--- title: Donation of boots to the refugees description: “You can see that people are getting stuck in the mud with their shoes. The people have no boots”, says Dirk Vandervelden, a volunteer at the refugee camp in Duinkerke. That’s why Bekina® Boots decided, in cooporation with more than 100 volunteers from the non-profit organization GaM Care, to donate 1500 pairs of boots to this refugee camp on Wednesday, 13th January 2016. image: https://blog.bekina-boots.com/hubfs/Duinkerke-Newspage2.jpg --- - [Contact](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/contact/) - [Sustainability Report](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/sustainability-report/) - [Jobs](https://www.bekina-corporate.be/jobs) - [FAQ](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/faq/) - [NEW!](https://info.bekina-boots.com/en/launch-steplite-s) - [English - United Kingdom](https://blog.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/donation-of-boots-to-the-refugees) - [Nederlands](https://blog.bekina-boots.com/nl/donation-of-boots-to-the-refugees) EN-GB [![Bekina Boots logo](https://blog.bekina-boots.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/bekina-popular-theme/assets/images/logo.svg "Bekina Boots logo")](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/) - [Industries](https://blog.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/donation-of-boots-to-the-refugees#!) - [Agriculture](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/safety-wellingtons/agriculture/) - [Fishery](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/safety-wellingtons/fishery/) - [Food Processing](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/safety-wellingtons/food-processing/) - [Construction and Industry](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/safety-wellingtons/construction-and-industry/) - [Leisure](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/safety-wellingtons/leisure/) - [Quality](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/quality/) - [About Us](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/) - [Who we are](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/who-we-are/) - [Sales team](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/sales-team/) - [Neotane](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/neotane/) - [Testimonials](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/testimonials/) - [Events](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/events/) - [Work for us](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/work-for-us/) - [Biosecurity](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/biosecurity/) - [Sustainability Report](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/sustainability-report/) - [Knife Drop Protection](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/knife-drop-protection/) - [Blog](https://blog.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/) - [Our safety boots](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/boot-advisor/) - [Contact](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/contact/) - [Sustainability Report](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/about-us/sustainability-report/) - [Jobs](https://www.bekina-corporate.be/jobs) - [FAQ](https://www.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/faq/) - [NEW!](https://info.bekina-boots.com/en/launch-steplite-s) - - Blog [mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20Donation%20of%20boots%20to%20the%20refugees%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/donation-of-boots-to-the-refugees](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20Donation%20of%20boots%20to%20the%20refugees%20&body=Check%20out%20https://blog.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/donation-of-boots-to-the-refugees) ###### [News](https://blog.bekina-boots.com/en-gb/tag/news) # Donation of boots to the refugees 12 January 2016 - 1 min. reading time ![Duinkerke-Newspage2](https://blog.bekina-boots.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Duinkerke-Newspage2.jpg?width=702&name=Duinkerke-Newspage2.jpg) **“You can see that people are getting stuck in the mud with their shoes. The people have no boots”, says Dirk Vandervelden, a volunteer at the refugee camp in Duinkerke. That’s why Bekina® Boots decided, in cooporation with more than 100 volunteers from the non-profit organization GaM Care, to donate 1500 pairs of boots to this refugee camp on Wednesday, 13th January 2016.** “At Bekina® Boots, we always had much attention to sustainable and ethical entrepreneurship. Because of the high need of boots in the refugee camp, we couldn’t wait any longer”, says Peter Bauwens, CEO of Bekina® Boots. “It’s a horrible situation at the camp. The faster the boots will be there, the better.” Wednesday afternoon, 100 volunteers will start to distribute the 1500 pairs of boots in the camp. This will happen from a central collection point or personally in the tents of the seriously ill, single mothers with young children or pregnant women. **Update**: The 1,500 pairs of boots are distributed in the camp. Thanks to all volunteers who made this happen. Together we can make a difference. ### **Watch our video of the distribution of boots in the refugee camp:**     true Geen idee welke laars voor u de beste keuze is? 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