Annie Freud

Annie's poem-a-thon page

Fundraising for Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
£166
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poem-a-thon, 5 December 2015
Participants: Jacqui Saphra is our brilliant organiser and among the 60 wonderful poets reading there will be Anna Robinson, Valerie Josephs, Sue Hubbard and Angela Kirby.
We provide emergency medical care worldwide to people affected by conflict & disasters.

Story

I woke up one morning to more horrific news of refugees and thought of my own relatives who died during the Second World War, how the world turned its back on the Jews in Europe using the same arguments our own governments are using now. I thought I had to do something to raise funds and awareness to make a small contribution to alleviating this terrible humanitarian crisis.

My dear friend and fellow poet Jacqui Saphra put out a call for help with this and received an overwhelming amount of support. Together with her trusty committee, she has organised this huge Poem-a-thon for Refugees - sixty poets each reading for eight minutes in the course of one day.

This will be on

5th December

at Vout-O-Reenees, 30 Prescott Street, London E1 8BB, a gorgeous private members' club owned by the amazing Sophie Parkin.

Time: 12 noon to 10 pm.

Entry to the event is free. Please sponsor me and pop in for as long or short a time as you like on the day to cheer our many fabulous poets.

All funds raised will be through sponsorship and donations. Funds raised will go to support the work of MSF and its work with refugees in the Mediterranean.

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About the charity

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is the world's leading medical humanitarian aid organisation. We work in over 70 countries - in conflict zones, natural disasters and epidemics. We are independent, neutral and impartial. We provide medical care where it's needed most.

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