Ukranians in search of refuge in Poland acquired the primary supply of humanitarian help from East Kilbride agency Merson Group this week.
As reported within the East Kilbride Information, kind-hearted employees rallied spherical and raised a whopping £12,000 to assist 15 fellow staff primarily based in Poland whose households have chosen to remain within the war-torn nation.
With vehicles certain for his or her Polish web site in Wloclawek every week, Merson Group confirmed their first donation was delivered safely and distributed to these in want.
Primarily feminine refugees, who arrived within the nation with only one bag of belongings, have been capable of handle their most elementary wants because of heat clothes and female hygiene donations.
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Organiser Magdalena Kubicka, an worker for Merson Group in Poland, advised Lanarkshire Stay: “This all began with a letter from the 15 Ukrainians working in our manufacturing unit.
“They requested for assist for individuals who are nonetheless in Ukraine. The Ukrainian women acquired assist straight from our warehouse. They left their properties with solely what they may carry of their arms. Some refugees wanted to stroll for a lot of kilometres to get into the Polish border.
“We're all joyful that we might assist among the individuals who wanted to run away from their properties. This warfare is so unreal, it's so shut and we nonetheless dwelling our everyday lives.
“We are able to’t even think about what all these individuals really feel once they don’t know what tomorrow brings. I can’t think about how exhausting is to depart all the pieces behind you. Working away from bombs, tanks, and aggressive soliders who're even capturing infants. That is so heartbreaking.
“It’s is a drop within the ocean, however an enormous thanks to all concerned.”
The truckload of humanitarian help delivered included garments, sneakers, nappies, sleeping baggage, washing powders and liquid cleaning soap.
Native charities ‘Nowoczesny Włoclawek’ and ‘Fundacja Humanitarna’ are working collectively to take all of the remaining donations from Merson’s warehouse and transport it to the primary humanitarian help warehouse in Wloclawek subsequent week the place it is going to be distributed to these most in want.
Provides are additionally being taken to a nun who had been dwelling in a monastery in Kharkiv the place she takes care of 40 youngsters. The warfare compelled them to flee Kharkiv with all the kids, risking their lives. They've now moved nearer to the Polish border - to the Niepokalanek Monastery in Jazłowiec.
One of many nuns travels to Kharkiv personally to ship the hygiene merchandise, child meals, nappies, flashlights, batteries and candles to locations the place no different help reaches in Ukraine.
Together with Magdelena, Merson employeee Oleksander Koval, referred to as Sasza, a Ukrainian activist, was instrumental in organising the operation. His mom presently lives in a makeshift basement, in a spot the place no humanitarian help reaches, the place bombs are dropped by the Russians daily.
Magdelena added: “Oleksander was an activist again in Ukraine and actually wished to go and struggle for his nation. His spouse stopped him as they've three youngsters, she simply didn’t need him to depart them.
“He has organised the van to ship assist straight to the border which will likely be getting into as soon as every week with as a lot as thay can pack into it.
“We're going to proceed sending all nessecary merchandise to Ukrainians in want, to those that are already in our space, to those that stay in basements and shelters and likewise to the charities who've a wider information about Ukrainians in want.”
Merson Group now plan to despatched important survival items to these Ukrainians selecting to stay of their war-torn homeland.
CEO Roddy Angus mentioned: “We now have actions in mainland Europe which brings the disaster in Ukraine ever nearer to house so we wish to maintain aiding the place we will.”
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