Sponsored Swim for Refugees

Sponsored Swim for Refugees

Refugee Child in snow

Please join our Llandudno Christmas Charity
Sponsored Swim in support of refugees!

RRYM is a small Anglesey/Llandudno based charity. We provide relief for the victims of war or political persecution who are forced to flee their homes with limited resources.
We also support local homeless families in need of help.
Can you help us to raise the funds needed to continue this valuable work?
100% of funds raised will go to benefit the charity’s projects.

Throughout December we will hold sponsored swims in Llandudno Swimming Pool as our Christmas event.
If you’d like to get yourself sponsored and swim for us, or to sponsor one of us, please use the contacts at the end of this post.

Our recent projects include:
 Sponsoring ten disabled refugee children in Lebanon to attend school for one day a week.
They are provided with transport to and from the camps where they live. The children receive a basic education in Arabic and English literacy and mathematics, as well as an opportunity to make new friends.

Maintaining a community library in Kiangwali refugee camp, Uganda.
The library caters for 150,000 camp residents, and some local families who are unable to afford books. It contains children’s books, student textbooks and everything in between.
This project also provides a tailoring school which takes 10 learners for every 3 months, empowering teenage mothers who were forced to drop out of school due to early/unwanted pregnancies.

Library in Uganda

To read more about the work we do, please browse our website: RRYM.UK or follow us on Facebook refugeereliefynysmon.

Sponsor Forms are available from Llandudno Swimming Pool, or you can Download from barry.rrym.uk.
You can phone or message Barry: 07795468839 or Chris: 07968501192 for forms or more information.

Please click pay.rrym.uk to sponsor us or to make a donation.
Please write ‘Sponsored swim’ in the message or Email barry@rrym.uk
Thank you

Special Needs Class Jul23

Here is the latest update on the special needs class in Lebanon, written by my dear friend who is responsible for planning and implementing the numerous lessons and activities. She has also produced THIS-VIDEO which I hope you will enjoy.

The children are continuing  to make excellent progress. they are still receiving a good amount of education. We are still teaching them  Arabic, English, Maths, drawing, music and sport.

We can see that they integrate very well with each other  and are no longer isolated or shy to talk or answer questions. Also,  there is very good progress in their pronunciation.

If you would like to donate towards this very worthwhile project, please feel free to use the link Pay.rrym.uk or you can pay directly into our charity’s bank account.

 NatWest Bank Account: 71053743

Sort code: 51-61-14

Heartfelt thanks to those of you who are kind enough to donate towards this project on a regular basis, thus ensuring it’s continuity.

Heulwen Sponsored Climb

Heulwen Sponsored Climb

This summer Heulwen has decided to attempt climbing Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon).
This will be an official fundraiser for our charity Refugee Relief Ynys Môn, registered  charity number 1184413.
“If any of you would be kind enough to consider sponsoring me I would be extremely grateful.

All money raised will be put towards various projects run by our Syrian friends.

As many of you already know, I’ve always considered myself to be up for a challenge or two. It helps to keep me motivated when the going gets a little tough. If I can use any personal challenges as a means of  obtaining financial support for friends in need, so much the better. It’s with this in mind that I have decided to attempt climbing Yr Wyddfa, (Snowdon) this summer.

 I will be attempting the climb with the support of husband barry, daughter Sophie and her partner Jamie.

If any of you would be kind enough to consider sponsoring me I would be extremely grateful. I can’t give an accurate date for the climb as yet as so much will depend on the weather. Hopefully it will be sometime between the 24th June, the date that we have currently pencilled in for the climb,  and the middle of August.

If you would like to help our charity continue our mission to support others in dire need of financial help, please use the DONATE link where you will find several payment options. Alternatively you can pay into our charity’s bank account, the details of which are as follows:

Refugee Relief Ynys Mon National Westminster Bank Account number: 71053743 Sort code: 516114 IBAN GB76NWBK51611471053743.

Heartfelt thanks to those of you willing to sponsor me. Never forget, but for circumstance of birth, this could so easily be us in desperate need of help!

Lebanon Disabled Party

On 16 December, our charity posted an appeal to raise funds so that Nour and her friends could organise a special party for 20 disabled youngsters living in the camps of Arsal, Lebanon. We reached our target in record time thanks to the generosity of Catherine, Carys,  Laura and Betty, and the money was duly sent to Nour. She and her friends wasted no time in putting their plan into action! The party was held on Wednesday, 28 December and thoroughly enjoyed by one and all as you will see from the video. Nour tells me that one little boy is already quizzing his parents regarding when the next party might be!:
Lebanon Disabled Party

It is our fervent hope to continue to support as many of these children as possible over the next few months, but we will need your support to be able to do this properly. If you would like to donate please use the pay.rrym.uk or contact me for details of our charity’s bank account. In the words of the video nothing  is impossible where hope still exists. Will you please join us in our efforts to prove to these children that indeed it does?

