Send Sammy to "The Jungle", Calais to Support the Refugees

Sammy Cee Start Date: Nov 19, 2015 - End Date: Jan 2, 2016

Volunteer Trip

Calais, France

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by: Sammy Cee Start Date: Nov 19, 2015 - End Date: Jan 2, 2016

Volunteer Trip

I am heading over to the ever-expanding refugee camp in Calais on the 19th of December for 2 weeks to give the time I have between uni and my next nursing placement.

Volunteers are desperately needed to help with a variety of tasks including sorting stock in the warehouse, litter collection and aid distribution in the camp.

The number of people in the Calais "jungle" is numbering 6,000, mostly men, but an increasing number of women and children fleeing war, persecution and poverty of countries in Africa and the Middle East. People are living in make-shift tents and buildings made from donated materials, but winter is well on it's way. The good people of the UK have been amazing in their support of the migrants, where the government is failing.

Donations have flooded in from around the country, but the aid organisations there including L'auberge des Migrants are struggling to process and distribute these fairly from the warehouses to the people who need them.

As much as I am engaging myself in the fight on our soils to beat back racism, xenophobia and islamophobia from within the minds of individuals to government policies, I have time to engage directly with the very people I wish to stand in solidarity with. To donate my time and energy to a people who deserve nothing less than our open hearts and minds.

As a student nurse in London I do struggle to get by on what work and support I can get, which is why i am asking for a little extra help from those who can spare it for me to pay for a hostel in Calais. I am doing all I can to save right now as this is something I feel very strongly about doing.

Any money raised will be used to cover my living, and everything left over i will donate straight back to L'Auberge and the refugees.

Below I have included some links if you would like to find out more about Calais in your own time.

Calaid-ipedia is like a wikipedia full of everything you could want to know about Calais.

London2Calais and CalAid are two groups organising volunteer and donations for the camp.

The Worldwide Tribe are a beautiful facebook page where they tell the stories and photos of individuals in the Jungle.

Calais, France

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Why I Came To Calais

I’ve just arrived in Calais, it’s something I have been meaning to do since I first went with Stand Up To Racism in October.

I wasn’t prepared for what I saw then.
The refugee crisis as it’s come to be known wasn’t something real to me then.

http://sameesi.tumblr.com/post/135572460929/ive-just-arrived-in-calais-its-something-i-have

December 19, 2015
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Shelter For The Jungle

https://youtu.be/UxSoGexQahU

December 14, 2015
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<a title="Shelter Building in Calais Refugee Camp" href="https://youtu.be/UxSoGexQahU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">L'Auberge des Migrants/Help Refugees (formerly Help Calais) has been the only organisation in Calais building shelters for the refugees in the camp. And we are critically low on funds to continue our ambitious build programme.   L'Auberge is a grass-roots charity based in Calais, supporting the refugee community since 2008. Since the boom in numbers of residents in the 'Jungle', the unofficial refugee camp where 6000-7000 men, women and children are currently living, our workload has increased exponentially. There are no major aid organisations supplying aid such as food, clothing, bedding or shelter, so Auberge/Help Calais has taken on the task of delivering all of these, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.   The shelter-building project is the most demanding, in terms of volunteer power and, critically, donations. We constantly need to purchase very large quantities of materials. We supplied materials and along with the residents, built 180 shelters in October and 400 in November. This massive figure represents around 2,320 people in shelters, raised off the earth, away from the cold, wet ground, insulated against the icy winds. They now have a door of their very own, allowing them to create something resembling a home rather than a chilly tent. Check out this video to see a little more of what the volunteers do. Video: Shelter Building in Calais Refugee Camp Around half the camp are currently out of tents and in shelters. We would like to be able to build or supply the materials for at least 500 more shelters over the next 6 weeks, as Winter hits, accommodating another 2000 people. </a>

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