The Circle of Friendship by Dr Elaine Laycock 

Dr Laycock came face-to-face with humanitarian work during the Bosnian war of the 1990s when she set up a small charity, SOS Bosnia delivering medical supplies overland to Bosnia. On a news bulletin she learned that two aid workers had been killed in Bosnia working for a partner charity of SOS Bosnia. She discovered then that there was no national memorial for these people or for colleagues doing the same thing. Harbouring the idea for more than a decade, in 2013 she approached some big charities. She won their support and then Westminster Abbey's as well, for an annual event at the Abbey pending the establishment of a public Memorial. The Committee was established and the work began.

The Circle of Friendship

 

This circle is composed of friends,

 

United to help each other.

 

Worldwide, sister helping sister,

 

And brother helping brother.

 

There are gaps in our circle

 

Which only you can fill.

 

Find one, stretch your arms out,

 

And rejoice with us, if you will.

 

We celebrate the privilege of aiding

 

Those who need our help,

 

But too, we remember with sorrow,

 

Those who will never see tomorrow.

 

 

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