We went back to the AZC boat Galaxy in Amsterdam for another Souq. This time the day was split: first a session for women only, as at our previous Souq on the boat, and then a session open to everyone. The women-only session was there because women are a minority on the boat.

As at every Souq, everything was free. People walked in, browsed and took what they wanted. We want to give people the experience of shopping: choosing for yourself, the same as anyone does in a shop.

Yara Gamal, Thamarat’s founder, standing beside the open back of a van loaded with bags of donations. — Yara Gamal, our founder, at the van with the donations.

There was music, food and drink, and the atmosphere was happy all day.

All the donations were taken. Nothing went back to storage.

Nothing went back to storage.

Women looking through clothes hung along a railing in a lounge on a ship. Faces are blurred. — Picking out clothes.

A large lounge on a ship with clothes on tables and railings and people browsing by the windows. Faces are blurred. — The lounge on the Galaxy during the Souq.

That is what we hope for at every Souq: that what the community gives finds its way to the people who need it, on the same day.

Do you have clothes or toys to give? Get in touch through our contact page and our team will come and pick them up.