Day 5 This blog explores our final 2 days on Lesvos and concludes the series on my trip. How can you help through the continuing refugee crisis. After spending a day away from H4H on Thursday, we decided to double down, roll our sleeves up and get stuck into the…
This blog is more about my personal experiences linked to what happened on day 4 and the refugee journey to Lesvos. Arriving on Lesvos 2018 When I arrived in Lesvos on the Sunday night I was on my own, Lucy was flying in the following day. I had booked an…
I’m kicking off a #hats4refugees campaign. We’ve all been enjoying the lovely warm weather. I know i’ve made sure my kids are covered in sun cream and wearing hats. Across Europe summer will bring long hot days, so imagine living in the blistering sun in a tent and all you had…
Day 3 This blog focuses on Life at Moria. Today was the third and final day H4H would be open to families this week. A container from Care UK was due on Friday and there is a big clean up operation plus preparation needed ahead of its arrival. Lesvos was…
Day 2 Today I will share more about how Humans4Humanity Lesvos works and my experience volunteering there. After a great first day, today I really started to understand what Humans4Humanity is all about. The space is filled with love and kindness and it creates an energy that is calm and a…
A little bit of background In 2015 I was moved by the refugee crisis on Lesvos. I eventually made two trips to Europe to support refugees. Firstly we drove a transit van to Slovenia with supplies. And then we traveled to Lesvos to volunteer with some grass roots charities, you…