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Got my order today of the beautiful Christmas Cards in support of London Air Ambulance. Love the illustration so much will get one framed for my wall.. it will provoke conversation on their amazing work.  Already been distributing seasons greetings with them .. Christmas Cards  and read about the wonderful work the team does giving pre hospital treatment to stabilise casualties London Air Ambulance

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Royal Opera House

 

Tuesday called in at the Royal Opera House  to get gifts for my Ukrainian refugee family... and have a much needed hot chocolate in the cafe as weather freezing.  I saw this a beautiful gown on display from Aida .. the story of Aida makes me wish to see this opera.

Lights for Christmas

 

Good fun last Saturday with my family at a Christmas light show at Kenwood house North London .. and yummy turkey burgers with cranberry sauce too 

Ukraine link up

I am so blessed to have met Juliya a Ukrainian refugee lawyer and her family. A chance meeting at a bus stop on my way home from London. Started with a talk about the late bus then finding out she was from Ukraine. Such an outpouring of love given all that we see on the news.  She is an amazing lady... and under my wing with her lovely children and mother. Her husband is Turkish and with her too. Both have been snapped up with work .. companies recognising their skills, knowledge and fluency in many languages.  Her children like my Syrian refugee children little professors of Linguistics.. Family Link Up  our local councillors have been amazing liaising with the family to help with needs. John McDonnell my MP has met with the family too. They feel part of us all with a desire to help others in need.  

Yesterday I had time with the family a very Christmas feel .. but conscious a difficult time with constant worry of family back in Ukraine enduring war, power outage in freezing conditions. But love the children as I do with all my refugees under my wing so took some goodies, chocolate from Oostende on my recent travel to Belgium. Also has I had seen with Leen & Celine their enjoyment of a Questions & flip up Answers book on music...I had got another copy from the Royal Opera House for Theo who plays the piano. Some ballet ornaments for Vera to put on the tree and a sticker dress the ballerina book too.  Was good fun. We had a good meal together with a traditional Ukrainian meat pie..there are coins placed inside for luck & wishes like we do in Christmas pudding..  I took traditional trifles chocolate and a Strawberry one from our local Coop. They loved it.

And here is the cardigan little Vera helped to knit lol showing her how to cast on.

The buttons I found in a seeing shop in Oostende near Bushra's apartment 

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Meeting my Gaza Nurse in Brussels

 

Wonderful Christmas gift this year .. after years of mentoring Mo'men online and videocall we actually met in person. I have mentored him through his BSc Nursing,  MSc Public Health.. helped advised and guided through clinical experience in the challenges he faces in Gaza. So proud of his achievements as a born nurse with drive to give outstanding care to patients. He has worked in oncology and been in conference with Dr Philippa Whitford SNP MP surgeon in breast cancer care.  Has journal article in publication in the European Journal of Oncology Nursing.

Now working for Medicin Sans Frontiere and was on an intensive training course in Brussels.. so we met in Brussels midi by the Eurostar terminal.. amazing to hear my name called out as he came arms open to greet me.  Typical nurses together instant click into action with clinical talk and updates.  My Belgium friend with a cafe in Oostende near where Bushra lives made us a pack up meal. We also had a videocall with Sahar his beautiful wife back in Gaza.  Mo'men helped with my Syrian refugees in Eleonas camp over messenger to explain all their medical needs in Arabic.  

And now I am in Gaza through my gifts .. and love care and concern to the Bravehearts .. shukran Allah.. helping our global family. 

Hillingdon Arts pop up shop

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Lovely artshop in the Pavillions Uxbridge... Hillingdon Artists have a pop up shop till the end of December. Good atmosphere from all the wonderful creativity ... there are window arts too and refracting window crystals... hint of Glastonbury in Uxbridge ... Love it ..

Hillingdon Artists

APPG Migration Libya & Parliament scroll all

 

Wednesday 7th December I was invited to attend the APPG on Migration meeting with the Medicin Sans Frontiere report on Out of Libya Opening Safe Pathways for Vulnerable Migrants stuck in Libya.. the meeting revealed the terrible way humans can treat other humans.  Time we matured into caring beings.. the message of the season is for all time Peace and Goodwill for all mankind and creation.  Time and time again delusions of power ego gets in the way.  

You can read the report on this link MSF Out of Libya report

The meeting had input from the UNHCR and how some migrants do get help with resettlement to safer host countries.  The first point on understanding the situation of migrants I highlight from my overall observation over the years and around global hotspots...is that when a regime falls there can be an implosion of ideologies and groups filling the hole in the political system.  Groups fracture and can conflict fighting one another instead of togetherness and creating a democracy where voices heard, listened to and find mutual compromise to build a future in peace & harmony. All religions carry the Divine message (not a division message) that is to be Egoless Selfless Care for one another and all creation on our home planet Earth. So we cannot blame religion for fracture as conflict and hurting one another means no one understands the message with their heart and soul.  Mind is too full of ego anger & selfishness.

From all the war conflict distorted minds bring .. we are now seeing the results of not caring for our planet home. We are seeing on ever growing grand scale migration due to climate extreme weather and crisis.. Droughts Flooding destroying farmland to feed populations and destroying infrastructures.  We need mature togetherness to stop ego driven wars and violence to urgently see we have a collective battle to undo the damage to our planet home for our future generations.. We are on a tipping edge of not ever having future generations as we destroy all that supports life!

I brought to the meeting how much difference there was in our UK handling of Ukrainian refugees.. Be it an elaborate entry clearance visa outside our borders I had witnessed the dignity and care as I travelled back & forth between Brussels and London. Ukrainian refugees given free travel on Eurostar cared for with love and compassion by staff. A welcome team of volunteers from Cambden Council at London St Pancras station with the station providing a reception room with supplies and advice, support and guidance.

It was lovely to be back in Parliament in person instead of zooming in ..lol in pjs. The parliament staff so kind to me .. I lobbied my MP John McDonnell and we had a good half hour over tea updating on international issues and my projects with refugees. 

I thanked Black Rod for the care of our Queen in the time of mourning. I expressed hope that has so many had come in Westminster Hall to pay respects, those that had never been in parliament would see it is a Peoples Parliament.  We discussed as all have the constitutional right to lobby MPs.. and you can lobby in Lords too. We can attend APPG All Party Parliamentary Groups even create a APPG on an issue that you felt was not receiving enough attention to understand & problem solve . We have our voices in parliament! 

I want to add in closure of this post a poem with a message for us all