Fantastic time on the island. Mainly helped out with The Lighthouse Relief team, at camp Kara-Tepe and Pikpa. My advice is to contact the organisations in advice and really plan what you will do but don't be afraid for plans to change and to improvise day to day. If it's a long stay, stick with one organisation. If like me you were a helping hand see what you can do and who needs the most help urgently. Make the most of it and communicate with each other! facebook is great, whatsapp is great. Get a cheap smartphone and a greek sim, sorted. Definitely plan on coming back hopefully in June or July. Keep up th good work everyone.

Dear friends, I was in Lesvos for 1 week driving for Marhacar as the sole driver that week (they normally have 3 shifts with 2 drivers per shift).. It was rewarding, and I got to see many sides of the island. It was also sad in the sense that Better Days for MOria and many other organizations were dismantling their operations on the island. I cut my Lesvos time short and moved to Idomeni on the mainland by the Macedonian border. This second part of my volunteering was more what I had initailly signed up for, plenty of work directly with refugees, I worked in a baby hammam bathing 80 babies a day wiht Bomberos in Accion and also with Nurture Project at Eko gas station. And I helped out the Lighthouse with crowd managemetn by food distribution and played with adorable children. I admire the many selfless great volunteers I met and eoncourage anyone hesitating to go and help where needed. Thank you for the Lesvos google document contianing tons of valuable information.