How can you describe Moria camp? .. its very difficult . I did not spend much time there, but I feel the urge to return and help, the need is great.  If my circumstances were different – I would be planning the next trip there in the next couple of weeks.  Instead, I have allocated the last of kindly donated funds to’ Better Days for Moria’.

What is Moria like? It is a tragic place..there are not enough supplies and so many unpredicatable factors (such as; the weather/ donations/number of boats) which make it very difficult to plan what is needed… and there is human suffering on a massive scale.

A small story of my time in Moria…..

I helped a Syrian lady when I was in Moria camp, she spoke no english and so everything was hand signals and gestures.  This young woman (about 30 year old) was 2 months pregnant with an 8 month old baby girl.  The baby had a cold, was hungry, wet and had a dirty / leaky nappy.. I managed to find clean / dry clothes and shoes (some I bought earlier from the local Lidl)  for the lady and clean nappies, wipes, clothes, food and a snowsuit for the baby (well I brought the food for the mum but she didnt eat anything and fed the baby the rice).  She asked me to carry the baby to the tent as her hands were full (bottle, nappies, wipes etc) which I did .. then I left her to go own way.

I often think of this lady and her young family – I wonder where there are and have they managed to find some peace.

But this is a real drop in ocean … there are millions of families in this situation .. my help was small .. no -miniscule if you look at this tradegy in the whole … but maybe this was a tiny pinpick of light to help this lady survive a dark night .. one love x