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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...

Feb 14, 2020

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

Jan 24, 2020

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...

Nov 7, 2019

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

Oct 16, 2019

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...

Oct 12, 2019

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...

Sep 30, 2019

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...

Jun 26, 2019

“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...

May 15, 2019

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

Mar 16, 2019

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...

Feb 28, 2019

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...

Nov 20, 2018

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

Mar 14, 2018