Dear all, The first week has made a big impression on us. We both started at refugee camp Kara Tepe where all vulnerable refugees live on Lesvos, such as children and the disabled. But we also visited Moria (see photo), a place where there are many refugees living in appalling conditions, but where a new campus is fortunately started by Movement on the Ground . We have carried out various activities, such as giving breakfast, providing clothes, helping in a community kitchen and installing fans. Despite the long hours we get a lot of gratitude back. Refugees have told us impressive stories and even expressed frustration about their past, because there is no one else to share it with. And that's okay, because we do a lot of practical things, but 'just being there' is at times the most important thing to do. We've been able to buy all kinds of good from all the wonderful donations that we have received so far. Like a coke for a man from Iraq who fled and voluntar
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Dear, family, friends and everyone else, We have made a special and important decision. A decision that feels really good, but also a decision which you actually had hoped that in today's world would no longer be needed. On April 26th , we will leave for 3 months to Lesvos to work as volunteers for the organisation Movement on the Ground to go and help refugees. The refugee crisis is not in the daily news anymore. But everyday men, women, children and families from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Eritrea and more, are still trying to cross to Europe for a life without war, threats, hunger and fear. Refugees arrive on the Greek island of Lesvos in small boats, traumatised and in bad shape. We've all seen the news and photos many times. These are terrible images and it's a confronting thought to realise the desperate situation these people are in, in search of safety, food and shelter . We are all deeply touched by these photos and stories in this