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| In Tent City it is mostly men b/c women and children are given a bed in a building immediately |
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| Refugee Tent City Brussels. It opened on Sept 5th. The idea is that you only spend a night or two in the Tent City until you are assigned a dorm inside of a building. The border has now been closed and they hope to close Tent City by the end of the month. |
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| 'Medicine of the World'. Migrant camping reception. |
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| They built walkways from the wooden planks of packing crates. It was brilliant b/c it has been raining nonstop |
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| 'We are equal b/c we are different. Against the immigrant and economic politics. Join the fight for those without papers.' |
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| It turned cold. Coats, and rain gear were the most needed. |
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| Here is where they were putting together the walkways. Can't read arabic.... |
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| The food tent. They had a 'cafeteria' that provided food all day. The whole tent city is run by volunteers! I didn't have my camera with me the first day but I wish I had a picture of the volunteer Frite Truck who had a line of men about 10 men wide and 50 men deep. Welcome to Brussels! |
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| Our first day we helped out at the Red Cross (passing out food, answering questions, keeping things 'calm') Very organized. Each person had a paper with a date and time for their interview. No rushing at the door. You are seen when you have an appointment. I was impressed. |
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| The second day we were in the clothing tent. Finding clothes, coats, etc for the individual is a challenge. Tons of donations, but hard to find what they need in the right size. The sorting of all those donations needs a huge team and a much bigger tent! I helped women/children and my friend helped the men. It was a small space so you had to take a number and they would let in 4 or 5 at a time while the others stood in line, mostly in the rain. |
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| Tent City Brussels Sept 2015. Almost all of them are from Syria. |
