A Day in the Life
Yes. I am in Calais. A week tomorrow since I arrived in the small arbour city of Calais and I cannot explain in words what it means and how it feel to be here. after a quick analysis of the situation I decided to leave my comfy bed and london to come and give my 2 hands to the help refugees. I have distributed food when people were hungry, waterproof coats under torrential rain, warm coats when it was cold that nearly snowed. I have exchanges my good hat for a thin hat, my gloves for non warm gloves, which …
Meet Mandie: Camp nurse
Mandie Pocock is a Community Staff Nurse from Dorset who is working with Care4Calais to provide basic nursing care to the Refugees in the camp. We have a First Aid Caravan that is stored at the warehouse when not in use but towed into camp when needed. We have a locked container at the warehouse which stores donations. The people who find themselves stranded in France deserve the very best care that we can give them despite the appalling conditions and the challenges of administering healthcare in a foreign country in foul situation. I am a Community Staff Nurse working in Wiltshire. I …
From St. Albans to Calais
Since the terrorist attack in Paris on the 13th November, aid to the Calais camp has slowed down. It couldn’t have come at a worse time, as temperatures plummet and people huddle in their tents to escape the brutal cold. In an effort to keep warm people light fires and flames flicker dangerously in the night. It was one such flame which, in the early morning of November 22nd, ignited a flap of canvas and went on to devour 50 tents, with three people taken to hospital for treatment, one of them a pregnant woman It was my second visit …
