Warsaw: 30 children have escaped from Mariupol, they are now safe. Conversation with the volunteer who helped them
They are between two and 12 years old, some of them require medical attention. A group of unaccompanied children ended days ago that the Ukrainian-Polish border has already found itself with families abroad in which they ensure exit from the war. – Among them there are children of the military who are fighting for the country, so we cannot talk about the details – says Tetiana, a volunteer who has been helping Ukrainian refugees since the first wars.
– Children are better and a second man. Therefore, it is preferable for them to take up the topics that await the protection of John Bosco in Warsaw.
Children from Mariupol to Polish deceased parents – some left, some had to stay. All of them have already found refuge outside of Poland. – Stay there until the end of the war. I know that they all had to help, to help them overcome their trauma and to talk about handing over a Ukrainian woman.
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Help on every front
It was not the first group of people who helped Tetiana, a violinist who has lived in Warsaw since 2019.
– In the history of life, I had to rearrange my life during the first invasions – a short story by tvn24.pl. She recalls that on the second day of the war she had to urgently help the family of 12-year-old Arthur, who escaped from Lviv before the war. His parents, among the things they were taking, didn’t have a supply of medicines.
chocuje has leukemia and must be part of a medicine. The problem is that the parents were not able to explain the Polish health facility what to arrange the representative.
– Unfortunately, they did not have medical records with them. In the turmoil of war, it was impossible to communicate with the health care facility that had previously looked after Artur. Parents called Lviv to their friend. And he to me – says Tetiana.
After a few phone calls and a successful translation, we managed to get it done. But – what the young Ukrainian violinist did not expect – it quickly became known in her country that she was in Warsaw and was ready to help.
– There were friends, then friends of friends, and then completely strangers. I don’t even have time for my spare time if it will affect my life. I was safe, they weren’t. That’s why I just acted – he says.
Willingness to return, because a trip to treason
Volunteers in the Warsaw oratory, who must also regularly use the functions of psychologists: recently Tetiana had to intervene in the case of 17-year-old Marta from Chersoń. The girl, after arriving in Poland, stated that leaving the country was “a betrayal”. She demanded from her mother a certificate that she consented to her daughter’s return to the country.
– They came from Chernihiv, which was attacked by the Russians who entered Ukraine from the side of Belarus. The mother of the song that the consent means to respond to the gloves on the daughters – Tatiana, a solvent at the Oratorium im. John Bosco in Warsaw.
She tells that Marty is from many in search of a single movement her countrymen sought refuge. Once it was published, it was difficult for them to come to terms with the fact that they were not helping in the fight.
– In such situations, you need to know how to approach a broken person. I took Marta aside and promised to get her patent from my mother. In return for the same help: we had potatoes for this matter. I gave her the knife and left her, I tell Tetiana.
The girl bravely performed the task entrusted to her. When she finished tetiana whether the deal is up to date.
– I said yes. But – if you sign up – tomorrow and it will represent a potato wheelbarrow and someone will have to peel for dinner. He must choose whether or not the place was right. And she, upon reflection, started to help. I work to this day – I tell Tetiana.
He explains that a man has to be found. Otherwise, he gets guilty that others are dying for his country. Therefore, she admits, she will not stop helping herself.
Consistent help
At the beginning of the war, Poles became involved in the war to help Ukrainians. I ask Tetiana how much of this spurt. – A lot, even a lot. Those volunteers who came to the oratory in the first days of the war are still with us. It wasn’t straw enthusiasm. It was not a fashion, it was and is honest – she emphasizes.
He admits that he shows up that the families who give the roof have been accepted and then stated that they do not want to help. – It’s normal for such cases to happen. However, such incidents cannot be allowed to distort the overall picture: Poland helps in Ukraine like no other, says Tatiana.
In the Oratory of St. John Bosco in Warsaw, there are currently about 150 people, mainly mothers with children. Besides Tetian, the refugees are helped by 12 volunteers who help the group helping with administrative matters: organizing PESEL numbers or the first job.
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