In Greece with Refugees – Day Nine
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...
In Greece with Refugees – Day Eight
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...
In Greece with Refugees – Day Seven
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...
In Greece with Refugees – Day Six
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...
In Greece with Refugees – Day Five
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...
In Greece with Refugees – Day Three & Four
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...
In Greece with Refugees – Day Two
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....
In Greece with Refugees – Day One
It's one am and the taxi's here to take us off on the start of our journey to Greece .. specifically Thessaloniki in northern Greece. The second biggest city after Athens. We are self funding our trip to support refugees in the northern camps after the EU / Turkey...
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