Our Community

OUR COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEERS

Over the years, Second Tree has hosted 100+ volunteers coming from more than 12 countries. We strive to keep in touch with them, and we have grown to be a true community. Some past volunteers have come back to Greece when they had time, and many others still help from abroad.

Meet the community who made Second Tree

“Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best” – Robert Baden Powell.

ADRIANA ROMO

Logistics Coordinator from Madrid, Spain

"Everyone deserves second chances, but not for the same mistakes"

Ahmed Said bidaar

Translator from Ceerigaabo, Somalia

“A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” – Eeyore.

ALEXA MARKOVICH

Fundraiser from Diamond Bar, California, USA

“A lot of small people in small places, doing small things, can change the world.” – Eduardo Galeano.

AMAYA ANDRÉS

Scout Leader from Burgos, Spain

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” ― Frank Zappa

ANDREA GUIDUZZI

Adult’s Teacher from Bologna, Italy

“Think globally, act locally” – David Brower.

ANTOINE LEGAT

Scout Leader from Brussels, Belgium

“Have the courage to tell young people that they all are sovereign people, and thus, obedience is no longer a virtue, but the most subtle of temptations” – Don Lorenzo Milani.

CATHERINE LOWE

Qualified English Teacher from Faenza, Italy

“They will tell you not to shine. And you shine, instead.” – Pier Paolo Pasolini.

CHRYSA KOUROUKLI

Outreach Assistant from Athens, Greece

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle.

DAN JONES

Volunteer Coordinator from Harrogate, UK

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten” ― Neil Gaiman."

ELLIE SLADE

Children's Teacher from London, UK

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway.

JAMES BOOTH

Qualified English Teacher from Perth, Australia

“First you get asylum, and then you can get Tinder.” – James Pledger

JAMES PERRY

Volunteer Coordinator from High Wycombe, UK

“Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.” – George Orwell.

JAMES PLEDGER

Grants and Fundraising Manager from Basingstoke, UK

“No one can pass through life, any more than he can pass through a bit of country, without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him in finding their way.” – Robert Baden Powell.

JOSÉ ÁNGEL “PUCHE” PÉREZ

Scout Leader from Burgos, Spain

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation will be, look to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Seth Godin.

KYLE WARREN

Fundraiser from Diamond Bar, California, USA

Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.” – Albert Camus."

Lucas Bertoldo

Integration Program Manager from Geneva, Switzerland

"Never give up"

Mustafa Sekandari

Translator from Afghanistan

“Leave this world a little better than you found it.” – Robert Baden-Powell.

PAULA REGUERA RODRÍGUEZ

Scout Leader from Valladolid-Santander, Spain

“You have to look deeper, way below the anger, the hurt, the hate, the jealousy, the self-pity, way down deeper, where the dreams lie, son. Find your dream. It’s the pursuit of the dream that heals you.” – Billy Mills.

RUBÉN RAPOSO CABELLO

Scout Leader from Valladolid, Spain

“Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field, I will meet you there.” – Rumi.

URSZULA POGORZELSKA

Qualified English Teacher from Rzeszów, Poland

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