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i58 Internship Program

May 9, 2022

In this article, we give details about the internship program, as well as hear from some of our current interns.

Volunteering With Us: A Step-by-Step Guide

March 14, 2022

We hear countless stories from volunteers of the way their lives have been changed through their time in Greece and Germany. Why? Because God can work the deepest things when we are out of our comfort zones and hearing of the worst atrocities from people around the world. When we are forced to answer questions […]

A Recipe: Shafi’s Famous Afghan Kabuli Palaw

January 18, 2022

Everyone who’s been there knows it: Shafi makes phenomenal food. Shafi, who is from Afghanistan, has lived on the island of Lesvos for over five years. He began working with i58 several years ago after meeting our volunteers in Camp Moria. Shafi now cooks daily for teams that come to Lesvos with i58. Cooking anything […]

Afghan Refugees in the United States

November 10, 2021

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Samos

October 27, 2021

Recently, the Greek authorities requested our partner organization to assist with the relocation of the camp in Samos, an island neighboring Lesvos. We (i58) were also recruited to help with this effort and currently have a small team of volunteers living on the island of Samos. They are slowly working on taking the census of […]

Moria Fire

October 22, 2021

Camp Moria began in 2010. In September 2020, it burned to the ground. The fire started on the evening of September 9th.. In a matter of a few hours, the thousands of refugees who called Moria home were displaced en masse onto the streets of Lesvos Island. In just over twenty-four hours, Moria was turned […]