Amongst the most vulnerable group of refugees living in the Arsal camps are those facing permanent disability. They are neglected and not provided with the proper care and resources that most disabled people would consider essential. Some suffered life changing injuries that resulted in them becoming long—term disabled whilst trying to escape the horrors of war. Others were born with some form of disability.

After witnessing their suffering under the harsh winter conditions of the Arsal camps, my friends and I decided to organise a party for 15-20 disabled youngsters, where we can provide them with a good nutritious meal and dessert, something they can’t get in their daily lives. Not only that, but we are also planning to design and teach them some simple exercises which they can use to reduce their anxiety or depression, thereby promoteing their general feelings of well-being. During the party they will have the opportunity to meet with others who face the same or a similar condition. Hopefully this will help to build their confidence and make them feel less isolated. It should also help them to foster new relationships. Our goal is to empower this weak category of refugees to the very best of our ability.

Potato Project Update

Potato Project Update

Yesterday was an extremely busy day for the Syrian families in Arsal, Lebanon. It was time to harvest the potato crop that they have tended and grown for the second year in succession. According to my friend Nour it was an excellent harvest! 300 families will be provided with 20 kg of potatoes as a result. Thanks to those of you who gave so generously to make this project feasible.

Here are pictures and a video of the potato distribution to families in some of the camps in Arsal, Lebanon. It never ceases to amaze me just how many miracles can be achieved when a few like-minded folk pull together, even over a distance of approximately three thousand miles in this  case. Thanks to everyone who has supported this project, either by  making a financial donation, or by putting in hours of hard work on the farm to ensure a successful harvest that has provided 20 kg of potatoes for 300 families! You are all heroes!

If you would like to donate to our work please feel free to use the Donate link
or the details of our charity bank account.

Video of Distribution

The People We Support

Occasionally we are able to supply aid directly to displaced people, either in the UK or in refugee camps, who have been referred to us by a trusted volunteer or group.

However as we are such a small charity with few volunteers, most of the aid we collect is shipped to one of the organisations described in the accompanying “People We Support” document, who we trust to distribute the aid on our behalf. We receive frequent photographs of these distributions, which we show on our Facebook page and Website as evidence to our donors that the aid has reached its intended recipients.

Financial Review

Statement of the Charity’s Policy on Reserves

We try to hold at least £1,000 in reserve.

We need this so that we can respond to emergency calls for help.

Details of Any Funds Materially in Deficit

The Trustees declare that the charity had no funds which were materially in deficit at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.

State of the Charity’s Finances

Bank Balance plus Petty Cash as of 5 March 2021: £2,731.79.

Total income this year: £9,131.

Total spending this year: £8,494.

Bank Balance plus Petty Cash as of 5 March 2022: £3,383.14.

please refer to the accompanying “RRYM Balance Sheet21” Excel Worksheet for a fully itemised  breakdown of the charity’s income and expenditure.

Restricted Funds

No funds have been restricted for particular purposes.

Designated Funds

No funds have been designated for particular purposes.

Particulars of Any Outstanding Guarantee Given by the Charity

The Trustees declare that the charity has given no guarantee where potential liability is outstanding at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.

Particulars of Any Outstanding Debt

The Trustees declare that the charity has no outstanding debts which are secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the charity at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.

Declaration

The Trustees declare that they have approved the above report and authorised that it be signed on their behalf by the secretary.

The people we support

This document covers the period from 6 March 2021 to 5 March 2022.

Occasionally we are able to supply aid directly to displaced people, either in the UK or in refugee camps, who have been referred to us by a trusted volunteer or group.

However as we are such a small charity with few volunteers most of the aid we collect is shipped to one of the following organisations, who we trust to purchase or distribute the aid on our behalf. We receive frequent reports and photographs of these distributions, which we show on our Facebook page and Website as evidence to our donors that the aid has reached its intended recipients.

Hand in Hand for Aid and Development, Birmingham

We were able to Send another eight boxes of hand knitted and crocheted items to HIHFAAD before customs rules were tightened even further on the Turkish/Syrian border. Unfortunately we have been unable to send further parcels for the last few months due to customs constraints.

Freeshop Lebanon container

We have continued sending aid by way of clothes, footwear and blankets to the Free Shop, Lebanon, providing them with nine large boxes of aid during the past year. Our boxes are sent to their warehouse in Coventry, from where all in-coming aid is sorted into categories and put on to containers ready for transporting to Lebanon.

Sussex Aid Refugees

Sussex Aid have been instrumental in providing clothes and footwear for Afghan refugees residing in local hotels. We have been able to help them in their efforts by providing them with nine boxes of same..

