So it’s our last day here and it’s party day.
Party Day times two!
The Ukrainian children were taken into Lublin Old Town for a look at the sights plus a super exciting trip to McDonalds. While they were out, a very large number of children and families refugeed in Lublin came for a Christmas party!
Starting with a gingerbread decorating work shop, this was adorable. The children worked so hard and a lot of them were so tiny!
The lovely woman who ran the gingerbread workshop is a Ukrainian refugee herself, living with her four children, one of them with considerable additional needs in a one bedroom hostel type space. Her kindness and strength was astonishing. Such a lovely lovely person. But one who would really REALLY love to go home and back to normality. Life is so cruel isn’t it?
Many of the children visiting today had significant additional needs, making their time as refugees even more challenging. It was so wonderful to be able to give them a cosy Woolly Hug to wrap themselves in and get comfort from. These families have very very little.
The children loved all the blankets and fell on them with such joy and enthusiasm. The parents, almost all mums were so teary and grateful, full of emotion. They really felt your kindness and love. The blankets really are beyond their current functional experience.
We didn’t get photos of all the children. But where we could we did, do enjoy!
The remaining blankets then.
* Two are going to the two girls who couldn’t come this time. They were on the waiting list.
*A collection of 60 are travelling into Ukraine on the children’s coach tomorrow and will be given out to children as soon as possible.
- A collection of approximately 80 are staying in Poland and going to Ukrainian refugees, many of whom have significant additional needs.
Again we can’t thank you all enough. These mean so much to the recipients. So many grateful, thankful tears.
More than just a blanket isn’t it?