As many of you may or may not have seen on my previous trips we smashed all of our targets and have raised over £12,000 + in donations, we made a huge difference to families, widows and children living in the city of Adana and living on the Syrian border town Reyhanli. (Previous fundraisers: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/billalm, https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/billalmalik)

Videos and Photos below!

You can see pictures from our previous trips here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3QTTpbLrU0xenlHZlBOaGwweVk

Many believe that the war in Syria is over, but this is far from true. With the continuous genocide in Idlib by the Regime and Russian forces the Syrian refugee crisis is once again escalating. You can see a live map here of the current situation in Syria; http://syria.liveuamap.com/

For those whose areas have now come to some form of 'peace' many have nothing to return too, some have returned but others especially widowed and orphaned children it is very difficult or near impossible for them to return, living in refugee camps and many different countries the conditions for them are still very dire almost 8 years in to this abhorrent war, but even if in some places the fighting has stopped. Poverty, mental and physical health issues still exist and this is were we can help.

This time our goal is to go back and provide more long term aid to create sustainability for these families, so we can get them off this destructive and never ending cycle of 'short term aid'. This will include providing material resources such as sowing machines and other such related items to create employment, financial stability and the chance to rebuild their lives.

This, my fourth trip will have a continued emphasis on sustainability, I would like to buy a minimum of 3 or 4 sewing machines, we have a refugee lady who turned 1 sewing machine into 3 and is now teaching others and we want to expand this into a major project! From this we can get them off this destructive and never ending cycle of 'short term aid'. This will include providing material resources such as sowing machines and other such related items to create employment, financial stability and the chance to rebuild their lives.

Secondly, education. We want to help some kids with scholarships and educational packs. These kids have been lacking such a vital and basic thing due to their displacement.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" - Nelson Mandela

Finally, there will be food aid and financial aid. This will be for families who have recently arrived from Idlib and will help course feed the family for a month at least and look at supporting some accommodation for them and getting them out of squalid conditions.

Below you can see some costs for specific causes, if you would like to donate one of these please let me know directly after your contribution

Sewing Machines (each, including additions; scissors, needles, materials and more - lets get at least 3 of these!): £350.00

Scholarship Fund - Covering expenses for 1 year for a child to go to school: £760.00

Rent - One years rent for a new house for a widowed woman and her children: £1300.00

Large Food Pack: £30.00

Enough food to feed an Orphanage for one month: £600.00

Enough food to feed a medical centre for 1-2 Months

Beds: £40.00

Heating units: £225.00

Cupboards/Storage units: £40.00

Children's packs for 100 kids: £500.00

Pictures from our last trip

As always you guys are so generous and I thank you from the bottom of my heart, putting a smile on someones face or putting food on their plate is priceless.

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