Katy Last Parcel for Ukraine

At the beginning of March, 2022, we sent a large box of nappies, wet wipes, toiletries and sanitary towels to a fellow humanitarian living in Derbyshire. She was collecting these items to send out to Ukraine, courtesy of a local organisation.

Infant Medication for Turkish Border

In April 2021 we sent £300 to a trusted friend living on the Turkish border, in order to help him purchase special lotion for three young boys with a serious hereditary skin condition.

Heulwen Lebanon Potato Project

In February the charity donated £100 towards an agricultural project that Heulwen had helped establish in Arsal, Lebanon. The Refugee families were able to rent a plot of land on which they planted potatoes, beans, aubergines, tomatoes and onions. The project was very successful and helped to provide many families with a variety of fresh vegetables. Thanks to our contacts on the ground we were able to regularly update our supporters regarding the progress of this project by posting pictures and videos both on our Facebook page and on our Website.

Heulwen Fencing for P4T Primary School, Uganda

Another of Heulwen’s projects was to finance secure fencing for P4T primary school in Uganda. The charity was happy to donate £100 towards this project and the money was transferred towards the end of April. Following discussions with the school principal, Mr Joseph Sindani, the fencing was duly erected. Prior to this the school had been encountering problems with older men entering the premises to try to tempt local girls away from their studies and offering them money for sex.

Nappies and Milk for Turkish boarder

 At the end of April we were able to donate the sum of£72 towards the purchasing of nappies an baby milk on the Turkish border. Again pictures were taken and posted on our Facebook page and Website for the benefit of our supporters.

Love Without Boarders, Athens Food Vouchers

In May 2021 we sent £180 to the American charity, Love Without Borders, who had launched a project to provide much of the refugee population residing in Athens with food vouchers. The money was sent using their Paypal charity account.

ThereYouGo Soap and Toiletries

In June we sent £110 to the small Greek organisation, Thereyougo. Our donation enable them to buy soap and other toiletries for residents of the new refugee camp which has recently been built on the island of Samos.

Love Without Boarders, Community Centre Rent

In July 2021 we sent £176 to the American charity Love Without Borders, to help them with the renting of their newly established community centre in Athens. Again we used their charity Paypal link in order to transfer the money.

Gaza Desalination Plant

Last year we embarked on a project to raise funds which would facilitate the digging of a well and the installation of a desalination plant in the village of Cuza, Gaza. We succeeded in raising £1132 which we transferred directly to the company carrying out the work, Abdul Salam Yaseen and sons, who were involved in organising and carrying out the work. The money was transferred in July 2021. As ever we posted a number of pictures and videos on our Facebook page and Website showing how the work was progressing, and again once it had been completed.

Infant Medication for Turkish Border

Another £35 was sent to our friend on the Turkish border in August 2021 to cover the cost of infant medication. This was to help him purchase medicine for a small baby with digestive issues.

Bridge2 Haiti

Following the earth quake in Haiti, it was decided that we should donate £100 to the charity Bridge2 to help with their emergency restoration work. The money was transferred to them in October 2021.

Humming Bird Toy Appeal

Last December we purchased toys and games totalling  £53 from Amazon. These we duly donated to a local community organisation, the Hummingbird project, who were running an appeal to provide less fortunate children with Christmas gifts. Having purchased the items on Amazon, we arranged for them to be delivered directly to the Hummingbird project who are based in Abergele.

Lebanon Global Helping Hands

Towards the end of last year we launched another fundraiser to help purchase food baskets for families living in the camps of Arsal, Lebanon. We succeeded in raising £1350 which we transferred to the British charity, Global Helping Hands who were responsible for setting up the original project. The money was transferred to them at the end of December. Again pictures and videos of the distributions were posted both on our Facebook page and Website.

Care4Calais

Care4Calais is a volunteer run charity delivering essential aid and support to refugees living in the worst conditions across Northern France and Belgium.  We believe in a fair and tolerant British society and advocate for a welcoming and inclusive attitude towards refugees. Care4calais.org is a UK Registered Charity #1169048

RRYM has supplied second-hand winter coats, men’s jeans, winter hats and socks.
These were sent via Rob Lorrie by courier in 4 20kg boxes in November 2021.

Pobl i Bobl – Bangor (Cefnogi Ffoaduriaid/Refugee Support)

Founded as a response to the beginning of the European refugee crisis in 2015, Pobl i Bobl (Welsh for People to People) aims to help people in crisis by providing physical aid and personal support, regardless of race, religion and location.

Where you can find us

Registered Address

33 St. Seiriols Road, Llandudno, LL30 2YT

Phone

01492 873365

Email

info@rrym.uk

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