Friday 25 November 2016

They are just kids

But they are just kids, kids on their own in a strange land, having spent months on their own in Calais.
It breaks my heart these youngsters on their own missing families, hoping against hope to get to brothers, sisters aunties or uncles in the Uk.
Today we took the last 15 out to buy them clothes and once again warm jackets were generally the item of clothes chosen.
Three of them whilst shopping around in Super U found these drone type helicopters and wanted to spend their money on them.
We went into a huddle, it was not really what the money was for collected for... toys!
But do you know to a man ( well woman, mother, grandmother) we said " sod it" if it makes them happy and gives them some fun then it has got to be worth the money.
So now we have got 30 happy boys 27 with new clothes and 3 in caste offs but happy with toys.
Whenever we have met them the boys go on about family in the UK and when do we think they will be able to go.
We volunteers are fearful the UK will let them down.
For tonight I know we have done our best for the kids,
but you and i know the only thing that will make them happy is being with family again.