“The aim of the Centre was to provide a safe place for the children to play and learn… It also gave them some continuity as they got to know the volunteers who were there week after week.” Netty Miles on running a children’s centre for refugees at Dunkirk…
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“Children and babies were given sleeping tablets to ensure they were quiet when on the lorries. The children were also given Red bull… to keep them awake during the gruelling nights.” Cordelia Fellowes on what she learnt while volunteering at Dunkirk refugee camp…
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In July 2016, Cordelia Fellowes travelled to northern France to volunteer at the Dunkirk refugee camp – home to hundreds of men, women and children. Utopia 56 were running the camp at the time. Here, she interviews one of the founding members…
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Fashion designer Alice Temperley and the architect Zaha Hahid are joining Women for Women International’s campaign to raise awareness of the brutal violence – often sexual – against women in war zones. And you can help too…