Julian Benabides spent two weeks volunteering for Dråpen i Havet this summer. In this blog post, he shares his thoughts on working as a volunteer in the refugee camps in Northern Greece.
Camp Sounio – Southern Attica
Since the middle of June, A Drop in the Ocean has had a team of 5 volunteers, working hard in the new refugee camp situated at Cape Sounio in the southern part of the Attic Peninsula at the southern tip of Greece mainland.
Here, our coordinator Gary Rolston shares his experiences of the first week of work (June 21).
We are looking for coordinators
Do you want meaningful volunteer work this summer? In Greece the need for help among the refugees is huge. A Drop in the Ocean needs more coordinators to help co-ordinate the efforts of our volunteer workers.
Press Release: A Drop in the Ocean brings The Norwegian Hospital Clowns to refugee camp in Greece.
Three professional clowns will join A Drop in the Ocean at Greek refugee camps close to the Macedonian border to spread joy among children and adolescents.
A Drop in the Ocean will, in co-operation with The Norwegian Hospital Clowns, send three representatives of the group to two refugee camps near the Macedonian border on May 19th. Travel and accommodation cost is covered by A Drop in the Ocean. The Norwegian aid organisation is already actively contributing to several refugee camps in Greece.
We need volunteers!
From William Bendt, coordinator in Athens:
There are still somewhere roughly three thousand people staying in the port of Pireaus. Our Drop in the Ocean team here remains busy cooking food, maintaining the showers, distributing non-food items and tea as well as organising sports activities on a daily basis. We’re also glad to announce that as of yesterday we’ve set up a more welcoming space for our children’s activities. Every day we draw, skip ropes and play games with the little ones in the camp whom otherwise face long, hot days of boredom and naturally find it hard to contain their energy.