I was tasked to bring back some boxes from the municipality in Chios. Together with some volunteers, we went together to bring the boxes of donations back to the Warehouse. When we arrived at the building, it was one of the biggest abandoned building in Chios and I was surprised because there aren't many big houses in Chios. Once we contacted the locals and got in, we see about a hundred boxes of donations waiting for us. Shifting boxes of clothes/shoes/toys out of the building was no mean feat even when we have trolleys. Took everything and loaded them up the pick-up trucks and went back to the Warehouse. The pick-up trucks made 2 trips to complete the whole shifting process. Many thanks to locals with their pick-up trucks otherwise the volunteers would have a hard time shifting them.

Once we got back to the warehouse, we had to sort them out into winter and summer clothings first then according to their 4 different categories. Volunteers got to work straightaway and we managed to finish it in about an hour! Mad efficiency. We had to pack the winter clothings and seal them up as its summer right now. Thereafter while sorting the clothes into their different categories, I was amused by my lack of knowledge in clothes. Sometimes its really difficult to identify male/female clothes and even worse when you have to determine what age group does it belong to.

In the evening, we attended a session by the lawyers to answer our questions regarding the request for asylum by the refugees. It was at this point that I realise my lack of knowledge in these policies and implementations from the EU and the degree of conflict in neighbouring countries surrounding Greece. Will share more about this when I read it up and have the correct information! (I don't want to spread wrong info so give me some time on this!)