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Closed 24/03/2017
Iʼve raised £519 to fund fares for asylum seekers to attend English conversation classes
- London Borough of Camden, Greater London, UK
- Funded on Friday, 24th March 2017
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Asylum seekers are people who come here seeking asylum, who have escaped danger or torture in their countries of origin.
Most cases are turned down, most appeals are unsuccessful and costly, so that people are held in suspense frequently for 8-12 years or even more.
DURING THIS TIME THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK, AND THEY ARE HOUSED IN SHAMEFUL CONDITIONS, FAR FROM THE CENTRE OF TOWN, AND GIVEN ABOUT 25-35 POUNDS A WEEK, WHICH DOESN'T COVER THE COST OF FOOD, LET ALONE FARES.
We at CAMDEN CITY OF SANCTUARY are volunteering to teach refugees and asylum seekers English, but almost none can afford to travel to the classes.
So we're raising funds to pay for a travel- or oyster card one day a week so they can get to the classes and have a day in different surroundings, and perhaps visit a museum or park.
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- 6 years ago
Sylvia Finzi
6 years agoPlease read the recent updates in reverse order! Thanks
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- 6 years ago
Sylvia Finzi
6 years agoI know she's doing all she can to resolve this situation and that she's a person with total integrity, so I'd very much like to pass the remaining funds on to her to tie her over this period. But I need your permission to do so. Please let me know if you'd agree to this. Many thanks
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- 6 years ago
Sylvia Finzi
6 years agoHer three sons were allowed to join her last November, and after being housed together in one room in a hostel in Dagenham together with alcoholics and drug addicts, they were offered temporary accommodation in Tottenham. Since then, neither borough has accepted responsibility for the children, so that she has to feed and clothe all of them on her personal allowance of about £80 a week.
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23
L Ury
Mar 9, 2017
£7.50
Cathy Daniels
Feb 28, 2017
£20.00
Anonymous
Feb 27, 2017
Thank you to Tony
£10.00
Anonymous
Feb 27, 2017
excellent iniative
Gabriel Sempill
Feb 26, 2017
Good Luck Excellent idea
£50.00
Georgina Reeves
Feb 25, 2017
£20.00
Jacobs Gill
Feb 25, 2017
£20.00
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