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- 2. “I would like to share my experience when I was volunteering in Lesvos hoping that people that are skeptic about what is happening open their eyes to the reality and people that fear with no reason losing their own comfort open their heart to other humans.”
- 3. Anne Sroka, Chief of Staff Amelia Karayianis ‘16, Global Citizenship Becker College
- 10. Typical migration route through the Balkan corridor to Germany
- 12. 100,000 refugees leave Turkey per month, 80% come through Lesvos Mytilene
- 13. Magnitude
- 16. From Eric & Philippa Kempson’s property looking towards Turkey
- 19. In the north of Lesvos, Greece
- 26. Molyvos Village Northern Lesvos, looking toward the port
- 28. Molyvos Village Volunteer’s Wet Suits & Rescue Gear
- 29. In the north of Lesvos, Greece Volunteered with Norwegian start-up charity / NGO, Dråpen i Havet (A Drop in the Ocean)
- 31. The Slack app is used to communicate the time and location of boats landed, and number and condition of people to be expected at each camp.
- 32. Eftalou Beach The End of the (Paved) Road
- 33. The Lookout
- 36. Lighthouse Beach
- 37. Lighthouse Beach
- 38. Lighthouse Beach Warming Tent
- 39. Mornings on the beach using emergency blankets to guide the boats to safety. A calm, safe landing at the beach with plenty of life guides ready to assist.
- 40. Night watch and rescue dogs Photo by Alison Terry Evans
- 41. Beach arrival – volunteers providing first aid, emergency blankets, dry socks and water
- 42. Beach rescue and aid Life guards and volunteers must help the refugees navigate the dangerous rocky shoreline to the safety of the transit camps.
- 43. A Safe Landing Signal to Refugee Rafts
- 44. Volunteers from Norwegian NGO “A Drop in the Ocean” view the Life Vest Graveyard
- 48. “Not a Life Saving Device”
- 49. Environmental impact Lesvos’ economy depends on tourism. Currently decreased by 80%. Thousands of fake life jackets and deflated dinghies need to be removed from the beaches. Volunteers trying to find ways to repurpose these items into shelter, mattresses, ground insulation, etc Motors taken and sold back to smugglers.
- 50. Soup kitchen at the beach Rayyan Haries, The Volunteer Cook
- 51. The Dirty Girls of Lesvos help the refugees and the environment! They collect the wet and dirty clothes, shoes, and blankets from the beaches and camps, wash and dry them, and distribute them to the refugees! Photo by Alison Terry Evans
- 53. A Safe Landing Signal to Refugee Rafts
- 54. Abandoned Boats, Eftalou Beach
- 55. Abandoned Boat, Eftalou Beach
- 56. Women and Children Medical Tent
- 57. Eftalou Beach Rafts stripped of their motors and wood decking
- 58. Volunteer Camp at Dawn
- 59. David’s Camp
- 60. Volunteers, Cookie, and Amelia
- 61. Eftalou Beach in a Gale
- 62. Transit from arrival point to camps Those arriving in the north need to go to the port city of Mytilene to register and go on to Athens
- 63. IRC (International Rescue Committee) Vans & Buses Begin Transporting Refugees to Mytilene
- 64. IRC Vans & Buses Begin Transporting Refugees to Mytilene
- 65. Eftalou Beach Looking to Turkey
- 67. Near Mytilene (port and capitol city) Lesvos, Greece
- 69. Moria Registration Camp The Olive Grove / Afghan Hill
- 70. Moria and the Olive Grove
- 74. Big NGOs Charities, Volunteer Groups, Start-Up NGOs, and Independent Volunteers Government
- 75. Shelter – family compound and unaccompanied minors (military barracks), backpackers tents, large marquee tents, Ikea huts
- 76. Moria Family Compound – specifically for vulnerable populations, families with young children, the elderly, sick, or disabled. Rooms filled to capacity with people from same nationality, sometimes . . .
- 78. Moria Camp View From the Family Compound
- 80. Many medical teams working on the island with very limited resources.
- 81. Registration - Ticket system according to arrival date. Can take three days. All refugees must be registered before they can take the ferry to Athens to continue their journey through Europe.
