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Yesterday was another busy day. It is always full on here but we are in the rhythm. Tama is down with a virus, Karen and Scott are fighting sore throats and cough, Nancy fine. I shared a space yesterday with Karen who is doing such amazing work with massage, soothing injured bodies and calming minds.  I continue to do [...]

Monday morning - lots of people needing to be seen, the entire team is working really well together and Hadi is smiling a lot more. Tama and Nancy got the shelves up. Tama flirted with the Greek construction laborers to get them assembled and they are up in the supply room and already filled with bins awaiting her label maker. This [...]

Sunday at the clinic - we only did emergencies today and pediatrics. It was busy. Tonight we gave Mohammad the money for the eye surgery. Hopefully the eye can be saved. We are all tired today. A day off, though much needed, breaks the rhythm and we have to readjust getting back to work. Maybe it is the time change [...]

Today was our day off, the clinic was closed. We slept in, washed our hair, did some laundry, met at Melis, our favorite coffee shop, then drove north to Skala Skimenos where the refugee boats arrive from Turkey on the north side. Boats also arrive near here in Mytilini. We met with members of an NGO Lighthouse who are [...]

{Today's Blog and Photos are brought to you by Leslie Gibbs} Moria is full of resiliency, and it is never more evident than in the children: the smiles on their faces, their quickness to hug and play ball, their eagerness to dance and learn english and math. These kids are the future, a generation that will grow up displaced from [...]

We arrived this morning and within the first 5 minutes, a young man was brought in - an attempted overdose. Quickly the team responded and got an IV in him. He was immediately transferred out by ambulance to the hospital. I don't know his story but the conditions here are unbearable. Because the Greek government clinic is still closed we [...]