Meet Lisa! Lisa, our wonderful volunteer from Germany, has been with OHF for six months now. She is our all-around handywoman and really makes the community centre shine and sparkle with her magic touch. Lisa loves to paint and be creative. One of her happiest memories at OHF was when she was painting the online …

Goodbye Abbas! Last week we said a special goodbye to our incredible, fantastic, amazing, friend and volunteer, Abbas. First of all, we would like to thank you for always being a sunshine here at OHF! We were incredibly fortunate to have Abbas, the world’s best barber, resident tour guide and all-around volunteer! He was always …

Wahid is one of our superhero security team members from Afghanistan and has been with us for 5 months.  He joined OHF because he wanted to meet people from all over the world. He currently knows four languages: Pashto, Dari, Turkish, English and he is learning Greek!  Ping Pong is one of his favourite things …

Meet Kirstine! Today we want to say a special goodbye to our lovely volunteer Kirstine from Denmark! Kirstine has been with us for five months and has been making our social media shine, spark and flourish. She was inspired to come here to work as a volunteer because “at OHF, no matter skills or previous …

Esmatullah is a frequent visitor at One Happy Family. “I come to relax my mind”. I really appreciate and enjoy having a place to come outside of the camp. Inside the camp you see many people facing difficult times and problems. People wait for so long for an answer to their case and children lack …

Mirto is one of our all-around volunteers. She, as well as other general volunteers, decides in our daily morning meeting which role and tasks are hers for the day. This means she gets to do a lot of different things at OHF.  “The Online Shop is my absolute favorite job because you get to speak …

Meet Ernest! Ernest has been with OHF for 2 years – and he has been in the security team the whole time. “Why would I change? I like it!” he says. “I like to be the first person people meet at the entrance to OHF. We are not only responsible for making everyone feel safe, …

Rahman is our all-around man at One Happy Family. He helps with everything from registration of our visitors, preparing lunch, and taking part in distributions. He joined the family last year by teaching in the gym at OHF when it was still open. “I hope the gym will open soon because I really want to …

A dog is believed to be ‘Man’s best friend’. Baddy is everyone’s best friend at OHF!! Every day Baddy provides lots of laughter and joy to both visitors and volunteers – adults and children. “Baddy is not just a part of the family – Baddy is the heart of the family. She was born to …

Meet Hussein! Hussein is from Afghanistan and has worked as a teacher in the CyberCafe with One Happy Family since the fall of 2020. But he has been a teacher and what he himself describes as a “technology fan” most of his life.  “I spend all my life learning computer science. I love video editing …

Meet Falak. Falak is working in the Café at One Happy Family. She is serving tea, coffee, hot chocolate, water, and biscuits to all visitors and volunteers. She has now been working with One Happy Family for more than a year. Falak, who is from Syria, prefers to get just one teaspoon of sugar in …

For one and a half years now, Ramatulla from Afghanistan has been part of our family. His biggest passion in life is singing and music; you often hear him around the camp humming along to a song.  Before the lockdown, Ramatulla was teaching singing and piano lessons to around 30 students. Every now and then, they …

Meet Chrysa! After some years abroad, Chrysa decided to come back to Greece, her homeland, and work/volunteer at One Happy Family. Chrysa started volunteering with us in November 2020, as she wants to help out in any way she can during this crisis.  Currently, Chrysa is working on the online shop, helping the logistics team …

Meet Mohammad… or Bacha, as he is affectionately known! He was born in 1996 in Syria, where all of his family remain. Mohammad is the smiler of OHF and is full of effervescent positivity, with a love for music, which he likes to play LOUD! He first came to the centre as a visitor; then, …

Meet AliAli is an integral part of One Happy Family.  He started as our Cyber Café manager in 2019 and has been with us ever since.  He is held in very high regard by all of his colleagues and always seems to be helping someone; translating for a neighbour, visiting a sick friend, listening patiently when someone …

This month we would like you to meet Giulia. Giulia came to Lesvos for the first time in 2018, and came back several times since. On site she worked with OHF, and supported as well Medical Volunteers International as a professional nurse.  Her positive, heart-warming, very pragmatic, easygoing and always active attitude is a very …