Thursday, 3 November 2016

how you can donate to help our young refugees?

http://aider-helpandhope.org/

You can pay by cheque, paypal, credit  card , all the info is on the site.

Hil Val,
When Sid and I were working in the Calais jungle last year  a portion of my everyday, whilst Sid was sawing & nailing would be spent taking lists, not only of those who needed a shelter but of those who didn't have shoes.... Name & size would be taken for footwear & when the list got to about 20 I'd drive to the warehouse & raid the shoe bins. Shoe distribution was a contentious issue with various scare stories of what would happen if you did it independently and I would invariably find that when I returned to the jungle with the relevant amount of shoes boys would have told their friends who would also be waiting.... so yes shoe distribution could be long winded and a wee bit fraught at times but we lived to tell the tale. 
So it took me back to the jungle today to see youngsters yet again in flip flops, no socks.... 
Tagland worked wonders collecting money for the shelters & then Rehoboth - well done, I know times are harder for most of us this year with the exchange rate and all but I'm sure we can do it and get those shoes... No more Calais footwear....
Laura x