We have had a busy few weeks up north and in Calais.
Just before my May Day bank holiday trip, I did a couple of school assemblies (local secondary school). I had told the youngsters that I didn’t want stuff to help the refugees, which of course I did, I wanted them to help me put political pressure on the government to let the children in. I asked them to write letters to the refugee children stranded on the camps telling them there was room in their schools.
I took a folder of these letters (laminated of course) to the camp during the bank holiday along with a car full of meds and special soap that were deceived to the medics who are using it to try and reduced the cases of scabies. The letters were loved and shared by Marco in his little school.
Two local Lush shops invited us to hold 2 Charity Pot days, where we gave out shopping lists and collected items needed on the camp.
We also got children to continue the welcome letters campaign, over 80 letters were written which are being shared with Care for Calais and of course are being taken to the camp during half term.
Each tutor group in the first school I spoke at, are collecting stuff for emergency aid boxes where each pupil will add their own welcome letter. Other schools are writing letters too.
The letters are also being shared on social media to try and put pressure on the government to put Dubs into practice and get the unaccompanied kids into the UK in by the beginning of the new school year.