Donations from abroad are thankfully burgeoning, but as summer is ending, volunteers' numbers will inevitably drop & so will their capacity.
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"Putting the human back into humanitarian" - A day out helping refugees between Sykaminia & Molyvoshttp://www.ypsitv.com/#!Putting-the-human-back-into-humanitarian-aid/cic0/55db2dae0cf2c407286057ab …
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"If you travel by car on Lesvos please take water, fruit and biscuits for refugees you might meet on your way" https://www.facebook.com/HelpForRefugeesInMolyvos/posts/161567137511485 …
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Besides the activists on the road every day from 6am, visiting friends & tourists did rounds by car to take refugees to Molyvos & Sykaminia
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Activists prioritize women/children+escort & elderly/infirm but some always left to walk in the sun, on dirt roads. Tourist rides help a lot
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Some weeks ago, this activity was illegal, there were no buses & majority walked to Mytilene. Impediments still exist but ppl do it anyway.
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Scavengers squabble over the engines but don't keep up their end of the bargain to clean up the beaches afterwardspic.twitter.com/saMltUtCFW
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I didn't see scavengers once help refugees, or even offer them water. But I did see one wade in & rip out the engine before the boat landed.
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Lesvos would benefit much if a practical, even profitable, way could be found to collect & reuse the discarded life jackets & deflated boats
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Scavenging could be beneficial if done ethically (beaches would be cleaned, and engines may pollute), but ethical scavengers are a minority.
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The scavenging issue is an aspect of the refugee/local socioeconomical system, not the most important one. How to shelter & feed people is.
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Scavengers' early detection for boats is on the ball, but they don't notify the activists, spread thin over the coastpic.twitter.com/SFtpQVd4z8
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Finding a way to keep beaches clean would deflate racism, too, as one local demonstrated (until I reminded him how Greeks treat beaches)
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As the weather turns cold, refugees will need indoor shelters, heaters, actual showers. Protection from rain/wind is virtually non-existent.
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Believing that bad weather will stop refugee arrivals is a fallacy. 15 boats arrived today, 7 drowned yday, sea already choppy last few days
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