Every single child we help has their own story to tell – about where they’ve come from and where they hope to go.
We want to help tell these stories because they turn numbers – like 900 child refugees – into names – like Adnan, Jabir and Tarek.
These success stories are proof of what is possible when we work together to create a better, fairer world.
Jabir and his cousin were just 14 when they were forced to flee their home in Afghanistan to try and reach safety with their Aunt in the UK. Life in the Calais camp was lonely and could be violent but now he is settled at school in England and making new friends.
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“When I arrived in Calais, I managed to find my classmate from Syria in the camp who had left before me. It was hard because I didn’t have a phone and didn’t know anyone else. I couldn’t speak much English or French and wasn’t told about the youth centre, so I had nothing to do but wait.”
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Adnan was just 14 when he made up his mind to leave Syria and make his way to Calais – the only chance he had to join his surviving relative, his brother, in the UK. For much of his five months in the Calais “jungle” camp he was entirely alone.
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