- 84. Food at camp Long lines at the food tent at the Olive Grove
- 85. People send donations to Lesvos from all over the world. These volunteers are sorting the clothes at one of the warehouses so they can be delivered to the camps. Purchasing supplies on the island helps the local economy.
- 86. Refugee Volunteers Most of the refugees speak Arabic, Farsi, Dari, or Urdu. These refugees, Elahe, Unise, Mohammed, and Abdul offered to be translators while at the family compound.
- 87. Kids – Home? Family? Education? Friends? What’s next?
- 88. Mytilene Port Depart from here for Athens
- 89. Pikpa Refugee Camp Near the Port of Mytilene
- 90. Pikpa Refugee Camp Near the Port of Mytilene
- 91. Greek hospitality I have been so worried for the people taking the journey over the sea that I have been out with the boat all night long, Stratos says. Every night. Just in case. In May, when people started coming in much bigger numbers every day, we didn’t know what to do. Before the volunteers came it was a disaster. No medics, not enough clothes, no rescue teams, no coordination. Nothing. We are humans, we need to sleep.
- 94. Some of the Many Facebook Groups
- 95. News & Blogs BBC story about Turkey / EU deal, 3-19-16 Huffington Post blog by volunteer Ralph Burgess. Volunteers saw problems, built their own solutions at Moria camp. 1-27-16
- 98. • Thank you to my volunteer friends from around the world especially Angie Bell who shared her presentation, some slides from which appear here, and those who allowed her to use their photos – Sabine Teras Thompson – Wade Winright – Alison Terry-Evans – Anthony Wright – Arielle Golan – Linda Houze – Eve Feng – Zahra Kazmi – Sabine Jellema – The Volunteer Cook – Henry Hofmans – Jim Keady – Lighthouse Refugee Relief on Lesvos • Miguel Charcos Llorens, for his video and Eric Kempson for his video, as well as others who provided videos as attributed.
Notas do Editor
- Smugglers force the refugees to throw all their belongings overboard to allow for more passenger weight. They often do not fill the motor with enough gas to make it through the entire journey which often lasts 4-5 hours. The smugglers do not ride with the refugees. They assign one of the refugees to drive the boat. At night they are advised to head to the lights, unfortunately the brightest light is from the lighthouse which is there to warn ships to stay away due to dangerous rocks.
- Talk briefly about smugglers charging hundreds of dollars for a spot on an overcrowded dinghy. Volunteers must be on the look out at the beaches 24 hours a day to guide the boats to safety. Rescue, the black lab works in the north, pulling people out of the water, while the Spanish lifeguards and other volunteers keep watch all night in the south.
- This is Rayyan Haries, The Volunteer Cook. When he heard about the refugee crisis, he flew to Lesvos and set up a soup kitchen on the beach at Skala Sikamineas, where many boats arrive. He relies on donations from people all around the world to buy local ingredients to make delicious soup to serve to the refugees as they get off the boat. He and his volunteer team serve food to hundreds of hungry people every day. Look carefully at this photo- the refugees are soaked up their waist because they have just arrived. Soon they will receive dry clothes and shoes from the donations tent. There are many other volunteers who provide hot food for the refugees.
- The refugee crisis has taken a toll on the environment on Lesvos. Huge numbers of life jackets and rubbish needs to be disposed of everyday and requires many locals and volunteers to do it. Recycling clothing is much cheaper and better for the environment. However, purchasing new items on the island – backpacks, food, medicines, underwear, shoes, etc helps the Greek economy.
- Filling up the rooms at the family compound is often done by nationality when possible. Some rooms have bunk beds, others only have mattresses on the floor. Some new bunk beds have arrived recently. Blankets provided by the UNHCR.
- There are at least 4 large warehouses on the island containing massive amounts of clothes that need sorting.
- Elahe is 19 and had only been learning English at special classes for 6 months. She volunteered tirelessly for long shifts over two days. She is now living in a camp in Germany with her family. Mohammed and Abdul worked as translators in Afghanistan. They worked with American companies, but the Taliban found out so they had to leave. They are also now in Germany trying to find work. Unise is 16 and from Afghanistan. I’m not sure where he is now.