Josh Newton

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Category - Volunteering in Greece

  • Volunteering in Greece

Crowd management and chickenpox

December 21, 2015
by Josh
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It is hard to know where to begin with all that happened yesterday. Honestly, I can’t remember everything that occurred, as it was such a whirlwind. There is usually only one place to start, however… The weather has calmed...

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Just when you start to get complacent…

December 19, 2015
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Today started not much different than yesterday… A boat had arrived late last night, but all the people were taken care of and were already being processed. We also found out around the time I arrived at Tabakika in the morning...

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A few photos…

December 18, 2015
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Today was a slow day and I only worked an 8-hour shift, because, again, the seas were rough and no refugees arrived.  The last refugees in residence at Tabakika were being processed at the end of the day.  Just means that even...

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Rough seas = no refugees

December 17, 2015
by Josh
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Okay, a terrible rhyme, but absolutely true. Tabakika is just a dozen meters away from the Aegean Sea and you can see Turkey from the shore. Today, like yesterday, it was very windy and the waves were VERY choppy, so when this...

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Clothes distribution

December 16, 2015
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This may be one of the only pictures I take while here… I don’t really ever feel comfortable taking pictures of people, and in this specific case; it makes me even more uncomfortable. I’ve seen some amazing photographs out...

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Quick FB reaction to first shift on Chios

December 16, 2015
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All the different Facebook status updates I’ve thought of over the last 30 minutes after working a 5-hour shift upon arrival in Chios tonight. I put them all, because even this doesn’t capture it: – Shit got real...

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To blog or not to blog

December 15, 2015
by Josh
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For some time, I’ve been meaning to start a website to put all the different things I do under one umbrella. It seems like a good a time as any to get that started. One aspect that I had not quite expected to include was a...

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