Fresh food for Calais
Fundraising campaign by
Sergio Rocha
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£1,100.00Donated So Far
Campaign Story
"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much".
We are a newly formed volunteering team and our aim is to help in anyway we can those caught up in the humanitarian refugee crisis across Europe.
We have already given over our pub cellar to take in donations of camping gear, clothing and other essentials for those stuck in the limbo of the French coast. The response, within 24 hours of a request being put out, has been staggering. Locals queued to bring us so much stuff we quickly ran out of space and had to find other places to store.The chance to not just sit and watch the crisis deepen, but to help, swept through Beeston. Many people asked 'What else can we do?' this inspired us to come up with an idea:
We want to go down to Calais ourselves, and deliver aid directly. While we are there we want to cook a hot, healthy meal for as many of those stuck in refugee camps as possible. Its only a small thing, just one meal, but as a simple act of kindness to people who have seen little compassion of late, fleeing conflicts and disaster, hopefully show some humanity. We have the equipment, the skills…now we need just one more thing to make it possible, and thats where you come in.
Organizer
- Sergio Rocha
- Campaign Owner
Donors
- Birgit Haas
- Donated on Nov 26, 2015
- Jessica Leatherland
- Donated on Sep 12, 2015
- Sam
- Donated on Sep 11, 2015
so amazed by you action. :-)
First time in Calais
Update posted by Sergio Rocha at 10:00 pmHere we are in Calais. Everyone's help has been amazing and made all this project possible. This is not the end, actually this is the very beginning. We will come back to Calais very soon. Thank you for all the support!"Together we can do so much more!"Check the new pictures
Update 1
Update posted by Sergio Rocha at 07:56 pmIt is great to see how much we achieve when we work together. We have already dispatched 3 loads of goods to be then transported to Calais. Today we got so many donations again that we had to start using a second room to put everything. If you want to
Donors & Comments
- Birgit Haas
- Donated on Nov 26, 2015
- Jessica Leatherland
- Donated on Sep 12, 2015
- Sam
- Donated on Sep 11, 2015
so amazed by you action. :-)
- Sally Victorian
- Donated on Sep 11, 2015
Well done Sergio
- Sheraz Mumtaz
- Donated on Sep 08, 2015
- Guest
- Donated on Sep 08, 2015
- Alison Holman
- Donated on Sep 07, 2015
- Joan Stephenson
- Donated on Sep 06, 2015
- Ruth Parsons
- Donated on Sep 06, 2015
Great work Sergio
- Jenny Swann
- Donated on Sep 06, 2015
Great initiative. Proud to be a Beestonian.