Carolyn Johnstone

Carolyn fell into being involved with the Afghan Interpreters by accident. She sent a tweet, which was responded to by a number of Afghan ‘Terps who had been refused acceptance to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy. She approached a former soldier, Charlie Herbert, to ask how to to appeal the decision. Due to his leading on the political campaign backed by other former senior military staff, he said that he didn’t have time. Charlie sent Carolyn to Johnny Mercer MP who replied to her email stating that he couldn’t help, and that Charlie was the man to go to…

So started Carolyn’s journey with assisting many Afghan Terps and their families to escape being hunted by the women hating, authoritarian, despotic Taliban.

Born in Porthcawl, where her father still lives, Carolyn is a mum of two, a wife of one and has a history of campaigning for disabled rights/opportunities and for women. With a varied work history including cleaning, Tequila Girl, selling chemical toilets (please don’t mention the festivals), Parliamentary candidate and Councillor. Unafraid of taking and holding a moral stance she humbly describes herself as the backbone of the nation.

What others have said about Carolyn:

“Doin’ The Lord’s Work”

“Who are you?”

“She was there from the day the Taliban started searching in Kabul for us. She never ignored us. She did more than our expectations. Finally she saved me and today I made it to the UK. I will remember Carolyn for my whole life.”