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26 August 2016 Listen to BBC's Jeremy Sallis to hear more about the plight of Syrian refugees out in the field and our member John Barrett explaining about how we are trying to help - click this link to listen to the broadcast 

25 August 2016 A beautiful Aquitaine farmhouse with pool and room for up to 12. For one week early in June or up to two weeks during the first half of May. For photos go to  http://frholidayhome.wixsite.com/auction This is just one of the magnificent promises at our Auction of Promises on 26 September at St John's College.

14 August 2016 Messages of support received from Their Royal Highnesses, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Professor Stephen Hawking who says in his letter that he offers his very best wishes for a successful evening and offers congratulations for the work that we are doing to help Syrian refugees in Cambridge.

3 August 2016
For a video and report about Syrian children's education go to: https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/07/19/lebanon-250000-syrian-children-out-school   But there is still some joy!"    https://www.rescue.org/video/syrian-boy-lebanon-experiences-moment-joy

2 August 2016

From the Times of 16 June: “Penniless child migrants are being pushed into
prostitution to raise the cash to pay an entry fee into camps in Northern
France...youngsters are being charged about £400 …...a report says that sexual
violence is a constant threat.”

Rory Fox a noted 'superhead' and father of five in Cambridge left his job in favour of
setting up a school last October in the Dunkirk refugee camp. He says that on most
days one of his pupils will disappear, 'who knows where'. He comments that the
children are bright and very keen to learn. They queue early each morning at the
shack where he and his volunteer teachers gather. Many of the students want to be
doctors. They are well capable of the studies though he doubts whether such a future
is possible for them.

Jo Cox MP was murdered very recently - from The Independent of 16 June:
She called repeatedly for Britain to do more to help the victims of Syria’s civil war.
She knew what she was talking about: she was still in regular contact with friends
and former colleagues in the aid world working to help refugees in the region.
She set up a parliamentary group on Syria and staged Commons debates on the
plight of the refugees. She argued forcefully that the UK Government should be doing
more both to help the victims and use its influence abroad to bring an end to the
Syrian conflict.

13 June 2016 The situation is now much worse. Many families have no home, no money, no food. 45,000 people have fled in the last three weeks