Care4Calais FC’s adventure at the Refugee World Cup
Refugees are often incredibly resourceful and inspiring people, and when you support them as a volunteer with Care4Calais, you can find yourself doing amazing things that you probably wouldn’t have otherwise tried. That’s how our group in Manchester came to set up a football team and enter the Refugee World Cup! It started when we began running social afternoons at a hotel housing asylum seekers in the city. We began supporting a couple of people who were struggling with their mental health, and one Sunday afternoon we decided to take along some footballs and snacks to see if that helped. …
We must keep fighting for people like these
Over the many years I’ve been helping refugees in Calais I’ve seen a lot of awful, heartbreaking scenes. But I’ve never never been left unable to speak to anyone in the way I was today. I was at a big distribution. After we had given power banks and shoes to more than 300 people, we provided our usual services like haircuts, games and books. And as I wandered among the refugees and volunteers in the hot, dusty scrubland, I saw a small group young men – just boys, really – gathered around a table where some of our volunteers were …
Meet our intrepid interpreting team!
For refugee week we’d like to introduce you to some of our fabulous interpreters. These guys are all volunteers who give their time freely to help others who would otherwise struggle to make themselves heard. All are asylum seekers or refugees and have come to know Care4Calais in various ways. We have over 40 volunteer interpreters in the group from all over the world, including some of the most dangerous countries on Earth. Together they speak over 17 languages. Many have made their own dangerous journey to safety and so can easily empathise with the new asylum seekers and make …
How you can help to tell Doro’s story
This is Doro and he is beautiful. Believe me when I say it, he is beautiful. His inner strength is completely humbling and it shines through anything that your eyes may see. Doro is kind, generous, thoughtful and gentle. His story though, should chill us all to our bones, for Doro has suffered for his dreams more than I could possibly describe. His story is compelling and a real and vivid testimony, which shows why no human should be forcibly returned to Libya, or simply trafficked by governments to Rwanda or anywhere else. He should be welcomed and shown kindness. …