An update on refugeeEd’s work during the Covid-19 pandemicThe current situation in Greece The Covid-19 pandemic poses a huge threat to the 75,000 refugees stuck in camps in Greece. Accommodation in the camps is unst...
Transformational coaching during the Covid-19 crisisSteve Bynon, is a transformational coach who has been giving coaching to organisations, including to our refugeeEd coordinator, Colette, during the past few w...
First week in the job. Meet Colette, our new field coordinatorOne hopes that in their first week in a new job things will be pretty calm. This cannot be said for my introduction to RefugeeEd. I’ve joined the team as the...
Strategies for operating in volatile contexts: 5 challenges and possible solutionsIn July 2019, our Communications trustee, Alice, spent two weeks working on a capacity-building project in northern Greece. Alice, and her colleague, Samanth...
Our 4-day teacher training in Greece (27-30 January 2020)After four busy but exciting days running teacher training workshops in Athens and Northern Greece we feel extremely grateful for the trust that attendees pu...
Mark and Leora: volunteering with refugeeEdMy husband Mark and I signed up with refugeeEd to volunteer for two months (November and December) in Athens. We were allocated to Hestia Hellas – an organiz...
Immersing with my new role with refugeeEdMy name is Ana and I will be the new Field Coordinator of refugeeEd. Having worked in different projects in Greece during the last two years, I decided to ta...
Q&A with our Field CoordinatorHi everyone, I am Nicole, the Field Coordinator of refugeeEd. When I first got offered this position, I took a look at my savings, reflected on my life and w...
From Samos Volunteers to refugeeEd: Esther's storyHere’s a top tip for you – if you ever need to keep around 70 4-14-year-olds entertained for two hours in 35-degree heat, with only five fellow volunteers to...
Four Things I’ve learnt in my first week as a Field CoordinatorMy name is Nicole Tay and I am the new Field Coordinator of RefugeeEd. Why did I want to come out? I started working with refugees in 2015 when I was backpac...
A vague idea becomes an inspiring month: Phoebe's time with Project EleaIn October 2018, I spent just over a month volunteering with Project Elea within Eleonas Refugee Camp in Athens. My plan to go to Greece started as a very va...
A few weeks later I was in Polykastro...“I want to be useful and to help out as much as possible, but I just have no idea what’s needed.” My name is Claire, and this was how I started my first conv...
Trustee profile: Helen BranniganHelen is refugeeEd’s founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees. RefugeeEd emerged from her experiences working with refugees in Greece, where she came to un...
Life in the SquatsMy name is Marjorie, and I’m currently the coordinator of the Sissa Project, a non-formal education project for refugees in housed in a squat in Athens. Befo...
'Look, look teacher, my name!'I spent just over two weeks volunteering in Athens, Greece. I decided to help in the Victoria Social Centre. I can only describe it as an amazing place that ...
Teacher training in AthensI spent 2 weeks in Athens in January 2018, training some of the volunteers there who are teaching English to adult refugees. Based at various locations aroun...