Long time no see

Our facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/uareuk has been our main place for updating and posting, but we have finally had time to get the website updated and a little prettier!

So to catch up with everything so far facebook is the place! And we will be posting here again too. So here we go:

Lots of packing done last week, aldi also saved us more banana boxes.

We are ready for the pallet leaving on Wednesday for Athens, just about!

We bought £240 of kids joggers and hoodies thanks to Wrexham One World Community Choir (this had been planned to spent on a fridge in rhodes but we finally gave up on that and redirected it immediately) and they are all onboard.

Friday we delivered a huge IKEA bag of clothes, shoes, coat and toys etc for a newly arrived 4 year old girl, we have stuff to still get for her parents but we prioritised children so got that straight out within a day of being asked.

Friday we also called to BAWSO for a family of three with no coats at all, it was freezing cold on Friday and so given location and immediate need we went to the charity shop and bought them fleeces and coats. I felt like crying afterwards as we still have needs to get for them (they are just arrived too, dispersed from Cardiff as the term goes) and trying to explain to someone we are busy doing the Athens pallet and just volunteers when they have next to nothing felt very lame and embarrassing.

Today (Monday) , we bought the first food stamps with the £70 we have had so far for the food distribution on the 12th December. We bought a few more pairs of socks for the Athens pallet and we bought some XS size pyjamas for an unaccompanied minor.

We dropped into the drop in and delivered shoes and coats for one family, school uniform and trousers for a student from St Christophers school (we went there and bought it last week) and the PJs for the young lad who is on his own here.

We caught up with a few people at the drop in and met the new Red Cross resettlement workers for Denbighshire.

lots of requests still to fulfil and we will try our best in next week or so once the Athens pallet has left and we can get to the unit again!

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Funds update

Today’s activities:
-Hope Café Rent paid for June.

– £500 paid towards the container leaving Northwich on Saturday to Lesvos/ Chios.

– £200 sent for a mother and her son (her son had been tortured by ISIS) and they have nothing after escaping which is buying food, cooking stove and clothing. (I will post a full post on this as its the first Yezidi case on the ground we have helped) – but I will do it later as no time now.

-Khiri appeal – they have their passports yes and waiting the final nod to book flights to evacuate them from Iraq to life changing surgery. We raised over £1700 so any funds will go to them in destination country If needed or to other Yezidi cases in Iraq.

– All funds in from all groups to buy 2000 sunhats for Lesvos/ Chios (shared 50/50) so waiting official headed quote to pay it over. and will post up a big thanks to all groups involved 🙂 great group effort.

– All items including TV ready for new Syrian family coming in few days. You’ve all been amazingly generous.

As ever we need funds to keep doing all this. If you know anyone who wants to help refugees here is how they can support registered charity number 1169738 (that’s us!) UAREUK:

1) Donate to our fundraising page at https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/uareuk

2) Send by paypal to contact@uareuk.com or use this direct paypal link: www.paypal.me/uareuk

3) By bank transfer/ pay into:
Account Name: UAREUK
Bank: HSBC
Sort Code: 40-47-26
Account: 42663929

4) Send direct donations from outside of the UK to:
Account Name: UAREUK
Bank: HSBC
BIC/ Swift Code: MIDLGB22
IBAN: GB49MIDL40472642663929

Thankyou for being part of UAREUK x

Can you take part in the ‘No Night Out’ challenge?

Who needs another boring night out where you can’t remember anything and make yourself ill!!

Instead, why not get out to the charity shops and buy up t-shirts , shorts and sunhats. Then head to the supermarkets for packs of underwear for kids and women and maybe some socks and a few roll ons. or anything else from the list
Meet your friends who’ve done the same, box it and send it!
It arrives to Chios in 4-6 days so within just one week YOU and your friends have made a direct impact on someone’s life in a refugee camp. (Click for further info: NONIGHTOUT)

Needs:
Tshirts – men – especially S & M
Tshirts – children all ages
Shorts – men/ women/ children
Underwear – men (NEW ONLY)
Underwear – women (NEW ONLY)
Underwear – children (NEW ONLY)
Jeans – men – especially S, M, L
Boys Trousers (light)
Socks – men & woman
Socks – children – 5-12 years (NEW ONLY)
Sun hats – men
Sun hats – Children
Summer shoes – woman
Summer shoes – children
500+ summer shoes – men
PJs for men and women (light ones, not fleece)

Razors men
Shaving foam
Shampoo & shower gel
Hair Conditioner
Lotion (Body Lotion/ Moisturiser)
Hair brushes
Nail cutters
Nail files
Deodorant – men/ woman
Lice lotion
Sun block
Mosquito repellent
Snake repellent

Towels
Nappies/ pads for disabled people
Wheelchairs
Prams/ Strollers
Sunglasses

Wipes
Nappies (only no 5 and 6)
Powder Baby formula 1, 2, (3)
Normal cows milk powder for 1 and 2 years (powdered milk rather than the long life one)

 

Needs:
T-shirts – men – especially S & M
T-shirts – children all ages
Shorts – men/ women/ children
Underwear – men (NEW ONLY)
Underwear – women (NEW ONLY)
Underwear – children (NEW ONLY)
Jeans – men – especially S, M, L
Boys Trousers (light)
Socks – men & woman
Socks – children – 5-12 years (NEW ONLY)
Sun hats – men
Sun hats – Children
Summer shoes – woman
Summer shoes – children
500+ summer shoes – men
PJs for men and women (light ones, not fleece)

Razors men
Shaving foam
Shampoo & shower gel
Hair Conditioner
Lotion (Body Lotion/ Moisturiser)
Hair brushes
Nail cutters
Nail files
Deodorant – men/ woman
Lice lotion
Sun block
Mosquito repellent
Snake repellent

Towels
Nappies/ pads for disabled people
Wheelchairs
Prams/ Strollers
Sunglasses

Wipes
Nappies (only no 5 and 6)
Powder Baby formula 1, 2, (3)
Normal cows milk powder for 1 and 2 years (powdered milk rather than the long life one)

Hope Cafe. Refugee Soul Food.

