We have also bought (from go get funding appeal money) and distributed:
800-1000 bottles of water
Several crates of apples
Several crates of bananas
150 cereal bars
Hundreds of biscuits
Bought and topped up medical supplies, dustbins, bin bags, brooms, dustpan and brushes, tarps, emergency blankets (500) thermometers
Distributed:
4-5 bin liners of Sun hats
100s of nappies, baby wipes and sanitary towels
Gave approx 200 people lifts in car.
We saw an estimated 400 people in our 10 pop-up first aid clinics.
Julie gave antenatal care to about 12 pregnant women.
In Moria camp we triaged about 45 patients to the doctors' surgery.
Other tasks included meeting and networking with other volunteers and NGO representatives, communicating, problem solving and liaising with other agencies regarding emergency situations, finding and working with refugee translators, clothing wet people and settling them into camp, rubbish clearance, camp tidying, sorting donated clothes and goods and finally doing this blog and updating our donors.
We are coming home with lots of memories of all the faces of the amazing and courageous people we met who are seeking safety and a new life. We have met some great volunteers and it is incredible what can be achieved through sheer determination. The crisis has, in our view, reached new emergency levels and we fear terribly what might occur next.
We have just received news that a boat capsized this morning and an 8 yr old girl has drowned...
A search for more bodies is taking place.
We carried all the good wishes of our families, friends, colleagues and also people we don't know who have contributed to our efforts to make a difference. Thankyou.
In particular we want thank our wonderful families who have been part of this from the outset and the rest of our wonderful back up team, France and London - you know who you are.
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