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November 14, 2018 - 1:37pm

A successful October in Lille

Donation drives were very fruitful in this city this month thanks to the large number of donors. Donations from other organizations also greatly contributed to this success. As a result, we could distribute more than a hundred blankets and tents, as well as many warm clothes. We are also optimistic...

November 14, 2018 - 12:23pm

Citizen hosting in Paris

The programme for long-term citizen hosting of unaccompanied minors is making good progress. At the moment, in the context of our partnership with Doctors Without Borders, 9 young refugees are hosted long-term by volunteer families in Ile-de-France. 8 boys and 1 girl, aged between 15 and 17,...

November 13, 2018 - 5:27pm

Review of the situation in Calais

Two years after the demolition of the “Jungle”, there are still over 500 people who sleep rough every night. To follow this, there are high number of new arrivals each day, including families, women and unaccompanied minors. Our distributions teams continue to work daily to give out the basic needs...

Who are we ?

Utopia 56 is an association created in January 2016 in Brittany to manage volunteers over the Calais jungle. The association then managed the first humanitarian camp in France when it opened in Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk from March to September 2016.

With more than 9,000 members (in July 2018), we shelter teenagers without their parents, we help with food distribution, we collect and give sleeping bags, both in Paris and Calais. We operate in several other regions of France (Quimper, Toulouse, Lille, Saint Brieuc, Lyon etc.).

You too, you can volunteer to help refugees, from half a day to one day.

VOLUNTEER MISSIONS WITH UTOPIA 56

Join the association and become a volunteer in Calais or Paris, with refugees…
Become a citizen host to host during a night, a week or more, a underaged refugee or a family at your home…
Participate or organize a collection of clothes, hygiene products, sleeping bags…

Explanations, details … and other ways to help refugees to discover here

We are an organization created by citizens from Lorient (Brittany) in January 2016. Discover (in french) our story and why we have “56” in our name here.

Our word is free and we respect the plans for the future of the refugees.