This song was playing last night at our disco. Very poignant. By the time you read this, we are all home, there were a couple of social media posts yesterday, but no blog to round things off. here we are.
It was a very early start for all on Saturday. Everyone had packed their bags the night before, so after an early breakfast it was time to go.
This hits so hard. Life is unfair and desperately cruel. They go back into Ukraine and we go back to the UK. And we worry about them so much. We always say, next year in Ukraine? We will keep on hoping. We’ve offered some English lessons, they’ve said their door is always open. We will go.
Most of the children carried their blankets in the arms so they could snuggle on the journey. So lovely to see them giving warmth and comfort.
It’s a very long road journey with two border crossings. Leaving Poland and entering Ukraine. Both can take an age, but the children were so lucky and sailed straight through.
And the first group were home by 6.30pm. Which is fantastic. A smaller group had another 90 minutes travel on in a mini bus. But home too. Fabulously reunited with family.
We won’t forget them and we know they had a wonderful time. Some light, freedom, happiness, childhood We will see them in Ukraine. One day.
Thank you SO MUCH for the part you played. Such a huge team effort to get these blankets to the children and their families. And we didn’t stop there. VAST amounts of cutting Christmas fabrics, that was massive, but so appreciated by the children and their teachers who could craft too
We saw huge boxes of our donated torches and power banks too. Opened one just for the pic but didn’t want to get more out. Great to think of the very practical support they will all give. It was an incredible response again. So huge thanks.
Thank you too to the incredible team at the CCLL. We tag along and observe at first hand the astonishing good they do. Tirelessly striving. Astonishing people. Thank you.
And that as they say is a wrap. But we carry on doing what we can. Check this out……. Let’s go again. THANK YOU!
https://www.woollyhugs.org/2025/09/21/chernobyl-2026-is-here/