The Liberal Jewish Synagogue Drop-in for Asylum Seeker Families and Uniform4Kids joined forces for a project to provide school uniforms for the children of asylum seekers.
Staff members at the Uniform4Kids store in Finchley Road promoted the initiative and Mitzvah Day and synagogue volunteers transported boxes of donated new uniforms to the LJS premises.
Since the drop-in was established in June 2014, 280 adult and 375 child asylum seekers from 29 countries have registered. Around 100 adult asylum seekers and their children attend each month.
Rabbi Alexandra Wright, senior minister at the St John's Wood congregation, said the project "has enabled many of the children who regularly attend our drop-in to have a new school uniform for the academic year. This would otherwise be out of their reach since asylum seekers survive off £36.95 per person per week.
"We must also think about those who are living in misery, alone and separated from their family in Calais and other camps across Europe. They can only dream of starting school."
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