Ohob

OHOB was initially set up in October 2015 as a Facebook Group called Open Hearts Open Borders - Refugee Aid; this was in response to the current refugee crisis and the tragic media images across our screens. As a group of volunteers from across Devon and Cornwall we collect essential aid items to fill containers and send pallets of aid to Europe. W... e now work closely with a number of other grass root aid groups across the South West. In Europe have and still send aid on a regular basis to Mobile Refugee Support (Dunkirk and Calais), Attika Human Support (Lesvos Greece), Humanitarian Support Agency (Kara Tepe Greece), (Athens Greece) and the One Happy Family Community Centre (Lesvos Greece). OHOB represents opportunities for all of us to grow as one kind, compassionate, welcoming and integrated community by welcoming refugees and asylum seekers arriving or already living in the South West and across the United Kingdom. As a grassroots organisation which has grown organically, we are entirely supported by local people and the community of Devon and Cornwall. This type of empowerment is the best way to build solid and lasting foundations of mutual understanding and integration. OHOB is a focus for creating change through the kindness of a network of volunteers and supporters ranging from individuals and families to South West businesses, church groups, refugees, clubs and associations, charities and community groups. One of our main partners and supporters is QStore Business Centre in Saltash Cornwall PL12 6LX.Read More