BOHEMIANS HAVE LAUNCHED their annual Christmas Toy Drive for the benefit of children in Direct Provision.
The pledge is to donate a €30 toy to every child living in a Direct Provision centre this Christmas, and the Toy Drive has raised more than €400,000 since it launched in 2018.
The ambition, says Bohemians, is to give every child in these centres a “sense of belonging.”
This year’s target, in conjunction with Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI), is to raise a total of €55,000.
Bohemian FC, Bang Bang cafe and MASI will handle distribution, while DHL Express Ireland will deliver gifts directly to Direct Provision centres.
Toys can be dropped into Bang Bang cafe in Phibsboro or donations can be made online at the following link.
Well done Bohs. Top club.
Brilliant stuff from Bohs.
Aren’t they foolish. They have more toys donated to them all year round from various organisations and charities. I’ve seen rooms full to the ceiling with more toys than you’d see in smyths toystore. Another example of the scam that is the Asylum/refugee system.
@Ray Ridge: Are you ever going to give it a rest? Donating toys to some of the worst off kids in the country is foolish? Have some compassion, it’ll cost you nothing and might even improve your life. At the very least it’ll make you less of a dose to others
@Jonny Hellzapoppin: The idea that children in direct provision don’t see a toy from one end of the year to the other is foolhardy. Most of their parents are working and getting free accommodation and free electricity and food. Would you stop being so innocent and naive. Nothing stopping them going to St. Vincent de Paul this Christmas, like many other hard-pressed parents who are not in direct provision, will have to do. Let’s get real here folks.
@Ray Ridge: an awful person.
@Ray Ridge: It’s a miserable existence and a gesture like this can bring some joy to kids who have known trauma and are living in limbo. There are chancers in every aspect and area of life but the majority of these people are simply looking to build a new life for themselves. Sounds like you spend too much of your time on social media.
@Ray Ridge: Ah ray you are upsetting everyone say something nice
@Shanie: The truth can be upsetting alright.
@Ray Ridge: So you have proof that most of the parents are working?