HELP for war refugees from Ukraine in Poland

The War in Ukraine now does not always make “front cover” or breaking news on many public medias anymore, but the conflict still remains active and unresolved and for many Ukrainians, especially during th summer offensive of the Russian State many again flee their homes to safety.

At the Foundation we continue to receive process and care for new refugees and in addition with the current offensive we see some who had returned to Ukraine come back to us and safety.

It is still very necessary for us to provide administrative and material support to new arrivals and for those who have been with us some time it is necessary to provide support in job hunting, housing, school and other educational support as well as psychological support.

Our programmes are still very much ongoing and more than ever reliant on the support of donors. We have a monthly operating cost of around 25,000 USD a month to maintain our Centre for Supporting Refugees(CPU) and to provide key support staff. Our support staff includes 8 education support specialists, 2 psychologists, office staff, legal advisor, medical advisor as well as Polish language teachers.

Our local community of Ukrainian refugees is currently around 2000 people, predominantly one parent families, usually  single female and the children. We have some 600 children in our region of school age some in State Schools other home learning, both categories  create challenge as the former need to fast track and catch up with the Polish Curriculum and school in the Polish Language, whereas the home learners following an online curriculum need online as well as to visit  the CPU for in person mentoring and support.

It is for at the moment difficult to make these programmes sustainable and to guarantee their continuation any more than for the short term, however this conflict is going to last many more months, if not years and there is a pressing need to provide help for what is a still unfolding human tragedy. Please, if you have spare resources and monies to give please support us further.

The war in Ukraine persists. We still provide support and assistance, characterized by its systematic and long-term nature. We continue to provide aid to all groups of war refugees, including children, youth, adults, and seniors.

Every individual coming to us receives support from an assistant who helps with formalities, finding accommodation, schools for children, translations, visits to clinics and hospitals, job searches, and courses. We assist mothers with children by creating a place where kids can spend time while mothers look for employment, work, or attend school. We aid seniors in particularly challenging situations by delivering food, medication, organizing communal gatherings. In Christmas time We arranged a joint Christmas Eve celebration for the elderly and Christmas gifts for children. 113 children benefited from psychological support and assistance, as wel  music and language classes, outings.

Over 500 people have benefited from comprehensive support in the form of language courses, job search assistance, psychological and material support, and document translation.

We wouldn't be able to continue this assistance without your support. Thanks to you, war refugees have the opportunity for peaceful days in a new place. We will continue to support refugees, and more importantly, develop this help so that they can become more independent as soon as possible.