A solution has been found for getting the young men to Paris to have their very important interviews and get their papers. Aladin has to go tomorrow by train, someone will take him to Montauban, someone will meet him in Paris and take him to the Prefecture and then he can stay with some second homers in Paris overnight. They will then take him to the station and someone will pick him up in Montauban. Co -voiture on Blah, blah car was not possible and the cost on the train is 109 euros which from all our donations we can pay. If however we have to do this for 17 young men we will soon run out of funds. We have heard Malik is due to go Wednesday.
We have had cheques arriving often from French and English readers but we need to keep up the fund raising. I know these journeys are essential but I was hoping to give the lads 10 euros each so they could use it on their phones to contact family. Mateen showed me his empty dead phone yesterday and I was tempted to slip him 10 euros, but then stopped myself as all the others need it as well.
It must be awful having absolutely no money in your pocket and relying on hand outs, if and when they come.
Please keep it coming. We have so much and they so little.
Valerie Johnstone
Mas del Sol
Varen
82330
For all those who have sent cheques including second homers in the UK and French readers from Paris our heartfelt thanks.
Malc keeps the accounts which are checked by Florence and Anais.( I would tell you Malc is a former Inspector of Taxes, but that might affect donations!!)
How would they manage to do all this without help? The answer is many do not manage, without money and language skills they slip into the world of " sans papiers"
Which is not going to happen to our 17
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