Welcoming Refugees Group
A group of concerned Quakers met recently to explore how they might best be of assistance to help with the present government’s proposals to take in 4,000 migrants in response to the refugee crisis.
So far the group has met twice and they plan to continue to do so on a regular basis in order to learn and educate themselves regarding this issue.
Among the information they have gathered so far is the fact that:
- The Irish Red Cross has been asked by the Government to coordinate pledges of support to the victims of the migration crisis arriving in Ireland over the coming months and years. These pledges can include a range of offers from accommodation to Befriending and conversational English, as well as monetary offers to the Red Cross. Any individual or group who wishes to make a pledge can go to the Red Cross website link below:-
https://www.redcross.ie/news-and-events/solidaritypledges/
and the phone no. is 01-6424600
- If you wish to read an article relating to a young woman in the U.K. who offered accommodation to a young Syrian man please click on the link below:-
http://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/me-and-my-syrian-refugee-lodger/
Artists without Borders
Fundraiser in aid of two fantastic humanitarian initiatives –
Care4Calais & Irish Benders & Burners- Refugee Solidarity
working directly with refugees in Calais & Dunkirk to meet their most urgent needs.
Featuring: Gavin Glass, Mongoose, Fiach, Theo Dorgan & more
To book tickets go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artists-without-borders-tickets-21040745436?aff=es2
This event takes place on Saturday, 20 February 2016 from 19:30 to 22:30 at the Dublin Unitarian Church, 112 Saint Stephen’s Green.