How We Work
LISTEN
Before each and every convoy, our frontline partners inform us of the latest developments and latest needs on the ground. Whether it be tents and sleeping bags for our refugee families following yet another police raid, or crumpets for our teams...
DELIVER
Once we know exactly what's needed, we gather whatever funds and goods we can, and deliver everything directly to our partnering frontliners. The goal is to enable immediate distribution of emergency aid and shorten wait times for people in need.
CHANGE
Whilst teams assist families on the ground in northern France, we stay busy lobbying the UK government, mobilising supporters and raising awareness of the harsh realities facing all refugees fleeing war and persecution.
Read them. Borrow them. Buy them...
However you use them, thank you...
Thanks to every reader of The Boy at the Back of the Class and The Girl at the Front of the Class, O's Refugee Aid Team can continue its works without having to launch endless appeals for funds.​
We are grateful to everyone who uses these stories to not only raise awareness of the plight of refugee children around the world, but to assist us in our works.​
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We couldn't do what we do
without you...
WHAT YOU HELP TO FUND
WAREHOUSE 1: DUNKIRK, FRANCE
Since 2021, O's Refugee Aid Team and Mobile Refugee Support (MRS) have co-rented a crucial warehouse location in the heart of Dunkirk.
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Our most expensive annual expense to date, it forges our headquarters, and is the place where all donations are delivered, stored, sorted and cleaned ahead of distributions.
ANNUAL COST: £27,000
STORAGE UNIT: LUTON, UK
In 2024, after years of gathering donations in the corridors and rooms of our homes, we decided to bite the bullet and begin renting a storage unit in the UK to enable the acceptance of postal donations and safely store donated goods.
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Our first ever UK unit is now up and running! If you would like to post a much needed item to us, please SEE HERE.
ANNUAL COST: £6,500
EACH & EVERY AID CONVOY
We are proud to have delivered refugee aid convoys for a wide array of different teams across northern France since 2015.
As of 2023, we deliver aid supplies to Mobile Refugee Support and Association Salam Kitchens exclusively. From tents, sleeping bags and pre-packed food and hygiene packs, to spices, bulk goods and fresh foods for hot meal preparations, we do what we can, when we can.​
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COST PER CONVOY:£7,000
SEE HERE for details of our NEXT convoy.
