Finished packing the 2000 food parcels for Syria Friday evening at 9pm. The women on the picture hold three of the food parcels. Yesterday, the two 40 foot containers were filled with clothes, medical equipment, food, etc from 11am to the evening. Asylum seekers, refugees and members of Together We Grow helped out. Throughout the […]
2000 food parcels will be packed tonight, Thursday, from 4 to 9pm and on Friday from 4 to 10pm. Each food parcel will contain 25 meals. A lot of volunteers will be needed. The packing will take place outdoor, so dress warmly if you are coming. It is at the old Magistrates Court in Rochdale, […]
Honoured to be invited to a wedding and engagement party by some of the asylum seekers. It was great to see a hall full of refugees, asylum seekers, family and friends of the two couples we were there to celebrate. The music played reflected this diversity, with Arabic, Palestinian, English, etc music. All the food […]
The first of two 40 foot containers was sent off to Aleppo in Syria on 22nd December. It contained warm winter clothes, food, medicine, medical equipment, nappies, etc – all donated by hundreds of people and businesses from the region. The second container will be going to Aleppo in early January. The Asian community in […]
On Thursday we took the last car load of clothes for Aleppo and helped fill the 40 feet long container with clothes, food, medicine, medical equipment, nappies, etc. All the clothes had been checked and sorted into boxes for men, women and children. Around a hundred volunteers helped on Thursday – a lot of them […]
We had six car trips, two trailers and a van going to the old Magistrates Court in Rochdale yesterday full of stuff for Aleppo. This is on top of the two cars and a van that went Saturday and Sunday. The donations came from Todmorden, Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Oxenholme and of course Blackshaw Head. Many […]
Took a second car load for the containers to Aleppo as well as sending a van full of stuff there. When we got home the porch and our drive was full of more donations which we will take for the containers tomorrow. It is currently freezing at night time around Aleppo – and people cannot […]
The response to help the people of Aleppo with essentials have been impressive. Went to the old Magistrates Court in Rochdale on Saturday with the first car load of stuff (last three pictures). A second car load will go today to KYP and a third full car will go on Monday. Thank you so much […]
A container is going to Aleppo next week and clothes is needed for men, women and children. If you want to donate any clothes you can do it this Saturday 17th Dec between 1pm and 5pm at the former Magistrates Court, next to the police station and opposite the Town Hall in Rochdale or you […]
On 10th December we went with 19 asylum seekers and refugees to Manchester Museum to hear a performance by Stone Flowers – a musical group made up of asylum seekers and refugees torture victims who have received or are receiving support from Freedom From Torture. Two of the 19 were part of the performance. Afterwards […]