How our volunteers helped refugee Shakib
This is Shakib, an Iraqi refugee studying chemistry at Hull University. Our volunteers met him just a few months ago living in Napier Barracks. Growing up in Iraq, Shakib lived with temperatures reaching over 50 degrees, regular serious flooding and other climate-related disasters. Iraq is among the countries most vulnerable to climate-change disruptions and this made him want to use his passion for chemistry to study ways of fighting climate change, so he enrolled as a chemistry student at university. He was mid-way through his studies when he had to flee the country last year. Arriving in the UK the …
We are losing donations – please help
One of our key fundraising platforms, Virgin Giving, is about to close down. We are set to lose 2,000 regular supporters – a disaster for us and for refugees, which we must avoid. If you do just one thing to help refugees, please consider making a regular donation. Regular donations allow us to respond immediately to emergencies without waiting to fundraise first. Go to Care4Calais.org/donate now Thank you so much …
