Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Benefit Performance of singers and comedians for stranded refugees – NU.nl

The Little Comedy theater in Amsterdam occurred that evening among others Sanne Wallis de Vries, Brigitte Kaandorp, Henny Vrienten, Lebbis, Jenny Arean, Henry van Loon, Rob de Nijs and Cor Bakker. The evening has been given the title Leros Cry.

That’s the theater Tuesday. Also Leo Lucassen, professor of migration contributes to the evening. All the money collected at the charity evening, go to Loket Leros, an activist group that is trying as much as possible basic necessities to get the Greek island. It comes to shoes, medicine, clothing and backpacks.

Leros each day hundreds of refugees by boat, but present on the island is not a professional care. The locals are trying, with the limited resources they have, along with a large group of international volunteers to catch these people.



Harrowing stories

The idea for the coming benefit of cabaret Wallis de Vries. Her mother Sity is one of the volunteers on the island. “I hear her everyday stories,” she says.

“Harrowing stories where no refugee spared seems to remain the overall lack of basic things:.. toilet paper, clean underwear, baby milk, fruit, backpacks, sanitary napkins One leaking toilet for five hundred men and women . “

Therefore Wallis de Vries, the action group Loket Leros created, in order to raise money and help her mother.

By: Buzze

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