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A gifted artist!

We gave our card to the wall!

Some photos from our workshops with Les Enfants de la Lune!

The incredible Abdoulaye Said, President of l'Association Les Enfants de la Lune

Clay faces are fun!

Playing with clay is a great hands-on activity that leads to endless possibilities!

A messy get-together!

The "children of the moon" need to wear sunglasses to protect their eyes from UV radiations. We decided to raise their awareness on the importance of sunglasses by asking them to draw their own special ones!

Home is a great place to come back to, but imagine putting your life in danger each time you step out of the door.

You looking at me brah?!

Muafak, the author, has had his nose removed because of skin cancer. He has only one dream: a new nose to regain self-confidence.

Drawing close to one another was a positive aspect of the workshops for children that so often face social exclusion!

Mother Ourad was invited to help animate the workshops. Instead she was chatting!

When it is only safe to come out at night, leading to being withdrawn from school and social exclusion, finding activities to do is vital. We accompanied Safwen to his gym on Djerba island and Aghiles ended up sparring with him!

Road sign in Medenine. Luckily a taxi picked us up, otherwise we would have had to walk 8 kilometres!

Walid has the XP condition and does a lot of work for the organisation! Great role model.

The kids enjoyed the wax crayons

The colours of the moon...

Heyyyy

Abderaouf proud of his artwork! Take a look at the photo he took of us further on!

Two brothers in their protective gear! A thick head dress and UV protective sunglasses. They had put their head gear on the floor.

Because sufferers of XP must always wear sunglasses, we asked them if they would like to draw their own...

...and then cut them out...

...and put them on!

Our workshops were held from dusk into the night, a much safer time for the guys, out of the sun and away from dangerous UV rays.

The best of friends

Our collaboration

A small donation was made by every visitor to the Les Enfants de la Lune organisation. The kids also made clay moons that represented the lunar cycle. See if you can spot them in this photo!

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Locals were interested!

Painted masks that showed how you feel!

Our exhibition was held in a local family cafe with a huge garden!

The artists were proud!

Photo taken by Abderaouf! He loved the camera!

At the end of the exhibition we were presented with certificates, we were so proud!

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A Greek woman holds a refugee infant.

Looks comfy. Not for fish though.

An exhibition of paper mache articles made by refugees held by the Mosaik Support Center

Hungry eyes.

Small port. Big port.

A house that had not been looked after that on closer inspection has an armoured door. Why? We thought it might be a deterrent to refugees who look for places to squat. A must now that winter has come.

The entrance to an unofficial camp on Lesbos that has now been dismantled by police.

Mytilini castle, the biggest castle on Lesbos now in ruins. Facing Turkey. Pesky invaders from the east.

It reads: No Borders. Fuck Capitalism.

At Moria, or in any refugee camp, people fill their their days differently. But what they all do the same is wait.

Quite an apt mural for the island.

Hope he lets the paint dry before taking the boat back out to sea. Many fishermen saved refugees from sinking boats during the huge flux of crossings in 2015.

Bohemian cat

The day before we arrived there was an Anti-Fascist protest. In the Greek civil war, Lesbos was known as a 'red' island - pro-communist. Nowadays it has more or less a pro-refugee stance.

On the eastern side of the island, Turkey is visible from any point. This is towards the north, along with the south these are the main crossing points due to the proximity to Turkey.

You cut me deep!

One of many bays of the island.

From the Aegen sea to the lifejacket sea.

Must be cold. And wet. In that house.

Do you see the baby inflatable ring? The Aegen sea is not a swimming pool, but helpless parents employ desperate measures to try and protect their infants - however futile they may be.

A boat travels at night in the strait between Lesbos and Turkey.

Not all boats are rubber dinghies. Some Turkish seamen turn to smuggling to earn money. Those that are caught have their boats confiscated.

The driver cracked the window open so the fox wouldnt overheat.

At sea tragedies always occur. This is an unmarked, almost reluctant, cemetery in the way it was commissioned. We had to hear about it informally to discover it.

Some are not lifejackets. Note the layers of polystyrene. These are found inside fake lifejackets, and instead of keeping someone afloat, water becomes trapped in between the layers and makes the person heavier.

Sleeping woofy.

Turkey in the background. Rough seas. Ruins of a Mytilini tower castle. This tower is...inhabited.

This is the the inside of the tower that was in the previous photo. Each window compartment provides shelter from the rain, but not the cold or wind. The refugees that live here are thus exposed to the elements.

"Why is this twat taking a photo of us?"

Being so close to Turkey, military boats are a constant in the port of Mytilini.

Many strays congregate on the coastal road. They must like looking out to Turkey and pondering about how lucky they must be to be in the EU.

Oxi or 'ohi' day is a Greek national holiday celebrating when former Prime Minister (and Dictator) Ioannis Metaxas said "Oxi" or "No" to Mussolini's ultimatum to let Italy use locations in Greece or face war.

It's a festive day for school kids who dress up in traditional clothes and march in front of a big crowd!

Early pelaton

The military joins the parade at the end. This is one of the sinister sides of nationalism. What kind of education is this to the children who preceded the soldiers. Assault rifles and young girls in traditional clothes should never share a stage.

Each school joins in the parade.

Solidarity.

Lesbos rises very steeply from sea-level. In the background, you can see how close Turkey is.

Molyvos. A quaint town on northen Lesvos that is said to have suffered from the lack of tourism to the island since the crossings.

Where's kitty?

A makeshift kitchen in the tower.

On the way to a refugee-organised protest.

For a dog it is normal, but for a refugee either in a camp or not, going to the toilet becomes a big complication.

Convex selfie

The lifejacket mountain. An innumerable amount of them.

Dogs of all types are strays in Lesbos. However they are well fed and looked after by locals.

Graffiti found on the coastal road leading to the camps.

Of course, many lifejackets are what they are supposed to be - lifejackets that provide buoyancy.

From this photo you can see why some would call it a jail. Part detention centre, part refugee camp, conditions are horrible.

The ancient Greek poet Sappho's writings about her desire for younger women have given us the words 'sapphic' and 'lesbian', the last of which because she lived on the island of Lesbos.

We are all one and the same.

An Eritrean refugee popped out through this hole in the fence.

Market street watched over by God.

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