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Rescue Foundation Training
Today I attended the volunteer training seminar organized by Fundacjn Ocalenie (the “Rescue Foundation”). The seminar provided a thorough overview of the basic issues we will need to understand in order to work at the safe space for children (“CFS”) which the Rescue Foundation is operating at the reception center for Ukrainian war refugees in…
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I Arrive Warsaw, Poland
At last, the day I had been waiting for arrived: Late in the evening of August 25, 2022, I boarded LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 from Newark International Airport, bound for Warsaw. After an 8-hour red-eye, we arrived at Warsaw Chopin International Airport at 2:30 p.m. local time, August 26, 2022.On the ground in Poland…
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Blue Dots
According to an article published by UNICEF, Ukrainian refugee children arriving in foreign countries are at significant risk of violence, sexual exploitation, and trafficking. Especially those who are unaccompanied or have been separated from their families; they are in desperate need of protection, safety and stability. UNICEF teams are working alongside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)…
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Ukrainian War Refugees
According to a Ukraine refugee situation update report published UNHCR (the United Nations Refugee Agency) on July 15, 2022, since the onset of the Russian invasion, nearly one-third of Ukrainians have been forced from their homes. This is the largest human displacement crisis in the world since the end of World War II. Within Ukraine, over 6.3…
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War Zone Conditions in Ukraine
According to the July 13, 2022 situation report from the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the war in Ukraine continues to shatter the lives of millions of people across the country, as reports of new attacks emerge, and the fighting escalates in the east. Fierce fighting in the east and deadly missile strikes…