Hello!! Thank you for coming to my fundraising page!  Overweight Philly here is now out each day sweating across London's parks and pavements - painfully getting in shape to run the Hackney Half and raise some money for refugee dignity. It would be amazing if you would support me with a donation. I have worked for many years around the world as a  journalist / filmmaker,  and for too long met brave men, women and children who have found themselves destitute, in desperate situations and predicaments, becoming 'refugees' through no fault of their own. Making news or films 'about' them can be often deeply frustrating for so many reasons  - so I am running for REACT as it works in tandem with individuals fleeing war and conflict and responds to their requested needs, with an emphasis specifically on helping women and minors. I just feel it is important to do something - however small - and I know REACT delivers.


REACT 2018 fundraising will: 1/ Support the training and upkeep of two
youth workers who provide education and safe spaces for refugee girls in Amman Jordan. 2 / Directly fund a team of 24/7 volunteers at 'Sans
Papiers’ (Without Documents), a grass root network in Sicily who provide urgent case relief to migrants and asylum seekers arriving by boats from Libya.  3 /  A Legal Aid fund to support emergency court expenses challenging ‘imminent deportation’ orders on vulnerable refugees in Lesbos Greece. 4 / Offer small one off grants for asylum seekers caught in emergency predicaments in the UK - principally women survivors of trafficking and torture. So! - THANK YOU for whatever you can donate. LOVE and PEACE / Phil


PS! Please remember to add GIFT AID in your donation!!! As it will give an extra 25% on top of whatever you donate. THANK YOU!! xxx