our centre and it’s always a pleasure to meet and welcome some familiar faces. They might stop coming to Wave for a few months, due to their job or other commitments, but it’s always a pleasure for us to meet them again when they come back to our community centre.

From the conversations we had at Wave, we heard that some community members started working in seasonal jobs, mainly in hospitality, but also in agriculture and construction. They might not be able to come to our community centre during the working week, but they are happy to join us on Sundays or on bank holidays. Sundays are always the busiest time at Wave, with our Community Centre welcoming around 100 people.

The rising temperatures in June have coincided with rising demands for sanitation services, with an increase of around 30% of showers compared to the previous months of May. We registered a similar number of laundry loads cleaned in June (88 instead of 90 in May) – but this is specifically because having only one washing machine prevents us from accepting and cleaning more laundry loads.

 

NFIs distributions and 2 meals in each takeaway

Since the beginning of May, we have started to have a reception desk to welcome people and to give out tickets for meals. This system is working quite well and additionally, it is allowing us to resume distributing hygiene products to everyone, which have always been highly requested from our community members.

If we had to stop distributions inside- and only organise few distributions on non-opening days during the winter/spring-  it was a decision made to prioritise safety inside the space, to avoid overcrowding and possible rising tension. So far, we have been able to consistently distribute hygiene packs every two weeks for a total of 76 packs.

At the same time, since the daily attendance has gone down, we have been able to provide everyone coming to our centre with 2 meals again: each takeaway pack contains 2 aluminium containers with a freshly cooked hot meal, bread, a salad and sometimes a dip or a fruit/dessert.