007 Most People Have Some Kind Of Migration Story - JANA ALAGARAJAH talks about The London Pull

JANA (JANAGAN) ALAGARAJAH was born in Sri Lanka to Tamil parents. In the 1990s they fled to London on an emergency visa from Amnesty International. Jana was 3 years old. He grew up in the UK and is a doctor of medicine. In 2016 he cycled the Pacific Coast from Vancouver to Tijuana with an urn and a pannier full of tea. He raised over £3,000 for the Save The Children’s Child Refugee Crisis Appeal and through drinking tea, a strong link to a shared humanity, he facilitated discussions with people along the Pacific Coast with the aim of debunking some of the myths surrounding migration. He believes most people have some kind of migration story in them.

 

THIS IS JANA’S UNIQUE STORY ABOUT LONDON, THE WORLD AND LIFE.

 

“It’s a hard city to be in unless you have your tribe,

Or you have a sense of the people that you can trust,

And people that you enjoy spending time with,

Whoever you are, there’s going to be a space for you.”

 

JANA’S SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS…

Jana can be found on Instagram: @regfugeecycleride https://www.instagram.com/refugeecycleride/?hl=en

Jana’s Just Giving page was: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/refugeecycleride 

You can DONATE to SAVE THE CHILDREN at https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/

 

ABOUT THIS PODCAST...

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The Travelling Through Jingle was written and produced by the lovely Mariska Martina https://www.mariskamartina.com/

Show notes 007 JANA ALAGARAJAH can be found at this link https://travellingthrough.podbean.com

 

Thanks to The Great North Wood Pub – in West Norwood - for hosting this week's podcast recording location. https://www.thegreatnorthwood.co.uk/