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If you would like to help then volunteers or donations are always very welcome and if you want to find out more then have a look at the following Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/882751941799554?ref=bookmarks,.
If you are a doctor, nurse, midwife, dentist, paramedic or other healthcare professional and would like to volunteer then please join the Facebook group: Refugee Support First Aid & Care Team who are the main organisers of volunteer medical aid at the camps.
If you would like to donate or raise money then please see below a list of small volunteer groups and larger charities that are supporting the refugees. The first one in the list is the volunteer medical care group that I was linked with but any money donated to any of them will make a difference.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/refugee-support-first-aid-care-team#/ Donations go towards supporting a voluntary team of UK based doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other health professionals and support staff who provide essential first aid and care to the refugees living both in the 'Jungle' and smaller camps in Calais. Money raised will be used to replenish medical supplies, maintain the medical facilities and cover vital costs to help sustain this service.
www.caravansforcalais.org.uk Caravans for Calais Project has been set up to send over mobile support units including caravans and trailer tents to refugee camps. These can be used for medical centres, treatment points, nurse stations antenatal units, accommodation for refugees and whatever else arises that a need is identified for. Calais medics operate out of three of their caravans in the Jungle.
The Ashram Kitchen - provides a steady supply of hot, nutritious meals to hundreds of people living in the jungle. On average each meal costs just 50p to produce. With 600 meals a day provided by dedicated volunteers the demand for funds, support and materials is constant and they are only able to keep up thanks to donations. If you are able to volunteer or donate please contact clare@care4calais.org
Us humans: http://ushumans.co.uk/ If you are looking for a way to help those caught up in this crisis, you can buy a Christmas gift cards, made by independent designers living in London. Each card will help purchase a high-quality winter essential for a person in need. Your purchased Christmas gift card and envelope will be sent to you to personalise and give to someone you love this Christmas.
http://www.socksforrefugees.com/ All money donated is spent on thick, warm, brand new socks. They have sent almost 6,000 to Calais and about the same amount to Greece. For preventative reasons they are very important at Calais as without clean socks to help keep feet warm and dry the refugees would really struggle.
http://gogetfunding.com/health-point-project-for-refugees-2/ Dedicated doctors from the UK who were working in Calais and Dunkirk and are now set up outside the Moria registration camp in Lesvos, Greece. The go-funding page was set up about recently. This is their facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1086720568006408/1092990987379366/?comment_id=1093006954044436¬if_t=like
Larger charities working with refugees include:
Calaid - http://www.calaid.co.uk/
Refugee Action - http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/
Medecins Sans Frontieres - http://www.msf.org.uk/?pgclid=CL_u5ZiksckCFda4Gwod2fcCbw
Doctors of the World - https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/
The Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org.uk/Donate-Now/Make-a-single-donation/Europe-Refugee-Crisis-Appeal/Europe-Refugee-Crisis-Appeal-search?gclid=CJSC9srivMkCFcLnGwodYuMHug
And there are many, many more!
