A part time labourer from Edinburgh harnessed the power of social media to entirely furnish a refugee family’s flat on Wednesday. It’s a moment of humanity he won’t soon forget.
Guy Grieve said he was loading scrap wood into a skip on Wednesday morning when a woman and her two young children approached him for help. “Never thought loading a skip could be so emotional,” Guy posted on Twitter.
“A Syrian immigrant mother came over with her kids to ask for some wood. Her eldest son translated: their sofa was broken. I went inside and my heart broke. Nothing but a broken sofa. They're from Aleppo. Can anyone help me refurnish?”
