Lampedusa Walk

Lampedusa Walk The Lampedusa Walk is a sponsored walk along the route of the Berlin Wall to raise money for the UN refugee agency. See the About page for how to donate.

October 3, 2014 is the first anniversary of the Lampedusa tragedy, where over 360 people died when their boat sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa. To mark the anniversary and to raise awareness of the plight of migrants trying to reach Europe, we plan to walk along part of the route of the former Berlin Wall. October 3 is also German Unity Day, a national holiday to mark German reunification.

The Berlin Wall is of course a symbol of a barrier that claimed many lives. All donations will go to UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency which helps refugees around the world. If you have a German bank account, you can make a (tax deductible) donation here: https://www.uno-fluechtlingshilfe.de/aktiv-werden/eigene-spendenaktion.html?hptitle=lampedusa-walk (UNO-Fluechtlingshilfe is the UNHCR's national organisation in Germany.) If you live outside Germany, you can donate to the UNHCR via the Lampedusa Walk Just Giving page: http://www.justgiving.com/LampedusaWalk

You can also donate directly to the UNHCR online via their home page (http://donate.unhcr.org/international/general) or their respective country sites (http://bit.ly/1gOgrWf). Please let us know by email ([email protected]) or Facebook if you donate this way so we can keep track of the total! You can also send us a donation in cash, PayPal or by bank transfer and we will transfer it to the German UNHCR association. Please contact us by email ([email protected]) if you want to do this. Thank you for your support! David Smith, Johanna Da Rocha Abreu and Joseph Given

Interesting analysis by Ian Lesser and Astrid Ziebarth of the German Marshall Fund: "Without a proper strategy to suppor...
23/04/2015

Interesting analysis by Ian Lesser and Astrid Ziebarth of the German Marshall Fund: "Without a proper strategy to support growth, jobs, and security in the countries of origin, and increased opportunities for legal work in the EU, people will still risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean."

BRUSSELS—The terrible loss of life in the latest Mediterranean migration disasters may finally spur European Union leaders to concerted action. If so, it will be a very tardy response to the worst human security crisis affecting Europe since World War II. EU ministers should naturally focus on steps…

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres: "Our ability to save lives at sea has to be guaranteed, because the ...
23/04/2015

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres: "Our ability to save lives at sea has to be guaranteed, because the current situation is a tremendous tragedy".

EU leaders are to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of migrants risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.

Berlin celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall yesterday with an art installation featuring ballo...
10/11/2014

Berlin celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall yesterday with an art installation featuring balloons along the route of the wall in central Berlin. The balloons were released at 7pm on November 9.

Some impressions from the 2014 Lampedusa Walk on 3 October 2014.
08/10/2014

Some impressions from the 2014 Lampedusa Walk on 3 October 2014.

07/10/2014

Thanks very much to "Flanierer" for the extremely generous donation, bringing the total on the German side to a fantastic 815 euros! With the 189 pounds on the UK side, that makes a grand total of 1055 euros in all. Massive thanks to everyone for your support!

04/10/2014

Thanks very much to Josie and two anonymous donors for their generous donations!

Yay, we did it! Thanks to Joseph, Kate, Andrew, Sophie and Cat for taking part in the walk with me and to everyone who m...
03/10/2014

Yay, we did it! Thanks to Joseph, Kate, Andrew, Sophie and Cat for taking part in the walk with me and to everyone who made donations!

03/10/2014

It's a beautiful autumn day in Berlin, looking forward to our walk!

The UNHCR has disturbing new figures on the number of people dying in the Mediterranean: "In all, 90,000 people crossed ...
02/10/2014

The UNHCR has disturbing new figures on the number of people dying in the Mediterranean: "In all, 90,000 people crossed to Europe between July 1 and September 30 and at least 2,200 lost their lives."

Those making the crossing in the first half of the year faced a 1.06 per cent chance of losing their life, compared to 2.4 per cent for those crossing in the third quarter.

02/10/2014

Big shout out to Joseph Given, Kate Ferguson, Sophie Kirby and Andrew Hayden who are going to be doing the walk with me tomorrow! Thanks so much for getting involved, it's going to be a great day!

02/10/2014

Google says it's going to be sunny and 21 degrees tomorrow in Berlin. Sounds like nice weather for a stroll!

02/10/2014

Thanks to everyone who donated today: "anonym", Kristen, Kris Shapar, Kate and "anonymous", I very much appreciate your support! Our grand total is now a fantastic 839 euros, if I've done the maths right!

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