Building in Calais jungle

29/05/2018

Hello! Help Refugees are working with street artist Lakwena to create a big colourful Choose Love mural on the Southbank for Refugee Week. We are looking for people to help make the project possible by cladding the double 40ft container with MDF for Lakwena to paint on. Date would be Wednesday 6th June. Can anyone help? X###

10/01/2018

A new play at the Young Vic portrays life in a bleak migrant camp and how theater and music united some members of that homeless, fractured community.

27/10/2017

Calais, c’est pas fini ! (English below) Le démantèlement de la « Jungle » fin 2016 n’a rien changé : aujourd’hui encore, près de mille réfugiés, Afghans, Erythréens, Ethiopiens ou Soudanais, errent dans les rues de Calais et des environs, forcés par la police à se cacher, à se déplacer sans ar...

22/09/2017

Can anyone get to Birmingham to give practical help setting up at the Meena Centre? Your support would be massively appreciated! X

14/09/2017

Please like and share this page to bid on beautiful and reasonably priced pieces of jewellery. 50% of the funds raised will go to Help Refugees to cover the running costs of a centre providing informal education in Greece and 50% will go to the brilliant MOAS, who have saved more than 40k lives in the Med and are now moving to Bangladesh to help the Rohinga people fleeing from Myanmar. The auction starts on Sunday. Love xx

08/08/2017

12/07/2017

Hello! This is a UK request. We need 2 builders available Tuesday 18th - Monday 24th for the Help Refugees Secret Garden party stall and Tuesday 25th - Monday 31st for Womad. As well as some people to be on the stall over the weekend. DM me if you're up for it ###

08/11/2016

CALL OUT FOR BUILDERS IN NORTHERN GREECE

Winter is approaching and the need to process and distribute winter stock is increasingly urgent. Can you come and help kit out our warehouse to build the systems needed to manage incoming aid and ensure it goes out where its needed most?

Please email [email protected]

Thanks!

13/05/2016

CENSUS RESEARCHERS WANTED May 27th-30th

Help Refugees and L'Auberge des Migrants need census researchers to carry on this vital statistical work every month!

For the first time in the history of the Calais Jungle, we have been able to have accurate statistics on its population and its movement. The most recent Census has found a pattern of steady increase in the population, and a disproportionate increase in unaccompanied child refugees! Based on this we can start predicting the scale of the influx of new arrivals over the summer!

Our census has been mentioned in The Guardian, The Independent, The Houses of Parliament and used also by the Refugee Rights Data Project. It is essential for the continuing struggle to identify and help vulnerable individuals, and protecting the rights of unaccompanied children especially.

To continue the study of the population, WE NEED YOU!

Essential skills:
- previous experience volunteering in Calais and knowledge of the camp are absolutely vital!
- being available May 27th-30th (somewhat flexible, but you would be required to be here on 2 consecutive days)
- If you can help with data processing: knowledge of Excel/ Google Sheets + laptop

Desirable skills:
- languages: Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Tigrinya, Amharic, Turkish, Urdu, Dari
- previous experience in information/ evidence gathering

Training on the project will be provided!

To apply, email [email protected] with a cover letter including the above information, your full name, date of birth and contact number!

21/04/2016

CENSUS RESEARCHERS WANTED

Thursday April 28th - Sunday May 1st

Help Refugees and L'Auberge des Migrants need 12 census takers to carry on this vital statistical work every month!

For the first time in the history of the Calais Jungle, we have been able to have accurate statistics on its population and its movement. The Census has found that 3455 people were affected by the last eviction, that 129 unaccompanied children can no longer be accounted for after the demolition, that the youngest child in camp is just 1 month old!

This work has been mentioned in The Guardian, The Independent, The Houses of Parliament and used also by the Refugee Rights Data Project. It is essential for the continuing struggle to identify and help vulnerable individuals, and protecting the rights of unaccompanied children especially.

To continue the study of the population, WE NEED YOU!

Essential skills:
- previous experience volunteering in Calais and knowledge of the camp are absolutely vital!
- being available Thursday April 28th - Sunday May 1st
- knowledge of Excel/ Google Sheets + laptop

Desirable skills:
- languages: Arabic, Farsi, Pashto, Tigrinya, Amharic, Turkish, Urdu, Dari
- previous experience in information/ evidence gathering

Training on the project will be provided!

To apply, email [email protected] with a cover letter including the above information, your full name, date of birth and contact number!

09/04/2016