Tag Archives: volunteering

Calais donts and dos

Posted on May 22, 2016 by Helen Jones

This list will probably grow if you want to check back in… Don’t, whatever you do, send second hand underwear to people who are refugees, no matter how much you have carefully laundered, and only wore them once anyway.  Just … Continue reading →

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Slow drip

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Helen Jones

A slow day on the Women and Children’s bus after the excitement of yesterday’s VIPs. They missed today’s miserable rain.  It was slow because there was a distribution of shoes and clothes for women happening in the government place called … Continue reading →

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head fuckery

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Helen Jones

You know what a political person I am. So my head is buzzing with the politics of it all. On whose behalf am I working? If it is for people who have become refugees? Is it for myself? Is it … Continue reading →

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sport shoes please.

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Helen Jones

We went to Dunkirk in a small gang and played at being shop people out of two different containers with hatches cut into them. Lightweight trainers in middle sizes ran out quickest. It’s warm and dry but very breezy atm. … Continue reading →

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