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Just finished filming a special episode of Faith Matters titled "Life After Paris" for Bay TV. Reverend Keith Hitchman, Councillor Malcolm Kennedy and I had an enlightening, honest and open discussion about the Paris attacks, suitable responses, the val
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I was given this business card at a business networking event in London. Some people are just too creative!
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Rumour has it that £213m is about to be spent on a new theme park in Calais to improve the reputation of the port town. Yes... I know... I thought the same! They will have to try hard to compete with "Dismaland".
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Cyclone Chapala is about to bring 10 years worth of rainfall within the next 48 hours to some parts of Yemen. The people there are still dealing with wars, terrorism and political turmoil. Tropical cyclones are very rare in this part of the world and the
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وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ "And my success is not but through God" - Quran 11:88
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The cold nights in Calais are here. Yesterday we refilled and distributed 20 large gas bottles to the already established smaller kitchens here in the Calais Camp. Today we purchased another 80, and this should have a huge positive impact, enabling 100's
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The HRF Path of Mercy team have some important updates in regards to the Calais camp know as "the jungle." There have been some major developments recently: - Police are now prohibiting access of all vehicles on the Chemin des Dunes road to the camp, unl
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Just been to a trial tasting at Bradford's next big takeaway. Fortune Cookie Bradford will officially open their doors on Thursday. Everyone in Leeds knows how much I love their halal Chinese. The food was amazing as expected and the prices are even bet
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The occupation of Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem is not the "Palestinian cause" we've been sold, it is the "worldwide ummah cause". The sooner we realise this, the quicker it's liberation will come, together with justice for the Palestinians by default.
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A coffee banoffe ice cocktail in Athens airport! Just what I needed after a long, long day.
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"When the Ottomans built their buildings, they wanted us to know that there is something bigger than us." - Ilyas Ahmed
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I have half a day stopover in Istanbul tomorrow before I leave for Athens, in sha Allah. Follow me on Snapchat as I try and visit as many of my favourite places as possible in this amazing city. I'll be snapping the nur of Istanbul. Username: adamkelwic
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***Please Share*** We were up all night until 7am helping bring refugees from the coast where they arrive and driving them 3km down to the point where they are given a change of clothes, food, drink and other essentials. I even drove one family with two
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This is Abdullah from Aleppo in Syria, he arrived on the Greek island of Kos yesterday on a rubber dingy and nearly drowned with all those on board. Today he's a little more cheerful and is playing with my friend's camera while his family work out the be
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Alhamdulillah! The Syrian families we visited in the Bodrum peninsula a few days ago now have tents for shelter and we took them blankets, nappies, food... and of course more sweets for the beautiful children there. May God bless and protect them. Tom
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Even though we're all smiling in this picture, I had to leave these Syrian kids and their families last night and they had to sleep in a car park on the floor again. We have arranged for 8 family sized tents to be given to them today in Turgetreis, but i
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"If you want to know what people are really like, see how they treat the poor." Today in Vienna I discovered the reality of the Austrian people. They have signs up saying "refugees welcome here". The government and the people provide food, clothing, inte
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Just been sent this powerful picture from the Path of Mercy team on the ground in Calais taken earlier today and this sums up the work we're doing there. We don't look down on the refugees there, rather we see them as our own brothers and sisters. These
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Come on guys! What are you waiting for? Support the Path of Mercy project! Today we leave to Slovakia then Austria, Hungary, Turkey and Greece. We will continue to assess and provide what is most needed. See the comment below for link to the donation p
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Just bade a tearful farewell to Reverand Bill Crews from Australia. He came all the way here to see what he can do to help. He is a well known Methodist leader in Australia and is close friends with the Dalai Lama. It is truly beautiful to see ALL peopl
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The basic health needs are improving in the Calais camp. Medicine Sand Frontieres (MSF) or "Doctors without borders are now operating in the camp and have plans to increase their presence there. I had a meeting with Claudina Andre, the main MSF Coordina
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"Human beings aren't punished FOR what they do, they're punished BY why they do." - Rhamis Kent
