Two young people from West Cork are volunteering in Greek refugee camps where, despite
the challenges of Covid, they’re making a real difference to the lives of those seeking asylum
A WEST Cork man went from spending lockdown with his parents in Glengarriff, to volunteering on the front lines of the refugee crisis in Greece.
And working with people whose lives have been heartbreakingly torn apart by conflicts, has given him a new perspective on the cost of wars.
Fred Gilbert Downs was actually travelling in India when the pandemic hit last year and the country went into lockdown.
‘After a month’s stay with 12 other backpackers in a very small and sweaty apartment, I got a repatriation flight back to Ireland,’ he explained.
‘Like many others, I found myself living at home with my parents for the first time in six years. It was far from what I planned but I was also so…
