UAidRefugees
Fundraising campaign by
Leila Crerar
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£5,213.00raised of £6,500.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
With your help I have taken thousands worth of food, set up teams of collectors and taken carloads of volunteers, this has all been undoubtedly beneficial, but one day in the middle of all this I was talking to a Syrian friend who had been in the camp for seven months, “Don’t just keep feeding me" he said "get me out of here”. Of course he did not mean he was ungrateful for the incredible aid response we have all shown in keeping him alive, what he was talking about was a strong desire to be part of the rest of the world. With no wifi signal anywhere in the camp, this loss of connection not only to their families back home, but also to the rest of the world was beginning to feel like a prison. Thus my mission to get wifi into the camp was born.
The last month in collaboration with the World Wide Tribe we installed Wifi into the Refugee Info Bus, a mobile information hub in the Calais refugee camp, with an aim to supply other camps throughout Greece. The need for connectivity in this crisis is vital for information and safety. The benefits so far have been heart warming. This last week has been full of emotional connections as residents Skype their families back home, some of which had spent a long time without communication.
We are currently providing wifi access for 1000 people a day, but we are very much in need of your support to help pay for the monthly data.
Please give what you can and share far and wide, lets keep people connected!
Fundraising Team
- Leila Crerar
- Campaigner Leader
- Nicola Kavanagh
- Campaigner
- Amy & Paul Dowling
- Campaigner
Donors
- Trisha Champaneri
- Donated on Jun 07, 2016
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jun 06, 2016
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 27, 2016
GOOD NEWS!
Update posted by Leila Crerar at 06:27 pmHad a wonderful day yesterday negotiating with Disaster Tech Lab setting up Wifi in Calais Refugee camp. An essential need, not only for legal information, but also so they can Skype home to their families. Nice to have some good news for a change! Watch this space for more info
Here is a link to new BLOG on our recent trip to Calais: https://vanfulloffoodforcalaisrefugeecamp.wordpress.com
Update posted by Leila Crerar at 02:56 pmDonations still coming thick and fast, so lets keep going. xxLeila, and Nicky
Nearly there!!
Update posted by Leila Crerar at 10:24 pmAnother incredible day of donations. We are nearly at our target. I will be setting up a blog/facebook page soon, to keep you all updated on the plans.
We have a new member, welcome Paul who will be going with us!
Update posted by Leila Crerar at 03:59 pmWe have another Campaigner welcome Carissa Harrod.
Donors & Comments
- Trisha Champaneri
- Donated on Jun 07, 2016
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jun 06, 2016
- Anonymous
- Donated on May 27, 2016
- Michelle Luther
- Donated on May 25, 2016
- Annie Roper
- Donated on May 22, 2016
From my mum!
- Annie Roper
- Donated on May 22, 2016
You're making such a difference! Thank you for all you're doing.
- jennie buckman
- Donated on May 20, 2016
No amount is enough! Go Leila!!
- Emily White
- Donated on May 20, 2016
- Sarah Gray
- Donated on May 16, 2016
Hope your next trip goes well xxx
- Amber Cadogan
- Donated on May 03, 2016