On Midsummers night in Edinburgh Firefly hosted a supper club for 50 people at our local café, Century General Store. Charlie McMicking and Bill Coles cooked up a feast and Maria Chambers and Harry Crawley gave wonderful rousing speeches, about the work that Firefly’s partners do in Bosnia, Syria and...
Thank you very much for your support Anju! Anju Uppal has just returned from Kathmandu, after climbing to the Everest Base Camp at a height of 5346 metres! Her brave and generous endeavour has raised over £700 for Firefly International children.
Over the May Bank Holiday, 8 teams of keen walkers took on a huge challenge – and raised £8000 for Firefly. The first mountain, Ben Nevis, was snowy with very low cloud and proved quite a challenge. The sun came out for Scafell Pike and Snowdon which helped everyone along....
Thank you very much Anju! Anju is on a 12 day Everest Camp challenge to fundraise for Firefly International’s children! Help Anju raise funds for our children via his Justgiving page
Firefly Syria’s students have had many years of interrupted, or simply no education, due to the war. As a result it is commonplace for Syrian refugee children to be at a learning level three or four years behind their age group, and many are even illiterate. Yet, they have high...
Firefly Syria is a refugee led initiative which owes its success to the personal stories, struggles and resilience of the people it is made up of. The Story of Um S and her family Um S is employed at the Firefly centre in Antakya as a cleaner. Um...
John Chambers and Louis Hall will take part in the upcoming Rome Marathon on 2nd April 2017 in order to raise funds for Firefly. You can contribute to their run for us via their JustGiving pages: Louis Hall’s JustGiving page John Chambers’ JustGiving page Louis and John, a special thank you from Firefly...
Many thanks to the Melksham Fairtrade group who raised money for Firefly International at their Christmas Fairtrade event! A special thanks to Judith and Joan for organising this event which helps us provide safe access to education and a brighter future for many children affected by conflict and violence.