Family Link Up : Refugee Week at the V&A

Sunday 24 June 2018

Refugee Week at the V&A

This was a good idea to engage the children to think about being a refugee and the message of love they wanted to send to refugees... See my design below as I had to sit and have a go too... The education staff for the V&A showed great interest in my Family Link Up project... Family Link Up I hope we can meet up again and brainstorm more ideas to help keep the spotlight on refugees and the need to rebuild lives, heal the pain and gain peace and happiness and most of all hope again.

My drawings are very elementary so forgive me on this but the idea was to use the segments of the umbrella to take you on a journey of a little girl caught in war and fleeing..... it starts with her normal life in peace with her apartment home, a normal day going to school and her pet cat...and her love of flowers. Then her world turned upside down and her journey as a refugee with dreams and regaining safety and peace. See the details of my work Under my Umbrella

Had a really good time in this refugee week... been good to meet up with friends that support Family Link up as they can and to help refugees here in London through my volunteer work with an NGO.. read more on my cup of tea share & Care blog Refugee Week V&A Friday Juan DeGaldo put together a series of short films that touch the emotions and brought home to all watching the pain the trauma and the need to rebuild broken lives.

good to meet the team at UNHCR - when ever I am out in the field with my Family Link Up project I will always write up a report and submit my observations, concerns and ideas to the legal team in London. They have all the family details on file through my befriending.

Spotted some good Art books in the V&A shop for Boshra when her command of English expands and to help that expansion...But the visuals will help to stimulate more of her own ideas too. I am so so keen to get her some art materials to get her up and running with creative work so she can market her work and earn again.

Fun puzzles and books for the girls so when I have some funds I can get a choice of goods for them.

I am a hand to hand link up

and can evidence your help with thanks!

This project is my life for the rest of my life for sure and there is so much we can do together in the family life rebuild. Contact me if you have any fund raising ideas or sponsorship. Don't forget you can help not only with donations but shopping online too with Marjorie's Yard..Marjorie's Yard Independent Consultant NYR the commission on sales will help me with this project and expenses. This month we have an Aromatherapy Awareness project so you can get your oils and diffusers from me....

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