A group of North East solidarity seekers and aid workers will be sleeping out in South Shields to raise funds for a volunteer’s forthcoming aid mission to support refugees in Northern Greece and Serbia. The group are supporting Ruhi Loren Akhtar’s mission, to the European countries, which will take place on […]
Tag: Syria
Container full of North East donations heads to Syria
A container full of donations from the North East has begun its journey to Syria to help refugees in need. Boxes Of Hope filled with donations from around the region and the rest of the UK were collected. They were prepared for individuals, mainly children, with a variety of gifts inside. Medical aid, food […]
Wearsiders have mixed views on extra aid for Syrian refugees
Sound track: Enthusiast by Tours, 2011. Licensed under CC 3.0 Sunderland people are divided over an increase in British aid to Syrian refugees. Prime Minister David Cameron announced yesterday that aid for the refugees could double to £2.3 billion by 2020, which means 2016 will see the Government donating £510m. […]