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Volunteering during the pandemic: impressions of a first time volunteer

When the COVID-19 crisis struck in Europe at the beginning of 2020 I spent the lockdown working remotely in Spain. As a teacher, I was lu...

Volunteering: learn new skills while making a difference

Having worked as a freelancer for most of my career I have had the opportunity to manage my own schedule when projects allow. In a period...

Adapting to change

Since May Greece has gradually been loosening its lockdown restrictions meaning life is returning to "normal". This also means that our w...

On becoming a trustee

Our Events Trustee, Jess Phillimore, shares her experience of being a trustee at refugeeEd, and encourages other young people to consider...

An update on refugeeEd’s work during the Covid-19 pandemic

The current situation in Greece The Covid-19 pandemic poses a huge threat to the 75,000 refugees stuck in camps in Greece. Accommodation ...

Transformational coaching during the Covid-19 crisis

Steve Bynon, is a transformational coach who has been giving coaching to organisations, including to our refugeeEd coordinator, Colette, ...

First week in the job. Meet Colette, our new field coordinator

One 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 jo...

Strategies for operating in volatile contexts: 5 challenges and possible solutions

In July 2019, our Communications trustee, Alice, spent two weeks working on a capacity-building project in northern Greece. Alice, and he...

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 tru...

Mark and Leora: volunteering with refugeeEd

My husband Mark and I signed up with refugeeEd to volunteer for two months (November and December) in Athens. We were allocated to Hestia...

Immersing with my new role with refugeeEd

My name is Ana and I will be the new Field Coordinator of refugeeEd. Having worked in different projects in Greece during the last two ye...

Q&A with our Field Coordinator

Hi everyone, I am Nicole, the Field Coordinator of refugeeEd. When I first got offered this position, I took a look at my savings, reflec...

From Samos Volunteers to refugeeEd: Esther's story

Here’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 ...

Four Things I’ve learnt in my first week as a Field Coordinator

My 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 201...

A vague idea becomes an inspiring month: Phoebe's time with Project Elea

In October 2018, I spent just over a month volunteering with Project Elea within Eleonas Refugee Camp in Athens. My plan to go to Greece ...

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 s...

Trustee profile: Helen Brannigan

Helen is refugeeEd’s founder and Chair of the Board of Trustees. RefugeeEd emerged from her experiences working with refugees in Greece, w...

Life in the Squats

My name is Marjorie, and I’m currently the coordinator of the Sissa Project, a non-formal education project for refugees in housed in a s...

'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...

Teacher training in Athens

I spent 2 weeks in Athens in January 2018, training some of the volunteers there who are teaching English to adult refugees. Based at var...

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