The calais jungle, officially known as camp de la Lande was a host to thousands of refugees that had fled from their war torn countries.
Refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq and many more countries had taken these life threatening journeys with their families and small children across treacherous seas in desperation and hopes of a safer life. Seeing how these refugees and migrants where living in this former landfill turned shanty town really broke our hearts and we decided to lend them a helping hand and do what we could. With the help and support of our local community we were able to collect a van full of supplies and donations such as clothes, duvets shoes and many more.
We were able to distribute these supplies across the jungle to many of the refugees. When visiting the refugee’s camps we are able to listen to their stories and we realised how these people were once just like us with beautiful families, warm cosy house and successful jobs. We quickly realised the realities of this world and how one minute you can have it all and the next it can all be gone, with a blink of an eye. We thought we were going to help them but left with a great big lesson that nothing truly is forever.
The refugee’s warm welcome and appreciation of life despite being in their situation was overwhelming and life changing. We were filed with gratitude and humbled by this blessed opportunity.
