With the increase of volunteers and items donated, the warehouse has become very crowded and busy. It is becoming increasingly difficult for us to work effectively, with space and calm at an increasing premium. We discovered there was another huge warehouse space ‘hidden’ around the back of the existing warehouse. The owner of the warehouse said we could use the space if we...
We are heading back to Calais for another instalment in our project. We're hoping that in our absence the workshop which we have set up is still working and that the production of shelters has not slowed down or stopped. 0 0 1 112 644 Team K 5 1 755 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Continue Reading
Thank you to everyone who has donated money towards our noble cause. We have raised £7,452 so far. Please help us reach our target of £10,000 in the remaining 4 days of the campaign, by following the link below and help us provide shelter for people in Calais this winter. https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/joe-friday Thank You. ...
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We have been testing and perfecting our design with the available materials and budget. We are finally arriving on a design we are content with to roll out on mass scale. The 20th shelter has now gone up and inhabited! That was our original target for the second visit, so it is wonderful to have reached it. We've housed approximately 80-100 people, a...
We got a call from Phillipa at L'auberge de Migrant to say the onsite manager from Médicins Sans Frontirès aka Doctors Without Borders has seen our shelters and would like to come and meet us at our workshop to discuss the design and how we can move forward. Xavier has freelanced for MSF for a decade and been to war zones and refugee crises on 5 continents....
