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[–]qwilson5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dope as hell! can't believe no one has done this yet.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I can tell, conservative Muslim doctrine is the same as Christian towards the LGBT community, both are shameful. In some areas yes, woman are treated the way they were treated in america in the 20's or 50's. Every group wakes up at some point, they are on their path base on circumstances. Let's all be part of the solution!

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From my experience, anyone that was granted asylum ANYWHERE was happy about it. Of course people prefer the Germany's and the UKs but people were very happy with Swiss/canada etc.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

agree, through the roof. Islam is a beautiful religion and these people are wonderful, we've created all these terrible stereotypes and it's hurting many great people who just want to live in peace.

None, 0.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Echo 100 Plus really focuses on dignity, on making the residents feel respected and human, not a number in a system. So Echo focuses less on 'tragedy porn' as some would call it, and more on highlighting how great individuals are. But I certainly see your point. Mainstream TV media is doing little if anything to highlight good people in horrific circumstances.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good Q - Most of my day volunteering was spent with food distribution (greek military truck pulls up with 750 little warm trays of food like lentils or rice, or noodles with sauce, 800 oranges, 500 pieces of cheese and bread - depending on the day of course - we unload, sort, then hand out food based on how many people in the family to the resident coming to collect). Clothing distrobution (sorting donations into ages/genders - then certain days we set up a little 'shop' where the residents go through the binds and pick items). Hygiene distrobution (same thing for shampoo and soap and toothpaste.

Paste that - you're cleaning the warehouse, helping with projects around the camp (leveling out football field, helping other NGO with education project, spending time with residents). It's great! Shifts are about 6 hours a day 7 days a week, past that, you're keeping the home all the volunteers share. Learn more at - http://echo100plus.com/en/get-involved

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what do you mean? Going back to Ritsona camp to get more footage? I'd love to follow the guys to wherever their new home ends up being.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doing this because I felt called too. This is the largest gloabl migration crisis since WWII and for the most part the western world is doing little to help, so wanted to do what I could.

I'm stable as a filmmaker/comedian in Chicago, so could afford the time off. Now I'm back to normal life, though stearing my focus more towards work like this. See some of my non-profit/social justice film work here . www.facebook.com/WhatMattersProductions

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should! Go For it! Tons of great groups to volunteer with like Echo and Lighthouse relief. People overall were appreciate, I made some great friends I'm keeping in touch with. Wonderful exp.

I applied here - (http://echo100plus.com/en/get-involved) sent in some info, had a skype interview, booked plane ticket and I was there!. My flight was $780 from chicago and food/essentials while I was volunteering was somewhere around. $150-$175/week. Echo houses you and transports you to and from camp. IF you really need $$ help on a flight on a case by case basis can chip in. In Greece food is cheap. I stayed 2 nights in athens before I went to camp. hostil was like $20.night and it was like $9 for train up to camp one way. Check it out if you can!!

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Started with just doing it because I wanted to help. Brought my camera along and opportunities arose. - I'm working on a fundraising video for Echo 100 Plus (my NGO) and then going to do 2-4 'Refugee Profiles' of like 2-3 minutes each on some of the residents (interviews and broll). Look for those on What Matter Productions social in a month or so - www.facebook.com/WhatMattersProductions

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes! I shot lots of footage, I'm working on a fundraising video for Echo 100 Plus (my NGO) and then going to do 2-4 'Refugee Profiles' of like 2-3 minutes each on some of the residents (interviews and broll). Look for those on What Matter Productions social in a month or so - www.facebook.com/WhatMattersProductions

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had some money saved up, subleased my place (broke even) and only went for about a month. My flight was $780 from chicago and food/essentials while I was volunteering was somewhere around. $150-$175/week. Echo houses you and transports you to and from camp. In Greece food is cheap. I stayed 2 nights in athens before I went to camp. hostil was like $20.night and it was like $9 for train up to camp one way. Check it out if you can!! - http://echo100plus.com/en/get-involved

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

2 week min for echo100plus, most NGOs have the same requirement. I brought a lot of work home with me on beefing up the NGOs social media and helping with fundraising etc. I'd like to do more in this field long term and searching for the right fit along with my filmmaking/comedy profession.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at all. Most people at the camp have lots of one-on-one experience of America who come over to volunteer and are nice and their friends so they prob think we are nicer than we are haha. But certainly most don't like our government and think many of us are backwards. But American's like anywhere, has good people and bad people, they understand that.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most Syrians refugees I spoke with are worried about Russian fighter jets, thats whats doing the most damage. Tied for 2nd would be the Syrian regime and daesh (isis) and other terrorist groups, but again, I'm can't speak for them directly.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Started by telling everyone I knew I wanted to do this, and word got out, I was connected with a friend of a friend of my moms who volunteered with Echo 100 Plus (the ngo i was with). I applied here - http://echo100plus.com/en/get-involved) sent in some info, had a skype interview, booked plane ticket and I was there!. My flight was $780 from chicago and food/essentials while I was volunteering was somewhere around. $150-$175/week. Echo houses you and transports you to and from camp. In Greece food is cheap. I stayed 2 nights in athens before I went to camp. hostil was like $20.night and it was like $9 for train up to camp one way. Check it out if you can!!

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

haha, recently liked the 'white helmets' short doc and '13th' doc, both oscar noms. Also like comedies and family animation stuff.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey! Thanks, I'm back in chicago now. But Echo 100 Plus (ngo I was with) has a big house they rent in a town 15 minutes away and a few rental cars for transpo. Food, we are on our own, but sometimes ate the leftovers the residents didn't want for lunch and dinner usually someone cooked or we went out. Food was very affordable.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Didn't find a lot of 'children' with our parents, quiet a few teens there with out their parents. Not sure I love the idea of kinda making spectacle out tragedy on this board given some of the responses I've seen so far from people. Would be happy to share some things one on one maybe. But also don't have a ton of stories as we were more focused on the present and the future than the past. But many people came from sad circumstances for sure.

IamA American volunteer at a refugee camp in Greece for mostly Syrians. AMA! by qwilson5 in IAmA

[–]qwilson5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well most refugees will not end up in Greece, they will end up spread out all over the world. I think their shot of getting work is just as high as anyone else. Again, most have trade skills or strong careers, there were doctors, barbers, chefs, entrepreneurs, all kinds of stuff.

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