Today was all about websites again, but a new one specifically for Idomeni Volunteers. I got to meet with the main support crew organiser Phoebe and sat down to chat about what they need for their website. So while it was a great discussion and I got all the details...
As a website designer as well as being a photographer, I make lots and lots of websites for a living. I'm also part of a charity that I helped set up called Refugees START, where we Support The Aid for Refugees Together. We happened to have the largest group of our...
Up early and working with Drops in the Ocean doing clothing distribution into the main Idomeni camp was the call of the day. Serving 450 men a top of either a shirt or t-shirt .. it was amazing. Long, but good. To see that many men queue reasonably calmly with on a...
I woke up this morning this of Abdul Aziz and thinking on the fact that I may be cold in the morning under my duck down filled duvet but I can turn on the little electric heater. He would be in his tent freezing and with what kind of a future to look forward to? I...
Today was another warehouse visit, this time to one near Kilkis in northern Greece, about a 20 minute journey from the Idomeni Camps. This ware house is BIG and full of donations that also have a heck of a lot of raw sorting to do. I don't understand why more...
Today was a pretty free form day with no planned agenda beyond knowing to meet up with Abdul Aziz to share my computer so he could make a new photoshop project for his series. So we went into the Idomeni Camp to see what help we could offer and after a quick peek into...
This morning was a bit of a morning off as two of the charity team members were coming down to join us for our first six month AGM meeting of our trustees and members of Refugees START. It was a really great meeting as 4 of the 7 person charity team were in the same...
Today was all about sorting clothes and finding all the usual inappropriate gear that refufees are very unlikely to wear like white high heel all boots! I mean really? High heel boots?! Or a single shoe without its matching buddy to make a pair? Jeans with grubby...
Yesterday was the day we played with the children and today I helped Alba at the Nurture Project to film a short message for people volunteering in the camps and giving out baby food and bottles, ie. please do not give out powdered baby formula and baby bottles....