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World Refugee Day Special: The Volunteer Cook

Rayyan Haries

20-Jun-16 15:00

World Refugee Day Special: The Volunteer Cook

How does a Subang Jaya boy end up in the Greek island of Lesvos, the epicentre of the most dire migrant crisis in living memory, feeding and helping thousands of Syrian refugees? On this World Refugee Day special, Rayyan Haries shares his story about leaving almost everything behind to become a backpacker and, in the process, became a volunteer for refugees.

 


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Tags:  Migrant Crisis,  Syrian refugees,  volunteerism,  Asylum,  Refugee Crisis


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