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Last night we learned that Russian President Vladmir Putin issued a new decree that will mobilize some 300,000 Russian reservists and men with previous military experience, likely signaling an escalation of the war in Ukraine. Although not unexpected, this news is concerning for we volunteers at the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the…

Jenga is game of hand-eye coordination skill played with 54 wooden blocks. Players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of all 54 blocks. Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively taller and more unstable structure. The game ends when any part of…

Today we volunteers enjoyed another fairly peaceful time at the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. We had only about 16 kids register into the safe space over the course of the day, and they were remarkable kids.What was remarkable about them?…

We are “seeing” quite a diversity of ethnicities pass through the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. I say “seeing” because we don’t speak the language of the people, so all we know is what we “see” from superficial outward appearance. We…

Today we volunteers enjoyed a fairly peaceful time at the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. We had only about 16 kids register into the safe space over the course of the day. So with three volunteers staffed, the proportion works out…

Today was a relatively calm and quiet day at at the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in , Poland. By mid-afternoon most of the kids had left for the day. I think a shuttle bus transported a group of families away in the early…