Portsmouth Calais Refugee Aid
Fundraising campaign by
Frances Vigay
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£832.00Donated So Far
***Our next trip is 4th-8th December 2015. Eleven of us are going to Calais to volunteer where needed and to deliver donations.
Update 16/9/15 - As the situation on the ground in the jungle at Calais is regularly changing, we need to be flexible and adapt to current needs and requirements. Right now, the jungle is in desperate need of volunteers to help with distributing donated items. They also need shelters urgently, now that Winter is coming. There is also a big clean-up of the camp which is being organised from 26th Sept, so waste and litter picking tools/equipment are also useful and we would be very happy to take them. We are still taking all the very helpful items that have been donated to us and have arranged a drop-off with a local organisation in Calais, who will distribute them in the most beneficial way. However for this trip we are now not adding anything else that is not on the list in the picture above. Shelter building tools and materials are particularly helpful. Financial donations will help us to get items there and also help to buy food and building materials locally. We will also work wherever needed whilst we're there. On this trip, there are six of us taking a van and two cars. Thanks for your support!
We are delivering aid items (bedding, clothing, tents, food, toiletries) to the people currently living in desperate conditions in Calais. I'll be driving my own car (on some trips joined by others bringing their car or van) and taking items directly into the refugee camp where we can distribute them to be used immediately. If for some reason this is not possible at the time, then I will deliver the items to a nearby storage location in Calais from where they can be distributed by other local volunteers.
My first trip was on 29th August. Our second trip is 3rd October. Money raised will help fund transport and the purchase of supplies, in particular sleeping bags, toiletries, hygiene and first aid kits. The men, women and children in the camp have very little and are living in appalling conditions which daily risk their health and lives.
The huge recent media coverage has really brought to attention the urgency of the help needed for the 4-5000 people currently living in and around the area known as 'The Jungle' who are in desperate need of basic essentials such as food, shelter and medical care. These people have already risked their lives to flee war, persecution, poverty, abuse and other horrors and now risk dying trying to make the journey to England (as several have recently died).
Any amount of cash will help and be gratefully received but it would also be great to receive donations of items from the list above which I can take in the car/van.
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Thank you!
Organizer
- Frances Vigay
- Campaign Owner
Donors
- Lauren Morgan
- Donated on Sep 28, 2015
- Sheelagh Parker
- Donated on Sep 19, 2015
Well done Lara Ferreira, very proud of you!
- Kev Osman
- Donated on Sep 17, 2015
Thank you!
Return from December trip - next trip planned for March
Update posted by Frances Vigay at 04:43 pmWe've just returned from four days working in Calais. Eleven of us split into various working areas, some building shelters and doing repairs on 'homes' in the camp, others working in the warehouses of both L'Auberge and Care4Calais, sorting food parcels, toiletry packs, clothes, shoes, socks, hats etc for distribution. . . . .
Wanted - Shelter-building tools and materials
Update posted by Frances Vigay at 10:05 pmAs the situation on the ground in the jungle at Calais is regularly changing, we need to be flexible and adapt to current needs and requirements. Right now, the jungle is in desperate need of volunteers to help with distributing donated items. They also need shelters urgently, now that Winter. . . . .
Update for Oct 3rd trip
Update posted by Frances Vigay at 09:32 amThere are now six of us travelling from Portsmouth on October 3rd, taking a van and 2 cars which means we can take a lot of aid items. We're still collecting the following - blankets, sleeping bags, tents, men's trainers/boots, warm men's coats, toiletries. Please pre-check all items are clean,. . . . .
Next trip - October 3rd
Update posted by Frances Vigay at 09:27 pmWe have returned from our first trip delivering a mixed load of clothing, blankets, toiletries, food, kitchen equipment, sleeping bags, tents etc. Thanks so much to everyone who has donated allowing these trips to be made.From the clearly stated requirements of the refugees who we met, the next trip will. . . . .
Donors & Comments
- Lauren Morgan
- Donated on Sep 28, 2015
- Sheelagh Parker
- Donated on Sep 19, 2015
Well done Lara Ferreira, very proud of you!
- Kev Osman
- Donated on Sep 17, 2015
Thank you!
- Mel
- Donated on Sep 15, 2015
- Monica Osorio Malfitano
- Donated on Sep 14, 2015
Hope this helps! Thanks for all the hard work ;-)
- Suki Jones
- Donated on Sep 14, 2015
- Elly Lindsay
- Donated on Sep 08, 2015
Fran, thank you for giving us the opportunity to help in this way and for all you have done so far.
- Guest
- Donated on Aug 31, 2015
- Adele
- Donated on Aug 31, 2015
Thank you!!!
- Jen Court
- Donated on Aug 28, 2015