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LESVOS
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Are you a nurse or doctor and do you want to use your expertise to help people in need? Then come join our medical team on Lesvos as a volunteer. Together with our MHPSS team you will contribute to humane (emergency) care at the reception centre Mavrovouni. Please note: we are currently only accepting applications from September 2026 onwards.
About us
Boat Refugee Foundation provides medical and psychosocial (emergency) aid and stands up for the rights of people seeking refuge. We take action where systems become inhumane and compassion is lost. Since 2015, we have been working in various locations at the borders of Europe. There our teams, which largely rely on volunteers, provide medical and psychosocial support.
What will you do?
As a volunteer you will work in our medical team on Lesvos, which largely consists of professional volunteers. Besides nurses and doctors we work with our interpreters, who live in the camp themselves. They have an indispensable role in our team.
We provide (emergency) care from our clinic in the camp, seven days a week in the evenings. The complaints we see vary from flu symptoms to serious physical or psychological complaints.
Who are we looking for?
(Senior) doctors - We are looking for doctors with at least two years of clinical working experience; - It is an advantage if you have working experience in general practice, emergency care, intensive care, paediatrics or International Health and Tropical Medicine; - You preferably have experience working in a multicultural environment.
Nurses - You have graduated as a nurse or as a nurse practitioner; - You have at least two years of working experience; - It is an advantage if you have working experience in emergency care, intensive care, paediatrics or International Health Medicine; - You preferably have experienc...