Please read below some of the experiences that volunteers gained by taking part in one of our workcamps in Greece:
My name is Carla, I’m 24 years old and I’m a student from Switzerland.
This spring, I participated in a wonderful work camp in Athens. It’s purpose was to “recycle for good“ – to repair old and broken furniture in order to give it to socially disadvantaged families.
Isabel was one of the volunteers’ team of Refugees Support Platform (PAR – Plataforma de Apoio aos Refugiados) from Portugal. She daily supported ELIX project “pame Scholio!” (Let’s go to School) at 87th school of Athens, educational and recreational activities project for kids from Eleonas Refugees Camp.
My name is Ryoko Tsukada. I am 20 years old from Japan.
I am studying about foreign countries’ cultures and developing countries’ issues at my university. Especially I am interested in helping people who face difficulties so I often volunteer at children’s nursing home, have been to some places which are suffered from the Great East Japan’s earthquake and visited Malaysia, Philippines and Myanmar to research their difficult situation.
Christopher arrived from Austria to Athens to join ELIX spring Voluntary Workcamp "Neon Chora II Recycling for Good" from 20th of March till 2nd of April 2016.
The aim of this voluntary programme was to rebuild and reuse old furniture which was not any more in use and after to distribute them to families which face difficulties because of the economic crisis.
The project was funded by eea Grants – “We are all Citizens” throw the Bodossaki Foundation in Greece.
My name is Justyna, I'm 23 y.o. from Warsaw. I did my bachelor degree in Journalism, now I'm doing my second degree in Iberian Studies. I like listening to the music (Blur is my favourite band) and reading books (I love Haruki Murakami and good reportage books).
