The man who helps the stranded Calais migrants phone home
  • 9 years ago
Calais resident Dominique Megard worked for 25 years on the very tunnel the migrants living in his town are so desperate to get access to and while he can't help them with the journeys they want to make to England, the Frenchman is making their day-to-day lives in "the Jungle" a little bit better.After recovering from a stroke last year, Megard and his wife, Nadine, who were volunteering with French charity Médecins du Monde took in a migrant who had been badly injured in the camp. As the migrant recovered in their home, he suggested they bring music to the Jungle. That's the makeshift refugee camp that houses thousands of migrants fleeing violent, harsh conditions in the Middle East and Africa as they wait for asylum in France or to travel further to England.A year on and retiree Megard not only brings generators and speakers for the camp's residents to play music but, more importantly, he provides them with electricity to charge their phones and Wi-Fi to text and call their families