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This book is helping to raise money for the charity Three Peas, which gives vital practical help to people who have had to f lee their homes.
It takes a lot of courage to leave your home, to leave everything behind, and to travel to another country, but that’s what many people around the world are forced to do. There might be a war where they live and their homes are no longer safe. Or they might come from countries where they’re not allowed to live the way they want to, or say what they want to, or practise their religion. They feel they have no choice but to leave and find a safer place to live. They have to make long, difficult, dangerous journeys. When they finally arrive in their new countries, they have to apply for permission to stay – a process that can take years. During that time it’s hard for families to find work or even somewhere to live.
That’s where organisations like Three Peas can lend a hand. They may help people find a home, and can provide basic supplies of clothes, food and all sorts of essential items from shampoo and toothbrushes to books and prams. After so much upheaval, families long for a bit of normality. They want to cook food together and celebrate their feast days. They want to learn the local language. They want to work and support their families, and they want their children to have a good education.
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