Maria says “Thank you” to UAREUK – United to Assist Refugees UK for her pushchair. Met this precious family today through Vicky Trapalis . Another story of sadness eased a little by the giving of Hope. We enjoyed burgers and icecream ❤

Hope for Khiri – tortured by ISIS for over 2 years

18 months old when ISIS attacked Sinjar. This is little Khiri who is now 4 yrs old, a little innocent Yezidi boy subjected to such severe torture sustained over 2 and a half years by ISIS that they broke both his legs so he can hardly walk. They broke both arms and his nose. They bit his ear so badly he cannot hear through it, they kicked his stomach so often it is herniated and they cut his penis. Most of this in front of his mum. Arrangements are under way to fly him and his family out of Iraq for lengthy treatment to rebuild all they have hurt and broken.

He will need to have his legs re-broken to heal correctly & his ear can be improved with surgery but he will have to go though painful bone lengthening because his femur was so badly damaged that one leg is shorter than the other.
We have priced up flights (one connection) out of Iraq to Turkey then onwards with Pegasus Air for his parents & him & his two siblings. The cost is around at least £2000. We will aim for £2500 any surplus will go to the family or other Yezidi children.

Please help by donating at https://mydonate.bt.com/events/khirihope

Update on the appeal for Baraa

To everyone who gave to Baraa’s appeal, the little boy who lost his mum and baby brother in a tent fire in a refugee camp. Akeel has been to visit him and his dad today. We’ve raised over £600 towards the £5000 that worldcare raised and they will need ongoing to support him and his dad for at least couple years to come. Imagine going from a full family living a normal life to this. It’s why all our groups are so important because they find the people who aren’t getting help and help them

FLASH FUNDRAISER – HELP FAISAL TO WALK

CAN YOU HELP A 6 Year Old Boy to walk?
FLASH FUNDRAISER. Target £400 ($500) to help 6 year old boy Faisal walk. HE CANNOT MOVE ALONE WITHOUT IT.
Young Faisal has a disability affecting his feet. A group of volunteers have arranged all investigations at SAMs (Syrian American Medical Society) which have already been paid for. He has had physio but doctors confirm he needs an operation.
He has some speech problems which therapy is being sorted for. BUT HE NEEDS THIS OPERTAION ON HIS WORST AFFECTED FOOT.

Here is their story from his Mum:
“We were living beside Raqqa City Airport, there are a lot of barrels and bombing, I scared about losing my children, there were clashes between the regime army and free army. So i left my town and escaped to Lebanon in 2013. My neighbours told me that my house was destroyed but fortunately i am in Lebanon with my family. the father is gone they do not see him anymore”.

I have been speaking to Stefanie Ziervogl on this case. they need also funds to help him afterwards so we have agreed that we will try and fund half the operation so they can use some funds for food and rent too.

Please please help us to help him. We are waiting confirmation of surgery date.

Please if you can spare anything today donate using the ref ‘Help Faisal Walk’ in one of these many ways:

www.paypal.me/uareuk

or by paypal to contact@uareuk.com

Or by BACS in UK to:
Account Name: UAREUK
Bank: HSBC
Sort Code: 40-47-26
Account: 42663929

Or by international bank transfer outside of UK to:
Account Name: UAREUK
Bank: HSBC
BIC/ Swift Code: MIDLGB22
IBAN: GB49MIDL40472642663929

or on our BTDonate page: https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/uareuk

Permitted pics from his mum with Faisal on the right of each photo.

BUGGY APPEAL UPDATE

How lovely is this post? To everyone who funded the buggy appeal look at what a difference you’ve made to these little people and their folks. Thankyou! What a lovely way to start a sunny Saturday ❤

UPDATE – Please save Nejmeh’s sight

UPDATE – $1000 confirmed as transferred to Laser Vision Clinic in Tripoli so Nejmeh’s operation can go ahead. Thanks everyone. Will post an update when we have one. x

Nejmeh has already lost sight in one eye. If Nejmeh doesn’t get her op within 10 days she will lose the other eye and be BLIND. YOU CAN HELP SAVE HER SIGHT. PLEASE DON’T WAIT – DO IT TONIGHT. We will be paying the clinic directly. We need to help her. No – we have to help her.

https://mydonate.bt.com/events/nejmehehvision

If you prefer Paypal or direct bank transfer:

www.paypal.me/uareuk
or direct in paypal to: contact@uareuk.com
Or by bank transfer to: Account Name: UAREUK
Bank: HSBC
Sort Code: 40-47-26
Account: 42663929
Outside of the UK you can transfer to:
Account Name: UAREUK
Bank: HSBC
BIC/ Swift Code: MIDLGB22
IBAN: GB49MIDL40472642663929
Registered charity number 1169738

 

UPDATE ON BARA’A

Just an update on Bara’a the little boy who lost his mum and brother when a heater accident resulted in their tent being engulfed in flames in the refugee camp.
Led by Worldcare Foundation and solidarity of groups raised funds for them. We are grateful for donors who raised £600 towards the total they raised of £5610.
His wounds on his hands have healed, he may need further surgeries. The Worldcare team coordinate with those over there and have helped with day to day stuff for them and support including rent on somewhere for them to live and try and recuperate.
Thanks so much for helping to help him xx