As 2017 is analysed and filed away, Kath and I are busily sorting out 40+ years of archives, lofts, photos and our individual and shared lives as we reduce (a bit) what we plan to move to our new home…
Tag: refugee community kitchen
Hot meals in Calais – worth the trip of 2,000 miles ?
“Shall we go to Calais, I gather they make great curry?” According to the Mayor of Calais this is the starter question which will lead Eritreans, Kurds, Iraqi, Sudanese and others to leave their homeland and walk or smuggle themselves…
Calais – conversations enhance understanding and awareness for us all
This is my second in a series of 3 blogs following 3 days working around the Jungle and the Refugee Community Kitchen last week. Please read both/all and share. Thank you. Many hundreds of volunteers go to work in Calais,…
Calais Refugee Community Kitchen – many many carrots
For the last few days I have been in France peeling and chopping, mixing and moving, driving and carrying vegetables. I have been one of the 150+ volunteers working in and around a warehouse on the outskirts of Calais. This…