Been a splendid day, a whole team of builders turned up & we got a production line going, a real self help production team with refugees getting their hands on tools, the aim being to empower them to build their own houses. A lot of people were so happy to be given the chance to do something - after all - it must be pretty boring being a refugee, no home to care for, no garden, no shopping or day trips, just a pretty endless existence spent queuing for your every need, waiting around for paperwork, queuing to fill your bucket with water or to use a foul toilet ( no more than 40 here for 5000 people) you have to queue for your daily bag of food or for a blanket because it's rained, your tent has leaked & you have nothing dry to sleep under, a lot of pointless hanging about, so, yes some very happy lads out there tonight. Finished the day doing runs to the warehouse & back to distribute shoes & blankets, an army of people has arrived in the last 2 days, many from Iraq with either no shoes, flip flops, shoes with soles hanging off, or a big foot squeezed into a small shoe to such an extent that half the foot is hanging out... Once again - some of the best people we've met in our lives. A massive litter picking team came from London this morning so the place is momentarily spotless - that mixed with the warm sunshine made everything look ok... Just a couple of pics, 1 of the view from a new shelter, the church is in the background, a tall canvas & wooden structure, the 2nd of a happy building group from Somalia.
Love Laura & Sid x
Val says you can now pay Gina Connolly at Parisot Library and as always Michelle Jones in St. Antonin
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