On Saturday the 22nd of November “Stichting boot vluchteling” (the boat refugee foundation) organised a lustrum event, a series of lectures and interviews followed by an information fair in Amsterdam.

Stichting boot vluchteling is a foundation that aims to provide essential humanitarian aid to people that are stuck in refugee camps on the edges of Europe. They do this by providing physical and mental healthcare and by raising awareness and trying to influence asylum policies throughout Europe.
In the past we have had the pleasure of including two course takers from this foundation in our annual T-week where they brushed up on valuable technical skills that can greatly increase self-reliance in the field.

We were honored when they proposed we could fill a stand at their information fair. Two of our members took the trip from Enschede to Amsterdam.

We arrived after a nice drive and set up a stand. One extra thing we added to this stand was a small quiz on recognizing car fluids. We took 8 jam jars filled with different oils, fuels etc. and whoever could guess the contents right won a small prize!

All in all it was a very interesting event, we got to hear some very moving stories from both volunteers and refugees that were present and got to share our T-week experiences with new people. 

We want to thank the Boat Refugee Foundation for inviting us!