THIS is the beautiful note found in a bag of clothing donated for refugees currently stranded in Calais.
It was found by Angela Kerrigan as she sorted through the mass of items donated to the Killie To Calais group which will be travelling from Scotland to France later this month.
It reads: “We are strangers. I don’t know who you are, but please stay strong, politics have failed you, but people will save you. We all sleep under the same sky.”
Angela shared it via Twitter and Facebook calling it “just beautiful” and it soon went viral, picking up hundreds of likes and shares across social media.
Sorting bags of donations for refugees, I found this. I don't know who wrote it, but thank you. Just beautiful. pic.twitter.com/8r4oqWPivK
— Angela Kerrigan (@Still_Me_Angie) September 9, 2015Killie To Calais, based in Kilmarnock – hence the name, is working with Calais Migrant Solidarity to make sure it takes the right sort of aid. Appeals for good have been shared across social media with donations flooding in.
Angela, who will be travelling with friend Jo Kenmuir, said: “We have been so overwhelmed with people’s generosity. My home is full of bags! So much so we are fundraising to allow us to make repeat visits to Calais to help refugees.”
They will be travelling to Calais on September 25 and plans to take “as much emergency aid as possible to the stranded refugees”.
The group has turned to crowdfunding site Go Fund Mie to cae to get the money needed for the trip.
It has already met the £500 goal to help pay for the trip’s fuel. Money will also be used to buy supplies that haven’t been donated such as first aid kits, shoes in sizes that haven’t been donated, nappies and vacuum bags so that goods can be transported effectively.
To follow the group, visit their Facebook page.
