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A Real Pick-Me-Up
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?…
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Travel Dress
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…
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Power of Language
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…
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Puzzling Pieces
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…
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Commiseration
Today was a tough day for us volunteers at the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. We had almost 50 Ukrainian kids registered in (close to 40 at once at one point during the morning), ranging in age from less than 1…
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Clowning Around
Today was a busy day at the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. We had about two dozen Ukrainian kids registered in, ranging in age from about 1 year to about 15 years. A group of older kids had a fun time…
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Bicycle Rider
Today, Monday, was my eleventh day volunteering at the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. A high point for the day for me was watching the entire process of a young boy learning to ride a bicycle. Maybe it’s the first bicycle…
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Proud Pole
I was chatting with one of the other volunteers at the the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. She is Polish and she has a 16-year old son. She said she thinks her son will probably leave Poland for university and may…
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A Tale of Two Days
Yesterday, Friday, was my eigth day volunteering at the Ocalenie Foundation safe space for children in the Ukrainian Refugee Reception Point / Humanitarian Aid Center in Przemyśl, Poland. I feel it was the first really tough day. I suppose the feeling is mostly psychological, because only about a dozen kids registered in, and a most…
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Little Innocents
Last night a couple of the other volunteers and I went to see a film at a local cinema here in Przemyśl. It’s an old theatre in a big stone building, with a huge (six inches thick), creaky wooden door that reminds me of a castle gate. The cavernous theatre also has a squeaky floor…
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