From the archive: The relief of suffering

Janet Scott continues her series on the Friend and the first world war and writes about he help Friends gave to refugees

by Janet Scott 22nd September 2017

On 6 July 1917 the Friend published a list of the workers with the Friends’ War Victims’ Relief Committee. Some 250 women and men were named, including those who worked in the London office and warehouse.

In Holland, where towns such as Amersfoort provided shelter for refugees, Friends were running workshops, teaching trades, providing some employment and enabling refugees to earn some money. In Russia there was medical work, a feeding programme with refugees, and a home for abandoned and orphaned children.