In August 2017, Emma and Sparky, their 6 year old son Felix and Bo the Welsh Border Collie quit their home in the UK to live and work from their van. Read more about the backstory here.
Compelled to act after seeing a “window into the future” in Calais refugee camp during the winter of 2015, their unique year long journey took them 16,000 miles across Europe.
Travelling with The Welcome Tent - a repurposed army catering tent from 1956 - they prepared, cooked and shared “Recipes of HOPE” with the people they met.
The journey connected them with a community acting with courage and determination to welcome humans facing increasingly authoritarian conditions at Europe’s borders.
With support from The Welcome Tent global family, Emma and Sparky are now weaving together the stories, recipes, hopes and dreams gathered on the journey.
A story of like-minds cooking together to pursue a collective dream.
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Felix describing The Welcome Tent journey between October 2017 to January 2018.
The Welcome Tent at Huiskamer, Dutch Design Week, 2017